NAKURU MUNICIPALITY - EASTERN ZONE

SCHOOL EVALUATION TEST

STANDARD SIX TERM 1 2009
SCIENCE TIME: 1 HR. 40 MINS

The diagram below shows the female sex organs 9. Which one of the following groups of foods
are sources of proteins
A. Arrow roots, fish and sweet potatoes
Y B. Cheese, rice and eggs
C. Peas, fish and eggs
D. Maize, rive and wheat
10. Mode of heat transfer in the figure below is
Hand
Z X
Heat
V Candle
1. Name the part marked X
A. Vagina B. Oviduct A. Conduction B. Convection
C. Ovary D. Uterus C. Radiation D. Heat
2. Which letter represent the part where 11. The following are ways in which people get
fertilization takes place infected with HIV virus which one is not
A. V B. Y C. Z D. X A. Having sex with an infected person
3. The green colouring matter in plants is called B. Shaking hands with an infected person
A. Bile B. Photosynthesis C. From an infected mother to unborn baby
C. Fungus D. Chlorophyll D. Through infected blood during transfusion
4. Which one of the following is not a green The diagram below represents parts of a flower
plant
E
A. Mould B. Algae
C. Moss D. Fern F
5. Why should a raingauge be kept away from G
trees or buildings?
A. Building and trees provides shade that
cools the water H
B. Building and trees can stop rainwater from
getting into the raingauge 12. Name the part labelled F
C. Buildings and trees attract rainfall A. Ovary
D. Buildings provide water through gutters B. Anther
6. The degree of hotness or coldness of the C. Stigma
atmosphere is called D. Sepals
A. Air temperature B. Humidity 13. After fertilization the part labelled H develops
C. Air pressure D. Weather change into _________
7. The following are physical changes that A. Fruit
occurs in boys during adolescence except? B. Flower
A. Voice becomes deep C. Leaves
B. Muscles becomes big D. Seeds
C. Hair grows on the chest 14. The disease that occurs due to lack of enough
D. Menstruation blood is called
8. Which one of these diseases is spread A. Rickets
through air? B. Kwashiorkor
A. Whooping cough B. Cholera C. Anaemia
C. Malaria D. Sleeping sickness D. Marasmus
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 The diagram below shows a monocot seed 23. The following are characteristics of animals
(i) Their bodies are covered with dry scales
(ii) They lay eggs
D (iii) They are cold-blooded
Which class of vertebrates does the animal
C belong
B A. Reptiles B. Mammals
C. Birds D. Amphibians
A
24. Which one is not an insect
A. Bees B. Mosquitoes
15. Which part develops into a shoot after C. Spider D. Cockroaches
germination Std. pupils in Jamhuri primary school set the
16. The path which a planet follows round the sun below experiment
is called Soil U Soil V Soil W
A. Orbit B. Revolution
C. Rotation D. Spin
17. Which of the following planets has the highest
number of moons
A. Mars B. Saturn
C. Jupiter D. Uranus
18. Which one of the following is not a rotational
method of grazing Cotton Water
Water wool Cotton
A. Paddocking Water
B. Tethering wool
C. Strip feeding 25. What were they trying to investigate
D. Stall feeding A. Capillarity B. Drainage
19. Which vaccine is immunized to babies at birth C. Texture D. Structure
A. B.C.G B. Tetanus 26. Which soil is suitable for modelling
C. Polio D. D.P.T A. Soil U B. Soil V
20. The following are ways through which C. Soil W D. None of the above
diseases can be spread except 27. Wearing protective clothing when handling
A. Personal contact and walking in stagnant water can only
B. Taking contaminated water and food protect you from getting infected with
C. Insect bites A. Cholera B. Bilharzia
D. Taking a balanced diet C. Tuberculosis D. Malaria
21. The diagram shows _________ roots 28. Which one of the following is not a fodder
crop
A. Napier grass
B. Maize Plant
C. Sweet potatoes vines
D. Dairy meal
29. Ovulation in the human females takes place
every?
A. 28 days B. 14 days
A. Fibrous root C. 7 days D. 30 days
B. Tap roots 30. Where are sperms produced in the male
C. Aerial roots reproductive organ
D. Adventitious roots A. Scrotum B. Urethra
22. The following are poor conductors of heat. C. Testis D. Penis
Which one is not 31. The process through which food moves
A. Wood B. Plastic through the gullet in a wavelike manner is
C. Glass D. Metal called
A. Swallowing B. Digestion
C. Peristasis D. Egestion
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32. The part labelled Q, S and U are respectively
X Y
called? 35. Solid Liquid Gas
Which process is represented by the above
Q letters respectively
A. Cooling and melting
B. Condensation and freezing
C. Melting and evaporation
D. Evaporation and melting
36. The following are water borne diseases
except?
A. Malaria B. Cholera
C. Typhoid D. Bilharzia
37. The amount of medicine to be taken at one
U time is known as?
S P A. Medicinal quantity
B. Dosage
Q S U C. Prescription
A. Trachea Bronchioles Ribs D. First aid
B. Gullet Bronchus Diaphragm 38. Which one of the following statements is not
C. Trachea Bronchus Diaphram correct?
D. Trachea Bronchus Diaphram A. Medicines are used to prevent diseases
B. Medicines are used to cure diseases
33. A boy from Nairobi road primary noticed a C. Medicines are taken in excess to speed up
flower with the following characteristics. recovery
Had no scent Dull colour D. Medicines are used to relieve pain
No nectar 39. The experiment below was done by Std. 5
The flower was likely to be a __________ pupils of Menengai primary school. What
pollinated flower answer did they come up with
A. Wind
B. Water
C. Insects
D. Birds Water

