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INSTRUCTIONS

Read the following carefully:

1. This paper consists of two (2) sections. There are forty (40) Multiple
Choice questions in Section I and six (6) structured questions in Section II.

2. Fill in the following information on the Multiple-Choice answer sheet

using a2HB pencil only (if it has not been completed already):
- School's Name
- School's ID
- Student's Natne
- Student's Number

- Date of Birth

3. Attempt all questions in Section I. Record your answers on the Multiple

Choice answer sheets Provided.

4. Answer all questions in Section II in the spaces provided in this booklet.

5. You should spend approximately fifty (50) minutes on Section I and forty
(40) minutes on Section II.

6. On the Multiple Choice answer sheetDO NOT

r Write any'thing on the top and sides
r Staple
. Punchholes
. Tear
r Make skay marlcs

7. Complete the following on the cover of this test booklet:

- Student's name

- Sfudent's number

- School's name

- School's ID

8. lf you are finished before time is called, go back and check your work.
 SECTION I
MULTIPLE CHOICE

There are forty (40) questions in this section with four (4) options A, B, C, and D.
You are required to answer ALL questions. Select only ONE (1) option.

1. Which of the following substances trap

sunlight in green plants to produce foods?
POTAT
A. Glucose
B. Water SUGAR
C. Chlorophyll
WATER
D. Soil

2. Micro-organisms which ferment milk to

Before After
produce yoguft are called
5. The diagram above shorvs the cross-
section of a piece of potato which was
A. viruses cut and set up before and after some
B. fungi sugar was placed in the cavity dugout.
C. mould
After a short while some liquid
D. bacteria
appeared in the cavity containing the
sugar. The process which best explains
this is
3. To prevent global warming, people can

A. plant trees
A. osmosis
B. conserve water daily
B. hydrolysis
C. increase combustion of fuels
C. oxidation
D. diffusion
D. decrease the use of fertilizers

6. In multi-cellular organisms
4. DNA testing can be used to

A. determine the susar content in

A. differenttypes of cells
perform different functions.
the blood
B. test for cirrhosis of the liver
B. different types of cells perform one
bodily function.
C. test for scurvy
C. different types of cells perform the
D. determine the paternity
same type of bodily function.
of a child
D. one type of cell performs all the
bodily function.
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7. Wh
ich
part of the alimentary canal l0 Aerobic respiration produces
labelled A, B, C, D in the diagram
below is responsible for absorption A. carbon dioxide, oxYgen and
of water? energy
B. carbon dioxide, oxYgen and
water
C. carbon dioxide, oxygen, energy,
and water
D. carbon dioxide, energY and
water

11, The results of a samPle of food

tested to find out its contents are
shown in the table below:

Test Result

Iodine solution added Yellow

colour
8. Which of the following gives an
Benedict's solution Blue colour
example of an infectious and a
non- infe ctious dis ease? added and mixture
heated
Infectious Non-infectious
::t"
Diseases Diseases Shaken rvith ethanol White
emulsion
A. Scurvy AIDS
B. AIDS Lung Cancer
C. Lung Cancer Scurvy The results show the Presence of
D. Obesity Lung Cancer
A. fat
B. glucose
9. John's aunt is suffering with C. Protein
constipation. Which of the following D. vitamin
could be added to her diet to relieve
her of this problem?
12. What is the Place where an organism
A. Orange Juice lives, feeds and reProduces called?
B. Bran
C. Chocolate A. A communitY
D. Chicken B. An ecosystem
C. A habitat
D. A shelter

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 16. The solubility of a solute can be affected
by
Rain
L The nature of the solute
Y II. The temperature of the solvent
III. The amount of solute that needs
to be dissolved
Sna IV. The nature of the solvent

13. A diagram of the water cycle is A. I, II, III

shown above. What processes do the B. I,II, fV
letters X and Y respectively c. I, [I,fv
represent? D. II, ilI, IV
A. Condensation and evaporation
B. Condensation and precipitation 11. The test for oxygen gas is that it
C. Evaporation and precipitation
D. Evaporation and condensation A. relights a glowing splint
B. extinguishes a lighted splint
C. has no reaction on limewater
t4. Cough mixture that must be shaken before D. gives a white precipitate with
administering is most likely a limewater

A. colloid
B. suspansion 18. In an atom, the number of protons is
C. solution
D. gel A. equal to the number of neutrons
B. equal to the number of electrons
C. greater than the number of neutrons
15. Which example below shows the solute D. less than the number of electrons
and solvent present in a soft drink?

