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MID TERM I EXAMINATION 2025
INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND HEALTH EDUCATION
PRIMARY FIVE
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2. Section A has 40 questions (40 marks)
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3. Answer all questions. All questions to both Sections A and 1 – 20
B must be written in the spaces provided.
21 – 30
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SECTION A
1. Name any one example of a flowering plant.
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2. Which part makes food for the plant?
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3. Give any one example of an insect vector.
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4. State any one way farmers care for their crops.
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5. Give the element of weather that helps farmers to winnow their harvested crops.
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6. Why do we boil water for drinking?
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7. Name the best soil for growing crops.
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8. Mention any one way of controlling soil erosion in the school compound.
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9. State any one component of soil.
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10. Which plant system grows in the soil?
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11. How are gills useful to a fish?
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12. What name is given to a young plant in the garden?
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13. Name any one disease that breaks out due to poor sanitation.
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14. Give the main natural source of water in the environment.
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15. Why is a spider not regarded as an insect?
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16. Apart from stones, give any one other example of a non living thing.
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17. How is burning similar to germination?
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18. State any one danger of wind.
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19. Give any one importance of birds to people.
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20. Why do we wash hands before eating food?
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21. What does the experiment below show about air?
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22. Give a reason why animals move from one place to another.
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23. Mention any one domestic animal used for transport.
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24. Which part for a cabbage plant do we eat?
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25. In the space below, draw a simple leaf.
26. What is pollination?
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27. Mention any one insect that visits flowers.
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28. How can we control road accidents?
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29. Which immunisable disease makes children lame?
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30. State the importance of keeping dogs at home.
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31. How is soil formed?
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32. Give any one item we use to keep our bodies clean.
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33. How are root hairs useful to a plant?
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34. State the importance of the garden tool shown below.
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35. Mention the process by which plants make their own food.
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36. Why is a maize grain called a fruit?
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37. Which clouds are a clear sign of rain?
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38. Name the sense organ used for tasting.
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39. Mention any one common accident at school.
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40. State the importance of the item below.
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SECTION B
41. (a) What is mulching?
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(b) Mention any two examples of mulches.
i. ___________________________ ii. ___________________________
(c) Give one reason why farmers mulch their gardens.
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42. Study the diagram of the water cycle. Use it to answer questions that follow.
A
M
T
Rain
Sun rays
S
Land
(a) Name the processes taking place at:
S ___________________________ T ___________________________
(b) State the type of clouds formed at M.
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(c) What is the use of the sun in the water cycle?
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43. (a) State any two components of air.
i. _____________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________
(b) Name the component of air that is used in preserving food.
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(c) Which gas occupies the biggest part of air?
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44. Study the diagram below. Use it to answer questions that follow.
(a) Name the substance marked A.
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(b) State the process that is shown in the above diagram.
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(c) Mention any one factor that affects the above process.
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(d) How is the above process important to plants?
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45. (a) What is first aid?
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(b) Give any one component of a first aid kit.
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(c) State one reason why first aid is administered to casualties.
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(d) Give any one quality of a good first aider.
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46. Study the diagram of a germinating bean seed below. Use it to answer questions
that follow.
(a) Name the part labelled A.
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(b) What does part B develop into after germination?
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(c) Which food value do we get from eating beans?
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(d) State the type of germination that a bean seed undergoes.
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47. (a) Name any two food stuffs eaten by people at home.
i. ___________________________________________________________
ii. ___________________________________________________________
(b) Which food value do we get from eating cassava and sweet potatoes?
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(c) Give any one reason why people eat food.
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48. Study the diagram of a leaf below. Use it to answer questions that follow.
(a) Name the type of leaf venation shown in the diagram.
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(b) What is the importance of structures marked C to a plant?
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(c) State any one use of leaves to plants.
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(d) Mention any one crop with such a type of venation.
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49. (a) What is energy?
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(b) Name the main natural source of energy in the environment.
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(c) Give any one way of saving energy at school.
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(d) Why do we save energy?
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50. Below is a diagram of maize stem. Use it to answer questions that follow.
(a) Name the roots marked C.
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(b) How are roots marked C important to a plant?
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(c) Mention any one crop with such roots.
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(d) State any one use of roots to man.
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51. (a) Mention two activities done to promote personal hygiene.
i. _____________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________
(b) State any two importance of keeping our bodies clean.
i. _____________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________
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52. Below is a life cycle of a housefly. Use it to answer questions that follow.
(a) Name the stage marked B.
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(b) State the importance of structures marked T to an insect.
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(c) Give any one disease spread by the above insect.
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(d) How is the above insect able to spread germs?
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53. (a) Apart from weeding, state any other two crop growing practices.
i. _____________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________
(b) How is pruning an important practice in crop growing?
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(c) Name the garden tool that is used for carrying manure.
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54. Study the soil structures below. Use it to answer questions that follow.
D E F
(a) Name the soil sample marked D.
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(b) What is the importance of soil sample F?
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(c) Give any one cause of soil erosion.
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(d) How is clay soil useful to people?
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55. Match the items is list A with those in list B.
List A List B
Housefly typhoid
Female anopheles mosquito malaria
Rabid dogs rabies
Cockroach diarrhoea
(a) Housefly ____________________________________________
(b) Female anopheles mosquito ___________________________________________
(c) Rabid dogs ____________________________________________
(d) Cockroach ____________________________________________
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