34. The diagram below is known as

Bubbles
Bottle
Soil

A. There is water in the soil

Scale B. There is air in the soil
tube C. There is air in the water
D. There is humus in the soil
Stand Coloured
water 40. Which of the following is wrong about all
living things
A. Liquid Thermometer A. They die
B. Air thermometer B. They remove waste materials
C. Rain gauge C. They breath
D. Hydrometer D. They move from one place to place

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 Use the diagram to answer questions 41 - 43 47. Which one will produce the highest pitch
when hitted

A
B
V
W C
D

U
X

48. Which one is not a cereal crop?

A. Maize B. Rice
41. The diagram below shows the digestive C. Wheat D. Potatoes
system of a human being
In which part is bile produced 49. Pupils in class 6 carried out the above
A. W B. V C. U D. X experiment to find out about _____ in plant

42. Which digestive juice is produced in the part

marked V
A. Bile juice
B. Gastric juice Polythene
C. Saliva bag
D. Pancreatic juice

43. In which part does absorption of food takes

place
Water Droplets
A. W B. U
C. X D. V

44. Carnivorous animals feed on A. Transpiration

A. Grains B. Respiration
B. Flesh C. Photosynthesis
C. Plants D. Breathing
D. Both plants and flesh
50. The process through which green plants
45. Which group consist of mammals only makes their own food is called _________
A. Bat, Kangaroo, Mouse A. Phototropism
B. Rabbit, Nenet, Rat B. Chlorophyll
C. Salamander, Whale, Elephant C. Photosynthesis
D. Mouse, snake, squirrel D. Green phyll

46. Which one is a function of incisors and

canines teeth respectively
A. Biting and tearing
B. Cutting and grinding
C. Grinding and chewing
D. Grinding and tearing

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 NAKURU MUNICIPALITY - EASTERN ZONE
SCHOOL EVALUATION TEST
STANDARD SEVEN TERM 1 2009
SCIENCE TIME: 1 HR. 40 MINS

