ME KAMPALA EDUCATIONAL CONSULT

BEGINNING OF TERM II EXAMINATION 2025

P.4 INTEGRATED SCIENCE

Time Allowed: 2hours 15 Minutes

Pupil’s Name: ……………………………………..……………………

Class: ……………………………..………………………………………

School Name: …………………………………………………………….

FOR EXAMINERS’
Read the following instructions carefully:

1. This paper has two sections: A and B USE ONLY

2. Section A has 40 questions (40 marks) Qn. No. MARKS EXR’S
3. Section B has 15 questions (50 marks)
No.
4. Answer all questions. All the working for both sections 1 - 10
A and B must be shown in the spaces provided.
11 – 20
5. All working must be done using a blue or black ball
21 – 30
point pen or ink. Any work done in pencil will NOT be
31 – 40
marked except drawings and diagram.
41 – 43
6. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting
44 – 46
that cannot be easily read may lead to loss of marks.
7. Do not fill anything in the table indicated 47 – 49

“For examiners’ use only” and the boxes inside 50 - 52

the question paper. 53 - 55

TOTAL

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 SECTION A
1. What do insects use for breathing?
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2. Why do people iron their clothes?
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3. Of what use are spiracles to an insect?
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4. John is a fish monger. Write down any one local method he can use to preserve
his fish?
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5. What is the use of ventilators on a house?
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6. Rose has a skin rash , dry cough, and some fever. Which immunisable disease
does she have?
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7. Where do mosquitoes lay their eggs?
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8. State any one health habit done at home.
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9. Name the layer of the soil profile that allows plants to grow.
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10. Why do people grow crops?
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11. Where does the sun set from?
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12. Mention any one element of weather.
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13. What is leaf venation?
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14. In the space below draw a stamen.

15. Name any one pest that destroys crops in the garden.
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16. What are living things?
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17. Mention another word to mean surrounding.
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18. Mention the component of air that supports germination.
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19. Which component of air makes up 0.03% in our environment?
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20. What is air?
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21. Name the garden tool which is used to harvest cereal crops.
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22. Mention the element of weather which helps farmers to dry their crops.
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23. List down any one fruit plant in the school compound.
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24. Give the meaning of the word photosynthesis.
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25. Name the type of germination below.

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26. How is a bee useful to a crop farmer?

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27. State one difference between wind and insect pollinated flowers.
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28. What term is given to anything good for drinking and eating?
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29. Which food value do we get from eating fish and meat?
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30. ______________________________is the layer that covers the earth’s surface.
31. Why are we advised to brush our teeth regularly?
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32. How is a rubbish pit useful in a home?
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33. What is the importance of planting trees in the school compound?
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34. What name is given to the materials farmers use to cover their gardens?
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35. State one way farmers care for their gardens.
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36. What is transpiration?
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37. Mention any one process involved in the rain cycle.
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38. ___________________ is the main natural source of water in our environment.
39. State any one example of carbohydrate food.
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40. What is germination?
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SECTION B
41. Mention the 4F’s.
i) ____________________________________________________________
ii) ____________________________________________________________
iii) ____________________________________________________________
iv) ____________________________________________________________
42. a) What is personal hygiene?
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b) Mention two activities a primary four pupil can do during personal hygiene.
i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
c) Mention any one item used to clean our bodies.
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43. a) What is food contamination?
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b) Mention two ways we can maintain food hygiene.
i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
c) List any one way our food can be contaminated.

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 _________________________________________________________________
44. a) What are vectors?
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b) List any two vectors you know.
i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
c) Write any one disease spread by a tsetse fly to people.
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45. a) What is drought?
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b) Mention any two dangers of drought to people.
i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
c) How can drought be controlled?
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46. a) What is germination?
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b) Mention any three conditions seeds need to germinate.
i) ________________________________ ii) ____________________________
iii) ________________________________
47. a) What is first aid?
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b) Mention two items found in the first aid box.
i) __________________________________ ii) _________________________
c) State one reason why we give first aid.
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48. a) Mention the main natural source of light and heat in the environment.
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b) State two uses of sun to man.
i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________
c) Mention any one danger of strong sunshine.
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49. a). Write down the garden tools farmers need to carry out the following farm
activities.
i) Digging _____________________________________________________

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 ii) Collecting rubbish _____________________________________________
iii) Turning manure _______________________________________________
iv) Transplanting seedlings _________________________________________
50. The diagram shows the stages of the life cycle of an insect.

X Y ADULT

a) Identify the life cycle marked

(i) X _____________________________________________________________
(ii) Y ___________________________________________________________
b) Identify any two examples of insects which undergo such a life cycle.
i) ______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
51. a)What is pollination?
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b) Mention any two agents of pollination you know.
i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
c) Mention the insect that pollinates flowers at night.
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52. a) Mention any two properties of air you know.
i) ____________________________________________________________
ii) ____________________________________________________________
b) Name the component of air we breathe in.
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c) Which component of air supports seeds to germinate?
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53. Complete the table correctly.
Sense Sense organ
Seeing __________________________
_________________________ Ear
Feeling ____________________________
__________________________ Nose

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54. a) What is a flower?
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b)Name the parts of the pistil shown below.

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55. a) State two reasons why animals move from one place to another.
i) ____________________________________________________________
ii) ____________________________________________________________
b) Mention the weapon used by the following animals to protect themselves.
i) Dog ____________________________________________________
ii) Cow _____________________________________________________

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