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STAR LIGHT EXAMINATION CONSULTANCY KAMPALA

PRIMARY SEVEN PRE-PLE SET I EXAMINATION 20224
INTEGRATED SCIENCE

Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes

Random No. Personal No.
Index No.

Candidate’s Name: ……………………………………………………..

Candidate’s Signature: …………………………………………………
School Random Number: ………………………………………............
District ID: ………………………………………………………………

Readthe following instructions carefully;

1. This paper has two sections A and B FOR EXAMINERS’
2. Section A has 40 questions(40marks) USE ONLY
Qn. No. Marks EXR’s NO.
3. Section B has 15 questions (60marks)

4. Answer all questions:All answers to both 1-10

11-20
Sections A and B must be written in the 21-30
31-40
Spaces provided.
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5. All answers must be written using a blue or 44-46
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black ball point pen or ink but not pencil .
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6. Any handwriting that cannot easily be read 53-55

may lead to loss of mark. TOTAL

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1. Name the vector that breeds in fast flowing water.
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2. How do earth worms promote plant growth?
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3. In the space provided, draw the blood component that is affected by sickle
cell anemia.

4. Suggest one way of conserving wood fuel.

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5. A stone has a mass of 40g and a mass per unit volume of 8g/cc.
Calculate the space it occupies.

6. How is a micropyle useful to a germinating bean seed?

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7. Apart from synovial fluid, name one other structure that helps to reduce
friction at a joint.
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8. How are railway lines constructed in order to leave room for expansion
during hot weather?
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9. Give one sign of calving in cattle.
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10. Name one non metallic conductor of electricity found in a dry cell.
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11. What force enables water molecules to stick to the glass walls as shown
below;
Water droplets

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12. What element of primary health care can be promoted by cleaning and
fencing water source?
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13. How are the legs of a house fly adapted to the spread of cholera germs?
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14. State any one possible cause of a short circuit in electrical installation.
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15. Give a reason why a paper burnt to ash cannot be recovered.
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16. What method of separating mixtures is shown below?

Residues

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17. How is the egg shell of a hen adapted to gaseous exchange?
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18. In which way does bush burning promote soil erosion?
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19. What do we call a group of organs specialized to perform a similar
function?
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20. State any one important function of the human skin.
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21. Mention one method of natural vegetative propagation.
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22. Why are green stick fractures common in babies?
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23. Name the manure obtained from animal wastes.
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24. Give one way how friction is a nuisance force.
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25. Stella saw lightening from a distance. A few second she heard the sound
of thunder. What does this show?
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26. Why is displacement method not suitable for finding the volume of a
plastic cup?
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27. Which microscopic organisms are useful in the making of cheese, butter
and yoghurt?
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28. Why is recycling of waste materials important?
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29. To which group of musical instruments do the whistles and trumpets
belong?
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30. Identify the blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver.
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31. Compare amphibians to birds in terms of classification of vertebrates.
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32. Give the difference between incest and bestiality.
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33. Name any one type of bones that make up the axial skeleton.
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34. Give the difference between a strain and sprain.
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35. Why do the radicles of a bean seed come out first during seed
germination?
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 Use the diagram below to answer questions 36 and 37.

36. Under which class of birds do we find the bird shown above?
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37. How is the above bird adapted to its feeding habits?
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38. Compare a centipede to a millipede in terms of their protective
mechanisms.
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39. Why is culling carried on a poultry farm?
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40. When does the solar eclipse occur?
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SECTION B
41. The diagram below shows the human lungs. Use it to answer the
questions that follow.
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 (a) Name the part marked X.

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(b) State the importance of the part marked K.

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(c) What important process takes place in part marked R?
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(d) Write down one way of keeping the above system in good working
condition.
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42. (a) In which state of matter does sound travel fastest?
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(b) Give a reason why sound travel fastest in the above state of matter.
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(c) Give the meaning of the following terms as used in sound energy.
(i) Volume of sound.
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(ii) Frequency of sound.
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43. (a) Give the meaning.
(i) Demography
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(ii) Health Survey
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(b) Mention any two importance of demography.
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44. (a) What are saprophytes?
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(b) Give any two examples of saprophytes.
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(c) How do saprophytes contribute to plant growth?
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45. (a) Write EMF in full.
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(b) What is the EMF of the commonly used dry cells in our lives?
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(c) In which units are the following measured.
(i) Electric power:
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(ii) Electric resistance:
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46. Below is a diagram of a clinical thermometer, use it to answer

the questions that follow.
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M
Y
(a) Name part marked M.
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(b) What is the importance of part marked Y on the thermometer?
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(c)What effect of heat on matter enables the above instrument to
function?
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(d) Why is the above thermometer marked only from 350C to 420C?
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47. (a) What is interdependence?
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(b) Give any two ways plants depend on animals.
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(c) Why do people plant trees in their compound?
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48. Use the diagram below to answer the questions that follow.

P
X

(a) Name the above organism.

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(b) Why is the organism above called unicellular?
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(c) Name the part marked P.
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(d) What is the function of part marked Y?
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49. Match list A with list B
A B
Dorper cattle
Saddle back Goat husbandry
Hereford Piggery
Toggenburg Sheep husbandry

Dorper ……………………………………………………………………
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Hereford ……………………………………………………………………………
Toggenburg ……………………………………………………………………………

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50. The diagram below shows a system of poultry keeping. Use it
to answer the questions that follow.

(a). Name the system of poultry keeping shown above.

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(b) Mention at least one advantage and one disadvantage of the above
system of poultry keeping.
(i) Advantage: ……………………………………………………………………………….
(ii) Disadvantage: ………………………………………………………………………….
(c) Name any one bacterial disease that can attack poultry under the
above system.
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51. Name the blood component that carries out the following functions.
(a) Transportation of oxygen:-
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(b) Body defense:-
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(c) Clotting of blood:-
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(d) Transportation of blood:-
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52. Use the diagram below to answer the questions.

3m 2m 4m
X 5KgF 5KgF

(a) State the law of moment.

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(b) Find the value of X.

53. The diagram below shows different types of teeth. Use it to answer
questions that follow.

(a) Identify
A the type
C of teeth labeled D
B
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(ii) C ………………………………………………………………………………………………
(b) How many teeth of type D are found in the mouth of an adult
person?
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(c) Name any one tooth disease/dental problem.
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54. (a) What is a balanced diet?
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(b) State any two importance of eating a balanced diet.
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(c) Mention the deficiency disease that is characterized by bleeding,
weakness and fatigue.
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55. The diagram below shows an optical instrument. Use it to answer the
questions that follow.

(a) Name the above optical instrument.

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(b) What type of mirror is used in the above instrument?
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(c) On which principal does the instrument above work?
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(d) How are mirrors in the above instrument inclined in order to give
accurate reflection of light?
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