.. ',', SoLUTE SoLVENT 19. The change in state from a solid to

gas, is called
A. Sugar CO2 gas and
waler
A. freezing
B. CO2 gas and sugar
B. boiling
lVder C. evaporation
D. sublimation
C. water Sugar and
CO2 gas

D. Sugar and water

CO2 gas

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 20. The separation method shown in the 23. The figure below shows the typical
diagram below is apparafus used for the separation of
mixtures. What process is taking
place at X?

Solution
thermometer
water out

ry t- Bursen 'l'
--'ft'--..-.---.:'.-- -.. - X
--r -::
\--':-::-:J;'-
--.-

'-
ti --^r
--
-,

A. chromatography. water in i
'= 6

B. distillation. 1u i
C. evaporation. tl
D. fractionaldistillation beaker loi
l--

mixture of liquids
2t. Which of the following BEST 1
represents a physical change? heat

A. Combustion of fuel
B. Burning magnesium ribbon
C. Miring sand and water A. Boiling
D. Burning of wood B. Sublimation
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
22. Tl'rc diagram below represents changes
in state of substances. 24. Which one of the following gases is
NOT considered anair pollutant?

A. Nitrogen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Sulphur dioxide
D. Oxides of nitrogen

@
The change represented by arrow X is

A. boiling
B. condensation
C. melting
D. freezing

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 Study the diagram below to answer
Use the gaph below to answer
Questions 25 & 26.
Question 29.

{fi Atom X q)

q)
f
o
U)

25. Atom X is =
-6
J
o 40 60 80
A. Carbon temperature (oC)
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Sodium
29. The graph shows the solubilitv of
solution z inwater (g/100g ofwater).
26. The mass of atom X What is the solubility of i in g/100g
is
of water at 50 o C?
A8 A. 3s/r00g
B. l0
c. 16
B. 4sgl100g
D. 24
C. 70g/100g
D. 809/100g

27. Erosion of stonework, and the

fallins
of leaves are most likety ,orr.d by-"
30 Michael is making a protective case
to
store his watch which is sensitive
to
magnetic fields. Which ofthe
A. global warming
B. acid rain following is the BEST material to
make the case?
C. eutrophication
D. flooding
A Iron
B.Aluminun
28. Solar panels C. Steel
are used in some countries to
provide homes with energy. One D. Nickel
benefit of
this is

A. production of nitrogen gas

B. production of light ener;y
C. reduction of rhe ozon. tii..
D. reduction of carbon dioxide emissrons
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 35. in the oircuit shown below, rvhich
31. \\.tnch of the fbllourrng will not affect lamps will remain liglrting, whether
the strength of a magnet? the switoh is on or ot?

n. Heating
B. Passing a direct current through it
l'1 Hammering it
D. Passing an alternzttng ourrent
through it

JL The glass qralls of an incubator reduoe

heat loss through

A. conduotion only
B. convection only
C.. conduction and convection
D. oonduction, oonvention and
radiation A. I andL
B, 1and3
33 Jamilla purchased a sun-shade for the C. 2 artd3
windscreen of her oat'to reduoe the D. 1,2 and3
temperature inside. Which of the
following is the best colour for the
outer surface of the sun-shade? 36 \\{hioh ONE of the following devroes
will demonstrate the enetgy
A. \\itnte transformations as shown below?
B. Silver
C. Dullblack Chemioal+ electrical+ light
D. Shiny black energy energy energy

A. An eiectric stove
34. A yel1ow drink Plaoed in a blue
B. A fluorescent light bulb'
bottle appears to be C. A kerosene lamP'
D. A battery oPerated touoh light
A. blue
B. yellow
(1. blaok
D. green
 37. An inflated balloon will
shrink
placed in a refrigerator. The
if
lower Piston X
temperature causes the gas particles Pistgn Y
to

A. move faster and become closer

together
B. move slower and become closer liquid
together
C. move faster and become further
40.
apart
The pressure exerted on the piston y
D. by the liquid in the diagram'below
move slower and become funher
ts
apart

equal to the pressure at piston

1 greaterpressure at piston
X
38. Which of the following objects
has
!
C.
X
the greatest momenfum? less pressure at piston X
D. twice the pressure at piston X

1 AA small
B.
motorcycle moving at 60 kmlh
carmoving ut OO
C. A small car movin! at 0.06mn---
D. A truck moving at;0 km/h i;nl

39. The rectangular block shown

is-90N (Not drawn to scale).
l.loy
On which side (A, B, C, Dj;h-;;il
the block be placed to exert
the
teast pressure on the surface
on
which the block is resting?