1. Canines are sharp and pointed. They are 7. Which one of the following is the function of
used for __________ platelets in the body
A. Gripping and tearing A. Carrying oxygen
B. Crushing and biting B. Protecting the body
C. Biting and tearing C. Carrying food nutrients
D. Chewing and gripping D. Clotting of blood
2. Food remains if not cleaned in our teeth forms 8. Which of the following has valves
a chemical called ________ A. Arteries
A. Dental earies B. Plasma
B. Bleeding gums C. Veins
C. Acids D. Capillaries
D. Bad breath 9. Red blood cells are destroyed in the
3. Which of the following represents cereal A. Heart
crops? B. White bone marrow
A. Maize, rice, beans, peas C. Red bone marrow
B. Ovacado, barley, Maize, rice D. Liver
C. Rice, maize, barley, orange 10. Why is pulmonary artery the odd artery
D. Rice, sorghum, millet, maize among other arteries ________
4. Weeds are unwanted plants. Among the A. Its very big
following weeds which is edible B. It carries deoxygenated blood
A. Mexican marigold C. It carried oxygenated blood
B. Pigweed D. It takes blood back to the heart
C. Wandering Jew 11. Which of the following is a legal drug?
D. Oxalis A. Bhang
5. The instrument shown is used to measure B. Madrax
rainfall. It works best when it is placed C. Cocaine
D. Miraa
12. Which of the following is a curative drug
A. Penicillin B. Panadol
C. Asprin D. Eno
13. Which of the following is not an effect of
cocaine
A. Sleeplessness
B. Loss of appetite
C. Narrowing of blood vessels
D. Blurred vision
14. One of the following is a drug misuse?
A. Taking drugs in order to fall asleep
A. Under a tree B. Taking when sick
B. At an open ground C. Taking prescribed drugs
C. Near a building D. Sharing drugs
D. Inside a classroom 15. The people who are most likely to be infected
6. We are very destructive, we move in storms. with HIV/AIDS are
We are controlled by use of chemicals who A. Children below age seven years
are we _________ B. Those above 13 years to 45 years
A. Army worms B. Weevils C. Pastors
C. Aphids D. Moles D. Old people above 50 years
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16. The following are ways of controlling HIV/ Study the diagram below
AIDS. Which one is not?
A. Abstaining from sex Plants
B. Killing all those with HIV/AIDS
C. Giving them a balanced diet
D. Giving them love and care Flowering Non flowering
17. The counselling done after testing HIV/AIDS
is called
A. Elisa test
B. Pre-counselling
C. Post-counselling Grass X W Mulds
D. None of the above
18. The following are immunisable diseases 24. Which of the pair fit in W and X
except? A. Sisal and coconut
A. Diphtheria B. Lichens and mushroom
B. Tuberculosis C. Sisal and cedar
C. Tetanus D. Cedar and sisal
D. Typhoid 25. Given a fern plant where would you place it in
19. The following are signs of a certain disease the above diagram
(i) Simple coughing at the beginning then A. X and W B. W
worsens C. W and X D. X
(ii) Loss of weight 26. Among the following plants we eat their stems
(iii) Sweating a lot at night A. Carrots, sweet potatoes
Which one is it? B. Irish potato, ginger
A. Malaria B. Tuberculosis C. Sugar cane, carrots
C. Cholera D. Typhoid D. Irish potato and cassava
20. Measles vaccine is given at what age?____ Use the diagrams to answer questions 27030
A. At birth Q
B. After 10 weeks
C. At 9 months P
D. After 2 years
21. Seeds are normally made in the part marked

i
R
ii

iii
iv

A. iv B. iii C. ii D. i
22. The male sex cells are found in the part
marked 27. The above diagram represent different types
A. iii B. iv of soil. Which bottle contain clay soil
C. i D. iii A. P B. PQ
23. The part that protects the flower when in bud C. Q D. R
stage is _________ 28. Which of the above soil is best for cultivating
A. iv B. iii A. PR B. Q
C. ii D. i C. R D. P
29. Which soil has rough texture
A. P B. R C. Q D. None
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30. The above experiments shows us the ______ 38. Which are the best shoes to use on a polished
A. Drainage wood?
B. Collection of clean water A. Shoes with rubber soles
C. Soil erosion B. Shoes with soles that are smooth and hard
D. Capillarity C. Shoes with soles made of wood
31. Transfer of heat through gases is known as D. Shoes without treads
A. Air movement
B. Conduction Use the diagram to answer
C. Radiation
D. Convention Balloon
32. Among the following are importance of light
which is not
A. Light helps to keep pests away
B. Light helps to eat food
C. Light helps us to see things clearly
D. Light helps to make a place safe

