ONE VISION EXAMINATIONS CENTRE (OVEC)

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END OF THIRD TERM EXAMINATION - JUL. 2024

SCIENCE

NAME OF PUPIL

SIGNATURE

CLASS BASIC 4 DURATION 1 hour 40 minutes

SECTION A: Answer All Questions in this Section by

INSTRUCTIONS shading the correct answer on your Objective Test
answer sheet.
Use 2B Pencil throughout. Shade like this [ D ]

SECTION B: This is the THEORY Part. It also

contains other sub- divisions. Follow the
instructions given before each part of this section.
Answer this part in your Answer Booklet.

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you
are waiting, read and observe the instructions given above
carefully. Write your Name and indicate your Signature in the
spaces provided above.

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1. Measles mostly affects 9. Which of the following materials is
A. adults elastic?
B. children A. Glass
C. old people B. Wood
D. unborn babies C. Plastic
D. Spring
2. We can prevent climate change by
A. cutting down trees 10. The process of changing waste
B. engaging in illegal mining substances into useful products is
C. burning wastes and bushes known as
D. planting more trees A. recovery
B. oxidation
3. All mammals C. reduction
A. have four legs D. recycling
B. have hairs on their bodies
C. produce breastmilk 11. Places, where waste substances
D. live in water are buried, are called
A. abandoned sites
4. What is the largest part of the B. cemeteries
human body? C. landfill sites
A. Heart D. reservoirs
B. Head
C. Skin 12. Smoke from the continuous
D. Legs burning of materials can
A. pollute the atmosphere
5. Items needed for bathing include B. purify the atmosphere
A. brush C. cleanse the atmosphere
B. toothpaste D. make water bodies clean
C. soup
D. soap 13. Materials that return to their
original shapes after being
6. A boy using a catapult to kill birds stretched are described as
applies …………… force. A. hollow
A. elastic B. heavy
B. frictional C. elastic
C. magnetic D. transparent
D. gravitational
14. Cigarette smoke is …………… to the
7. The practice of keeping the body environment.
clean is known as A. good
A. sanitation B. harmful
B. personal highness C. pure
C. personal hygiene D. harmless
D. enhancement
15. Animals that feed on plants only
8. Measles can spread from person to are called
person through A. omnivores
A. eating too much salt B. carnivores
B. social distancing C. herbivores
C. physical contact D. scavengers
D. good ventilation
16. Personal hygiene is important 23. Chewing sticks, charcoal and ash
because it are materials for
A. protects our bodies from A. cleaning the teeth
diseases B. bathing
B. weakens our health C. washing hands
C. keeps our environment clean D. washing the hair
D. promotes the spread of 24. The practice of keeping the mouth
many skin diseases and teeth clean can also be called
17. Waste can be classified as solid, A. vocal hygiene
liquid or B. gastric hygiene
A. gaseous C. sanitation
B. powdered D. oral hygiene
C. granular 25. What is the best way of preventing
D. pungent the spread of measles in a
community?
18. Kicking a football shows a
A. Avoiding overcrowding
…………… on the football.
B. Social distancing
A. push
C. Vaccination
B. pull D. Regular bathing
C. tear
D. strain 26. Food-borne diseases are also
called
19. What type of force would be A. food poisoning
applied to squeeze water from a B. respiratory diseases
wet sponge? C. communicable diseases
A. Elastic force D. food spoilage
B. Magnetic force
27. Measles is caused by a
C. Compressional force
A. bacterium
D. Gravitational force
B. virus
20. Which of the following practices C. fungus
does not describe personal hygiene? D. protozoan
A. Hand washing 28. Which of the following is a liquid
B. Bathing waste?
C. Removing cobwebs A. Water vapour
D. Cleaning the teeth B. Urine
21. Fingers and toenails can be kept C. Plastics
clean with D. Rubber
A. cutlasses 29. Hand washing must be done with
B. nail clippers A. soap only
C. shovel B. soap and water in a bucket
D. toothbrush C. sponge and water only
22. Which of the following parts of the D. soap and running water
human body can give a bad odour 30. Good waste management systems
when not cleaned properly? help to maintain
A. Armpit A. personal hygiene
B. Palm B. oral hygiene
C. Elbow C. environmental hygiene
D. Knee D. the social status of some
people
 SECTION B
[40 MARKS]
Answer two Questions only from this section.