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 SECTIONII

There are SIX (6) questions in this section'

Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided'

(10) years where fires at the

1. John has been working as a labourer at a landfill for ten
landfill produce a lot Jf smoke and a"sh. He also enjoys smoking cigarettes.' -
because he has difficulty
Recently, John has visited his doctor on several occasions
in breathing'

to the smoke at the

(a) (i) What TWO (2) diseases can John develop from exposure
(2 marks)
landfill?

he is having?
(ii) Explain how John has contributed to the health problem
(1 mark)

his
(iii) Which system in John's body is affected by the smoke at (1 mark)
workplace and the cigarettes that he smokes?

smoking cigarettes?
(b) (i) How would you classiff such diseases that are caused (1 mark)

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 (b) (ii) What are rwo (2) suggestions .
you can make to help
he faces due to smof;;i"*'" John reduce the problems
(2 marks)

(c) the government

:il:lTi'i?,fi; ora counrry can herp to reduce
the
(2 marks)

(d) Explain what is meantby,,second

hand smoke,,.
(1 mark)

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2. The diagram shows how water is recycled in nature.

water vapour ilt air

transpiration

(a)
water in ponds, lakes,
river "fl t

(i) Name the THREE (3) processes labelled A, B, and C in the water cycle.
(3 mark)

A.

C.

(ii) Give the name of oNE (1) process in which plants use water.

(1 mark)

(b) Name THREE (3) types of water pollutants and state their harmful effects.
(3x 2 marks)

I. Pollutant:

Harmful Effect:

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 II. Pollutant:

Harmful Effect:

n. Pollutant:

Harmful Effect:

3' Three gases in the atrnosphere

are listed in the table below.

(a) (i) Give ONE (l) use of each gas

listed.
(3 marks)

Gases in the atmosphere

(D Carbon Dioxide

(fD Nitrogen

(III) Oxygen

(ii) which gas in the tabre has the greatest

composition in the armosphere?

(l nrark)
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(b) What part does deforestation play in changing the composition of ait? (4 marks)

(c) Give oNE (1) example each, of ways in which policymakers and industrialists
(2 marks)
can help reduce air pollution.

(i) PolicY tnakers:

(ii) Industrialists:

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4' of four different types
ff"Tf,ff:ition of mixrures, 4 B, c and D are shown
in the

t' in whether mixtures

3:ilii::J::$:f,,J":riting A, B, c and D are sorutions.

Type of Mixture

Water & Sand

Sugar & Wder

Starch & Water

Powdered Chalk & Water

(4 rnarks)

(b) What method can be

used to separate the components
in mixtures A and B:
(i) Mixrure A (2 x 2 marks)

Explain why you would choose

that method.

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 (ii) Mixture B

Explain why you would choose that method.

(c) (i) Would the method (s) used in Part (b) to separate mixfltres A & B be suitable
for separating Mixture (C)? Explain why. (2 marks)

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5. (a) What is a magnet?
(2 marks)

(b) The diagram below

shows a bar magnet.

North n"t.
South pole

(i) Briefly explain

*11y":lg happen if the North pore
brought towards the of a simirar magner was
Norrh por" olirri,
Lugn"t. (l mark)

,{;?yjJiliTj,lTffill|;J*^ pore of a simlarmagnet was brought

(1 mark)

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(c) A magnet is cut into three pieces as shown in the diagram below. What poles
would be found at ends marked X and Y respectively. (2 marks)

X N S Y

Magnet

pole

Y: pole

(d) The diagram below shows a soft iron bar placed in contact with a magnet and then
brought into contact with paper clips.

S N Soft hon Bar

I
I

Paper clip

(i) Briefly explain what happened to the soft iron bar and the paper clips
(2 marks)

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(d) (ii)What will be happen to the paper clips if the magnet is gently separated from
the soft iron bar in the diagram above? Explain why. (2 mark)

6. The diagram below shows a model created by a student to show an eclipse of the sun
by the moon.

\
\
Screen

LINES

(a) State what each of the following represents in the model above. (4 marks)

Bulb

Ball

Lines

Screen

(b) Explain what you would observe at positions X, Y and Zwhenthe bulb is tumed on.
(3 marks)

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 falling on a rectangular glass block.
' ' The diagrarn below shows a ray of lightwhat
(c)
happens to the ray after it strikes the
_

Compleie the diagram below to show

glass block (2 marks)

Incident ray

Glass blook

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