Hawks
39. When the bottle is put in what water, what is
likely to happen
Birds A. It will inflate
B. It will burst
C. It will fly on
Grass D. None of the above
Insects Chameleon 40. The above diagram shows nails nailed on a
piece of wood. Which nail would produce
Snakes the highest pitch when hit
D
33. What would happen if all hawks were killed C
A. Chameleon will decrease B
B. Insects will increase A
C. Chamelions will increase
D. Birds will die
34. Which one is the primary producer?
A. Snakes B. Hawks
C. Grass D. Chameleon
35. Dead plants and animals when they decay we A. A B. B C. C D. D
say they __________ 41. Which is the difference shown below between
A. Transpire a millipede and a centipede
B. Perspire A. A centipede is cylindrical
C. Decompose B. A millipede is not poisonous
D. Expire C. A millipede is flat
36. During photosynthesis plants use D. A millipede has one pair of legs on each
A. Oxygen and water segment
B. Oxygen and chlorophyll 42. The life cycle shown belongs to which insect
C. Carbon dioxide and oxygen Egg
D. Carbon dioxide and water
37. Why is a fulcrum of the crow bar close to the Maggot
load? Adult
A. To jerk the load
B. To use less effort Pupa
C. To give space to lift the load A. Mosquito B. Butterfly
D. To use more effort C. Housefly D. Tick
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43. Which of the following does not allow sound 48. Which of the following is the correct units
to pass through used for measuring force
A. Air B. Vacuum A. Newtons
C. Solids D. Liquids B. Kilograms
44. Three of the following cause water pollution. C. Grams
Which one does not D. g/Cm3
A. Water from industries
B. Smoke from industries 49. Which of the following materials can be used
C. Sewage to make a magnet
D. From chemicals A. Copper
45. The diagram below represents a bean seed. B. Steel
The part marked M acts as a C. Brass
D. Aluminium
M
K 50. Std. 7 pupils uprooted a plant and found the
L roots shown below. The plant is likely to be a
X _________

A. Grows into the roots

B. Allow water into the beans
C. Becomes the first leaves
D. Reserve of food at germination
46. Std. 7 pupils set up an experiment to
investigate a certain process in plants.
This process to be investigated was

Transparent A. Maize plant

polythene bag B. Sorghum plant
C. Rice plant
D. Bean plant

A. Evaporation
B. Transpiration
C. Condensation
D. Saturated
47. The diagram below shows bending of light as
it moves from a less dense to more dense
medium. This phenomenon is referred to as
________

A. Reflection B. Dispersion
C. Refraction D. Spectrum

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 NAKURU MUNICIPALITY - EASTERN ZONE
SCHOOL EVALUATION TEST
STANDARD EIGHT TERM 1 2009
SCIENCE TIME: 1 HR. 40 MINS