1. (a) Define the term personal hygiene. [2 marks]

(b) Classify the following into materials for bathing and materials for
cleaning the teeth in the table below: chewing stick, soap, towel,
toothpaste, sponge, charcoal.

Materials for Bathing Materials for cleaning teeth

[12 marks]

(c) Give three symptoms of food-borne diseases. [3 marks]

(d) Name three things that use electricity in the house. [3 marks]

2. (a) What is a force? [2 marks]

(b) Mention any two types of forces. [6 marks]

(c) List three materials needed to wash the hands in school. [6 marks]

(d) Outline three ways of preventing measles. [6 marks]

3. (a) Explain the term recycling. [3 marks]

(b) State three ways of keeping the environment clean. [6 marks]

(c) (i) Give two examples of food-borne diseases. [4 marks]

(ii) List two ways of preventing food-borne diseases. [4 marks]

(d) Describe one way by which measles spreads from one person to
another. [3 marks]
 ONE VISION EXAMINATIONS CENTRE (OVEC)

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END OF THIRD TERM EXAMINATION - JUL. 2024

SCIENCE

NAME OF PUPIL

SIGNATURE

CLASS BASIC 5 DURATION 1 hour 40 minutes

SECTION A: Answer All Questions in this Section by

INSTRUCTIONS shading the correct answer on your Objective Test
answer sheet.
Use 2B Pencil throughout. Shade like this [ D ]

SECTION B: This is the THEORY Part. It also

contains other sub- divisions. Follow the
instructions given before each part of this section.
Answer this part in your Answer Booklet.

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you
are waiting, read and observe the instructions given above
carefully. Write your Name and indicate your Signature in the
spaces provided above.

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1. Tiny organisms that cause 9. We can clear a bushy compound
diseases are called with a
A. insects A. cutlass
B. germs B. comb
C. worms C. mop
D. wrigglers D. rake
2. All the following substances make 10. Illegal mining in Ghana is termed
clothes dirty except as
A. sweat
A. organic mining
B. dust
B. gold farming
C. water
C. galamsey
D. germs
D. guarantee
3. Floods, choked gutters and
improper disposal of waste can 11. What is the major raw material for
lead to the outbreak of kenkey production?
A. chicken pox A. Maize
B. ringworm B. Cassava
C. cholera C. Yam
D. syphilis D. Potato
4. What is the raw material for gari 12. Evelyn went to class and found
production? that her classroom was wet and
A. Yam dirty. Which of these tools would
B. Maize she need to clean the floor?
C. Potato A. Broom
D. Cassava B. Cutlass
5. The shea tree grows well in C. Brush
A. southern Ghana D. Mop
B. northern Ghana
13. The physical and mental features
C. the middle belt
of a disease are known as
D. the capital city of Ghana
A. causes
6. Why do we use washing powder B. prevention
when washing clothes? C. symptoms
A. It makes washing difficult D. treatment
B. It makes the water dirty
C. It kills germs in clothes 14. The best way to prevent and
D. It makes clothes soft control chicken pox is
A. regular bathing
7. Toilet facilities must be cleaned with
B. brushing teeth regularly
A. water only
B. detergents C. sharing of towels and
C. lemon juice sponges
D. cotton wool D. use of vaccines

