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THE SPECTRUM EXAMINATIONS HUB
MID TERM II EXAMINATION 2025
P.4 INTEGRATED SCIENCE
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HRS 15 MINUTES
NAME: ______________________________________STREAM________
SCHOOL_____________________________________________________
FOR EXAMINERS’
Read the following instructions USE
carefully: ONLY
1. This paper has two sections: A Qn. No. MARKS EXR’S
and B
2. Section A has 40 questions (40 1 - 10
marks) 11 – 20
3. Section B has 15 questions (50
marks) 21 – 30
4. Answer all questions. All the
31 – 40
working for both sections A and B
must be shown in the spaces 41 – 43
provided.
5. All working must be done using 44 – 46
a blue or blackball point pen or
47 – 49
ink. Any work done in pencil will
NOT be marked except drawings 50 - 52
and diagram.
6. Unnecessary changes in your 53 - 55
work and handwriting that cannot
be easily read may lead to loss of TOTAL
marks.
7. Do not fill anything in the table
indicated; “For examiners’ use
only” and the boxes inside the
question paper.
Turn over
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SECTION A
1. Name the human body organ used for sight.
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2. Write any one example of an annual crop grown in your community.
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3. Mention any one method of preparing food for eating.
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4. Name the weather instrument shown in the diagram below.
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5. What scientific term is used to mean the organisms that destroy crops
in the garden.
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6. State the process involved in the rain cycle that takes place in plants
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7. Give one method that plants with weak stems use to climb other plants.
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8. Which deficiency disease is caused by lack of vitamin D in the diet?
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9. Name any one raw material used to make crafts.
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10. How can the tool below be useful to crop growers?
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11. Name the part of air that supports burning.
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12. State one reason why animals move from one place to another.
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13. Mention any one activity that can be done by a P.4 pupil to promote
personal hygiene.
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14. How is water useful to a germinating seed?
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15. Which type of weather is the best for preserving harvested crops?
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16. Name the part of a flower below marked P.
anther
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17. Which part of a cabbage plant do human beings eat?
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18. How can we control road accidents?
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19. How is soil formed?
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20. Why is a maize grain called a fruit?
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21. Identify the property of air drawn below.
Water
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22. Give one example of a root tuber.
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23. State the use of a tongue.
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24. What do we call the food made by plants during photosynthesis?
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25. Mention one method of preserving food.
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26. Which clouds are a clear sign of rain?
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27. Name any one animal product.
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28. Why are athletics advised to include carbohydrates in their diet?
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29. Give one way in which school children can protect themselves against
skin diseases.
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30. Name any one sense organ in man.
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31. Identify the food value we get from eating fish.
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32. Why is loam soil the best for crop growing?
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33. Name any one internal body organ.
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34. How useful are plants to animals?
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35. Why is it advisable to cut our finger and toe nails short?
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36. Identify the type of leaf venation drawn below.
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37. Give the function of the heart to the body.
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38. What term refers to the vertical arrangement of soil layers?
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39. In which way is chlorophyll important to a plant during
photosynthesis?
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40. How is a housefly able to spread disease causing germs?
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SECTION B
41. (a) What is personal hygiene?
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(b) Outline any two items used to promote personal hygiene.
(i) __________________________(ii) __________________________
(c) State any one way a P.4 child can promote personal hygiene.
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42. (a) Give any two raw materials that enable plants to make food.
(i) _________________________(ii) ___________________________
(b) Which part of a plant makes food?
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(c) Why can’t plants make their food at night?
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43. Study the diagram of the water cycle. Use it to answer questions that
follow.
G
F
H
(a) Name the processes taking place at;
(i) H __________________________(ii) F _______________________
(b) Identify the type of clouds formed at G.
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(c) What is the use of the sun in the water cycle?
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44. (a) Define a balanced diet.
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(b) State any two signs of a child suffering from kwashiorkor.
(i) _________________________(ii) ____________________________
(c) How can kwashiorkor be prevented among children?
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45. (a) Name the main natural source of energy in the environment.
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(b) Give any two ways of saving energy at school.
(i)_________________________ (ii)___________________________
(c) Why do we save energy?
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46. Below is a diagram of plant stem. Use it to answer the questions that
follow.
(a) Name the roots marked T
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(b) How are roots marked T useful to a plant?
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(c) Mention any two examples of crops with such roots.
(i) __________________________(ii)__________________________
47. (a) What do you understand by the term annual crops?
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(b) Mention any two examples of annual crops.
i) ___________________________(ii) ___________________________
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(c) State one way of caring for crops.
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48. The diagram below shows a maize grain. Use it to answer the questions
that follow.
Style scar M
(a) Name the parts labeled M and L
M __________________________L ____________________________
(b) With the help of an arrow, use letter ‘p’ to indicate the cotyledon
on the above diagram.
(c) State the function of part marked L on the above diagram.
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49. (a) What do we call the practice of covering top soil with dry plant
materials?
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(b) Of what importance is the above practice to crop farmers? (Give
any two.)
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(c) Write any one example of mulches.
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50. (a) Ketra’s sister does not like eating foods rich in proteins. Which
deficiency disease is she likely to suffer from?
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(b) Name any two sources of animal protein.
(i) __________________________(ii)___________________________
(c) Why should mothers feed their children on food rich in
carbohydrates?
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51. (a) Which part of air supports the following processes?
(i) germination: ____________________________________________
(ii) photosynthesis: _________________________________________
(b) Mention the property of air that enables children to fly kites.
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(c) Name the part of air found in a fire extinguisher.
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52. Name the best season in which the following activities are carried
out:
(a) harvesting water in tanks placed near houses.
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(b) harvesting crops which are ready.
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c) Give two examples of crop pests.
(i) ___________________ ______(ii)__________________________
53. Complete the table below correctly
Body organ Use
Heart (i) __________________________
(ii)_________________________ For feeling
(iii)_________________________ For filtering blood
The eyes (iv)_________________________
54. (a) What is food preservation?
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(b) Identify the method of preserving food drawn below
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(c) Besides the above method, give one other method of preserving
food.
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(d) Why do people preserve food?
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55. (a) How do the following animals move?
(i) Snake: _________________________________________________
(ii) Man: __________________________________________________
(b) What is the habitat of a white ant?
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(c) Name the bird whose young is a poult.
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