1. The male gametes (sperms) are stored in the 7. Which one of the following birds if found on
A. Testes B. Epididymis wheat field would worry farmers?
C. Semicle vesicle D. Penis A. Vulture B. Sunbird
2. The diagram below represents a human C. Crow D. Quelea birds
kidney. Parts X, Y, Z respectively are 8. Which one of the following is not a
characteristic of a toad?
. A. It lives partly on land and partly in water
. .. . . . . . . X B. Its body has scales
.. ..
.. . . C. It lays eggs
.. Y D. Its body temperature varies with that of its
. ..
. . surroundings
.
..
.. .. . 9. Human blood is made up of
.. A. Plasma, red blood cells and white blood
... .
.. . cells
B. Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells
and platelets
Z C. Yellow plasma
D. Platelets, plasma and red blood cells
X Y Z 10. Which of the following methods of separating
A. Cortex Medulla Ureter mixtures can be used to separate salt from
B. Medulla Ureter Cortex water?
C. Renal artery Renal vein Ureter A. Filtration B. Decantation
D. Renal vein Renal artery Ureter C. Sedimentation D. Evaporation
3. Which of the following list has names of parts 11. The diagram below represents an instrument
only concerned with the breathing system? made in classroom. The working of the
A. Nose, diaphragm, liver, lungs instrument is based on the fact that
B. Nose, trachea, ileum, gullet Bottle
C. Nose, trachea, bronchus, lungs
D. Nose, gullet, bronchus, lungs
4. We are unable to see round corners because
A. Light travels in a straight path
B. Light can be reflected by mirrors 4 Scale
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C. Light bends as it travels from one material Coloured
2
to another 1 water
D. Light from a source travels in all directions
5. In which of the following cases is the force A. Liquids expand when heated
required greatest? B. Gases exert pressure
A. To lift an object straight up C. Liquids rises in narrow tubes
B. To lift an object along a rough slope D. Gases expands when heated and contract
C. To pull an object along a flat smooth table when cooled
D.To pull an object along a smooth slope 12. Mother wanted her child to develop strong
6. Capillarity is bones and teeth. So she fed her child with
A. The sinking of water into the soil food containing
B. The drainage of water from a water logged A. Calcium, sodium and iron
soil B. Carbohydrates, fats and protein
C. The rising of water in the soil C. Vitamin A, B and C
D. Formation of lumps in clay soil D. Calcium, phosphorus and Vitamin D
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13. Which of the following plants will grow best? 19. Green fodder which is preserved by drying is
A. Plants growing in a shade of a tree known as
B. Plants growing on a dry land A. Pastures B. Concentrates
C. Plants growing in a dark corner C. Silage D. Commercial feeds
D. Plants growing in the open sunshine 20. The diagram below was set up by St. 7 pupils
Use the diagram below to answer questions to investigate an element of atmosphere. The
class tried to suck the water in the bottle but it
A proved difficult because
Straw
B Air tight
cork