8. Proper cleaning of toilet facilities 15. Which of the following substances

keeps …………… away. are needed to wash clothes?
A. mosquitoes A. Water and soup
B. flies B. Soap and water
C. bees C. Oil and water
D. ants D. Soap and oil
15. Chicken pox is caused by a 23. Severe diarrhoea and vomiting
A. virus are mostly associated with
B. bacterium A. chicken pox
C. protozoan B. ringworm
D. worm C. cholera
D. malaria
16. A dirty environment may lead to
A. ill health 24. Chicken pox can spread when an
B. good health infected person
C. improved lifestyle A. coughs
D. increased productivity B. keeps quiet
C. covers the mouth
17. Mosquito outbreak due to a dirty
D. baths regularly
environment can lead to the
spread of 25. One of the following diseases can
A. rabies spread when toilet facilities are
B. scabies not cleaned well?
C. ringworm A. Chicken pox
D. malaria B. Ringworm
18. The carpentry industry relies C. Measles
solely on …………… D. Cholera
A. clay 26. Tiles, plates and earthenware are
B. metals made from
C. plastic A. rubber
D. wood B. plastic
19. Which of the following tools is C. wood
used for sweeping? D. clay
A. Mop
27. Which of the following materials is
B. Brush
used in basketry?
C. Cutlass
A. Raffia palm
D. Broom
B. Rubber
20. Chicken pox is caused by C. Plastic
A. bacteria D. Clay
B. virus
C. protozoa 28. Deforestation can lead to severe
D. nematodes A. afforestation
B. bumper harvest
21. Symptoms of chicken pox include C. disease outbreak
A. high blood pressure D. climate change
B. low blood pressure
C. vomiting 29. Which of the following practices in
D. itchy rash the washroom is wrong?
A. Flushing toilet or urine
22. Which of the following diseases immediately
affects the skin directly? B. Urinating on the floor
A. HIV/AIDS C. Keeping tissues in waste
B. Gonorrhoea containers
C. Cholera D. Using too much water
D. Chicken pox
 SECTION B
[40 MARKS]
Answer all questions in Part I and any other two questions in Part II.

Part I (Compulsory)
Answer all the Questions in this part.
(a) Copy the table below and provide the raw materials for the given local
industries
Industries Raw materials
Gari production
Kenkey production
Carpentry industry
Ceramic industry
Palm oil industry
[10 marks]
(b) The table below shows some methods of keeping the environment clean.
Copy the table and provide one material/instrument needed to perform each
activity.
Activity Instrument
Weeding
Scrubbing
Mopping
Sweeping
Dusting [10 marks]

PART II
Answer two Questions only from this part
2. (a) State three symptoms of cholera. [3 marks]
(b) (i) Explain deforestation. [1 mark]
(ii) List three importance of trees to humans. [3 marks]
(c) Mention two ways of preventing cholera. [2 marks]
(d) What is the best way of preventing chicken pox? [1 mark]

3. (a) (i) What are skin-related diseases? [1 mark]

(ii) Name any two examples of skin-related diseases. [2 marks]
(b) Give three symptoms of chicken pox. [3 marks]
(c) Mention one disease you can get from a dirty toilet facility. [1 mark]
(d) State three materials needed to keep the washroom clean. [3 marks]

4. (a) (i) Define personal hygiene. [1 mark]

(ii) Mention three ways of keeping the body clean. [3 marks]
(b) Identify the organism that causes chicken pox. [1 mark]
(c) List three materials you will need to wash your school uniform.
[3 marks]
(d) Outline two benefits of keeping the environment clean. [2 marks]
 ONE VISION EXAMINATIONS CENTRE (OVEC)

(A Credible Private Examinations Group)

END OF THIRD TERM EXAMINATION - JUL. 2024

SCIENCE

NAME OF PUPIL

SIGNATURE

CLASS BASIC 6 DURATION 1 hour 40 minutes

SECTION A: Answer All Questions in this Section by

INSTRUCTIONS shading the correct answer on your Objective Test
answer sheet.
Use 2B Pencil throughout. Shade like this [ D ]

SECTION B: This is the THEORY Part. It also

contains other sub- divisions. Follow the
instructions given before each part of this section.
Answer this part in your Answer Booklet.

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you
are waiting, read and observe the instructions given above
carefully. Write your Name and indicate your Signature in the
spaces provided above.

