MAKINDYE SSABAGABO MUNICIPALITY PRIMARY LEAVING MOCK 2025 INTEGRATED SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours 15 Minutes INDEX No: Random No, Candidate's Name Candidate's Signature School Name Division Read the following instructions carefully: 1. Do not write school or district name ‘anywhere on this paper. 2. This paper has two sections: A and B. Section A has 40 questions and section B has 15 questions. 3. Answer all questions. All answers to both sections A and B must be written in the spaces provided. 4, All answers must be written using « blue cor black ball point pen or ink. Any work written in pencil will not be marked. 5. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting that cannot easily be read may lead to loss of marks. Do not fill anything in the boxes indicated: “For examiners’ use only. o 1SECTION A: 40 MARKS Questions 1 to 40 carry one mark each Name any one feature of a VIP latrine. Give any one way in which lightning affects the environment. State the function of blood plasma during the process of respiration. Name any one energy resource got from water. The diagram below is of a mammal. Study and use it to answer questions 5 and 6. Identify the meat got from the animal shown in the diagram. State the group of mammals to which the animal belongs. Mention any one method used to prepare a simple dish at home. State one way in which earthworms help in the aeration of soil.9. Give the reason why a person suffering from tuberculosis loses body weight. 10. Mention one way in which physical exercises among poultry can be Promoted, 11. State the reason why people urinate frequently during rainy weather 12. Give any one way in which you can reduce polythene bags in the environment. 13. Mention one function of a razorblade when promoting personal hygiene. 14. Give any one in which decomposition is important in our daily life. 15. State any one reason why bigger vehicles like buses are made with larger steering wheels. The diagram below shows a human body organ. Study and use it to answer questions 16 and 17. 16. Name the part labelled D. 17, Give the function of the part labelled E.18. 19, 20. 21: 22. 23. 24. 25: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Identify any one characteristic.of tuber crops. State any one advantage of drug prescription to a patient. Mention any one advantage of using modern beehives. Name the disease in the skeletal system where bones become brittle and weak, State the reason why it is easier to transport 1kg of iron nails than 1kg of feathers. State one way in which branding is important in cattle management. Name the element of Primary Health Care which promotes child spacing. Give any one condition necessary for rusting to take place. Mention any one activity a School Health Club can do to control the outbreak of cholera in a school. State the property of light that makes a pinhole camera to work. State any one way in which food chain is important in the environment. Give one reason why we should bathe regularly using soap. Mention one way in which the function of gills in mustrooms is different from that of gills in fish. Give any one advantage of using a thermos flask to the environment. 432. 33. 34, 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. The diagram below shows a farm tool used in castrating goats. Study and use it to answer questions 32 and 33. Identify the farm tool shown above. State the method of castration that requires the use of the farm tool above. Give any one example of a primary sex characteristic in male adolescents. Name the immunisable bacterial disease which is spread through drinking unboiled milk from a cow. State one way in which the pitch of sound produced by a whistle can be varied. State any one way of conserving coal as a resource in the environment, Mention one reason why you are encouraged to comb your hair every day. Mention any one temporary method of making magnets at home. Give any one reason why crop farmers keep farm records.41. 42. 43. (a) (b) (©) (a) (b) (©) (a) (b) (©) SECTION B: 60 MARKS Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each. Name the skin disease caused by itch mites. State any two characteristics of disease vectors. (i) (ii) State any one biological ways of controlling vectors at home. Name the deficiency disease that results from starvation. Explain why children in areas affected by natural disasters suffer from starvation. (02 marks) Apart from natural disasters, mention any one other cause of starvation among children. Name the crop growing practice that provides support to crops. State the reason why harvesting of crops is done during dry season. Mention any twa methods of harvesting crops. @ (ii)44, The diagrams below show o1 them to answer = Jans of the digestive system. Study and use the questions that follow. (a) Name the body organ marked Q. (b) Give one function of the organs marked P and Q during digestion. (i) Ps (ii) Q: sence pate con (c) Identify any one disease that affects the digestive organ marked P. 45. The table below shows methods of preparing water for use at home and the way in which each is done. Complete the table correctly. Method How it is done oo 7 Heating water in a saucepan to kill germs. Decantation ..| Removing solid impurities from water. | Chlorination 46. (a) Give the meaning of the term electric circuit. (b) You are provided with the following items; 2 dry cells, a bulb and conducting wire. 7Describe how you can use the items to make a simple electric ercuil. (03 marks) 47. (a) Apart from charcoal, mention any two other examples of fuel got from wood. 10) (ii) wecteaaesceeAhacersss (b) Give a reason why charcoal is burnt under the limited supply of oxygen. (c) State any one disadvantage of using charcoal to the environment.48. 49. 50. Tne diagram below shows a it to answer the questions that follow. (b) (a) (b) Person carrying out a health habit. Study and use Give any two reasons why the girl is practicing the health habit above. Apart from water and toothbrush, name any one other material that can be used when practicing the health habit above. Name the part of the human ear that; (i) Amplifies sound vibrations: (ii) Sends signals to the brain: State any two ways of caring for the human ear, (i). ii) State the name given to animals that live in water all their life. Give any two ways in which animals are useful to people.(C) _ State any one activity that protects the life of animals. 51. The diagram below shows a weather instrument. Study and use it to answer the questions that follow. (a) Name the weather instrument shown above. (b) Identify the element of weather that requires the use of the above weather instrument. (c) State the role of the part marked Q on the weather instrument above. (d) Give the reason why the above weather instrument should be placed in an open place. 52. (a) Give the meaning of the term immunisation. (b) Mention two methods of immunisation. (i) (ii) (©) State one reason why immunization is free of charge in Uganda.54. 55. (a) (b) (b) (c) Give any two examples of reversible Physical changes. 10] Mention any two disadvantages of chemical changes. (i) State any one practice that keeps bones in their healthy working Conditions. The diagram below shows stages of germination. Study it and answer the questions that follow.(c)_ Give any two examples of seeds that undergo the type of germination shown above 10) (ii)