Water
Bottle

X
14. When we breath out the part marked X A. Straw doesn’t reach the balloon
moves B. Liquid has filled the bottle
A. Upwards B. Outwards C. Air in liquid prevent it from rising
C. Nowhere D. Expands D. Air pressure does not act on water
15. The part marked B sub divides into small 21. Which of the following characteristics features
tubes called __________ differentiates the ruminants from the
A. Bronchioles B. Bronchus non-ruminants
C. Trachea D. Airsac A. Have no incisors and canine teeth
16. The part A of the breathing system is called B. Can chew the cud
A. Diaphragm B. Ribs C. Cannot chew the cud
C. Trachea D. Bronchus D. Can digest proteins
17. Which of the following is not a function of the 22. One of the following is not a function of the
plant roots skin, which one?
A. Making food for the plant A. Excretion B. Sensory
B. Storing food for the plant C. Controlling body temperature
C. Holding the plant firmly in the soil D. Removing excess carbondioxide
D. Absorbing water from the soil 23. The second stage of HIV infection is
Study the diagram below and answer question 19 A. Symptomatic stage B. Window stage
C. Asymptomatic stage D. Full blown AIDS
Vertebrate 24. The following are characteristics of animals (i)
lay eggs (ii) are cold blooded (iii) have scales.
Which group of animals does fit the above
features
Cold blooded Warm blooded A. Birds B. Amphibians
C. Fish D. Mammals
25. Which one of the following is not a cause of
air pollution
M Frog Goat Rat A. Exhaust fumes discharged by motor cars
B. Smoking chimneys of mills and factories
18. Which of the following animals can fit in at M C. Factories running on electricity
A. Baboon D. Chemical weapons and atomic tests
B. Leopard 26. Njeri scared monkeys eating their food crops.
C. Crocodile Which method would do more appropriate?
D. Duck A. Scaring B. Trapping
C. Poisoning D. Fencing
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27. Animals can be classified as verterbrates and 31. Which of the following joins the embryo to
invertebrates the placenta?
Animals A. Umbilical cord B. Urethra
C. Oviduct D. Ureter
32. Three of the following are intestinal parasites
Verterbrates Invertebrates which are not?
A. Tapeworm B. Wire worm
 Snakes  Slug C. Liverfluke D. Flea
 Monkey  Octopus 33. Contour ploughing on a sloping hillside
 Man  Mongoose A. Reduces soil erosion
Which one of these animals are wrongly B. Increases soil erosion
placed? C. Improves the texture of the soil
A. Snakes B. Slug D. None of these
C. Octopus D. Mongoose 34. Which one of the following is not an aspect of
28. What change occurs when a hammer is used weather?
to push a nail in a wall? A. Temperature B. Rainfall
A. Chemical energy changed into electrical C. Cloud cover D. Water
energy which is changed into heat energy 35. Which of the following is considered as an air
B. Potential (stored) energy changed into pollutant?
kinetic energy which is changed into heat A. Smoking of cigarettes at public places
energy B. Oxygen produced as waste product of
C. Electrical energy changed into heat energy photosynthesis
D. Mechanical energy changed into heat C. Carbon dioxide produced by animals
energy during breathing
29. Which shape of the moon comes D. All of these
IMMEDIATELY before the new moon? 36. Which of the following is a venereal disease?
A. Bilhazia B. Gornorrehea
A B C. Typhoid D. Measles
37. Hard water can be made soft by
A. Adding water guard
B. Boiling
C D. C. Using soap
D. Lathering
38. One of the following is not a water borne
disease. Which one?
A. Bilharzia B. Typhoid
C. Tuberculosis D. Cholera
39. The most effective way of loading a two
tonne log onto a lorry is by using
A. A pulley
B. An inclined plane
C. A lever
D. People to lift the log
40. Front limbs of a rabbit are adapted for
A. Landing
B. Leaping
C. Putting food in the mouth
30. How do P, Q and R turn? D. Swimming
A. Clockwise anticlockwise clockwise 41. Wood ash is used to enrich the soil with?
B. Anticlockwise clockwise anticlockwise A. Calcium
C. Clockwise clockwise clockwise B. Potassium
D. Anticlockwise anticlockwise anticlockwise C. Magnesium
D. Phosphorous
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42. Which teeth does a dog use as a weapon of 48. Which one of the following is not an excretory
offence and defence? organ?
A. Incisors B. Canines A. Kidney
C. Molars D. Premolars B. Skin
43. Which worm does soil contain? C. Lung
A. None B. Tape D. Heart
C. Round D. Earth 49. Virginia has a farm on the slope of a steep hill
44. Which of the following statements is not true what would you advise her to reduce soil
about sound? erosion?
A. It is a form of energy A. Plant tall trees to act as wind breaks
B. It is produced by vibrations B. Grow different types of crops each year
C. It travels in all directions C. Add fertilizers
D. It can travel through vacuum D. Make terraces
45. Study the diagram below. What is the length 50. AEROSOL SPRAYS is concerned with
AB? A. Water pollution
X B. Soil pollution
A B C. Air pollution
D. Air conservation

35kg 45kg

A. 63m B. 6.3m C. 11.2m D. 112m

46. Katrina wanted to collect rainwater. She
kept them out in the rain (close to each other)
at the same time and for the same period. In
which tin was the rain water at the lowest
level?

A B C D

47. Which part labelled A, B, C would the pivot

be put to the MOST EFFORT

A
A. None B. C
C. B D. A
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