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1. How long does it take the Earth 8. Which of the following is a
to orbit the sun? common greenhouse gas?
A. 365 days A. Carbon dioxide
B. 24 hours B. Oxygen
C. 12 hours C. Neon
D. 10 years D. Argon
9. A foul or unpleasant smell from
2. Which of the following substances one’s body is known as
contains carbon? A. body order
A. Charcoal B. personal hygiene
B. Water C. body odour
C. Gold bar D. aroma
D. Iron nails
10. Recycling is one way of
3. The practice of keeping the body A. creating waste
clean and healthy is referred to B. reducing waste
as C. increasing diseases
D. reducing illegal mining
A. environmental hygiene
B. sanitation 11. Reddening, swelling and scaling
C. sonication of the skin are characteristics of
D. personal hygiene A. cholera
B. chicken pox
4. Which of the following gases C. ringworm
supports burning? D. eczema
A. Oxygen
12. An example of a plant with a
B. Nitrogen taproot system is
C. Chlorine A. cocoyam
D. Carbon dioxide B. pineapple
C. coconut
5. Inflammation of the membrane D. pawpaw
covering the brain and spinal
cord is known as 13. What is the main cause of body
A. gingivitis odour?
B. arthritis A. Contaminated water
B. Spoilt food
C. meningitis
C. Unclean air
D. hepatitis
D. Sweat
6. Some parts of the body produce 14. A place where waste is disposed
bad odour than others due to the or buried is known as
A. absence of enough air A. landfill site
B. presence of enough air B. cemetery
C. colour of such parts C. mining site
D. texture of such parts D. underground bin

7. Climate change can lead to 15. Which of the following substances

can mask body odour?
A. increased crop yield
A. Sweat
B. regular temperature pattern
B. Cotton wool
C. frequent flooding C. Dirty clothes
D. regular rainfall pattern D. Deodorants
16. The local production of soap is 23. Most plants appear green due to
based on the scientific principle of the presence of
A. sonification A. lanoline
B. sanctification B. rhodopsin
C. saponification C. chlorophyll
D. haemoglobin
D. fermentation
24. Steel is made up of iron and
17. Which of the following body parts A. carbon
does not normally produce a bad B. zinc
odour? C. lead
A. Anus D. copper
B. Armpit 25. Eczema may be triggered by
C. Eyes A. viruses
D. Mouth B. clean water
C. detergents
18. Metals are known to be D. anger
A. volatile
26. Which of the following local
B. ductile
industries operates on the
C. brittle scientific principles of evaporation
D. soft and crystallization?
A. Gari production
19. Which of these fruits can be used
B. Kenkey production
to reduce bad odour from the C. Salt production
armpit? D. Palm oil production
A. Pineapple
B. Lemon 27. Long-term shifts in weather
patterns is called
C. Apple
A. volcanic eruption
D. Watermelon B. cosmic change
20. Condensation is the process C. climate change
D. tidal waves
whereby
A. liquid changes to gas 28. Sponge, soap and water are used
B. gas changes to liquid to keep the …………… clean.
C. liquid changes to solid A. throat
B. skin
D. solid changes to liquid
C. teeth
21. The removal of metabolic wastes D. mouth
from the body is known as 29. Metals are used in the construction
A. respiration of bridges because they are
B. reproduction A. malleable
C. defecation B. ductile
D. excretion C. strong
D. less reactive
22. We can reduce bad mouth odour 30. We can reduce the rate of climate
by change by
A. eating early A. cutting down trees
B. eating late B. using more fossil fuel
C. regular bathing C. planting more trees
D. regular brushing of teeth D. mining in forest areas
 SECTION B
[40 MARKS]
Answer all questions in Part I and any other two questions in Part II.
Part I
[COMPULSORY]
1. The table below describes some local industries whose operations are
based on scientific principles. Copy and complete the table.

Local Industry Scientific Principle One Raw Material

Yoghurt production Fermentation Raw milk
Salt production
Gari processing
Palm oil production
Kenkey production
Soap production
[20 marks]
PART II
Answer two Questions only from this part.
2. (a) Name four parts of the human body that can produce bad odour.
[2 marks]
(b) (i) State two symptoms of eczema. [2 marks]
(ii) Mention two ways of controlling eczema. [2 marks]
(c) What is the best way of preventing meningitis? [2 marks]
(d) List two effects of climate change. [2 marks]

3. (a) (i) Explain the term personal hygiene. [1 mark]

(ii) List three ways of practising personal hygiene. [3 marks]
(b) Give four examples of wastes generated at home. [2 marks]
(c) Write three symptoms of meningitis. [3 marks]
(d) Explain what will happen if we do not bath regularly. [1 mark]

4. (a) Mention four ways of controlling body odour. [2 marks]

(b) State one material needed to keep each of the following parts clean and
healthy:
(i) teeth (ii) armpit (iii) fingernails (iv) skin
[4 marks]
(c) Mention two organisms that can cause meningitis in humans.
[2 marks]
(d) Name two simple machines. [2 marks]