END OF FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

CLASS: JHS 1 SUBJECT: INTEGRATED SCIENCE

NAME…………………………………………………..……………………... DURATION: 2 HRS

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES
1. All the following involves scientific 8. The word meniscus refers to the
experimentation except? a. volume of a liquid
a. Observation b. mass of a liquid
b. Title of experiment c. density of a liquid
c. Conclusion d. curved surface of a liquid
d. Creation of result 9. Which of the following is a derived unit?
2. Which of the following statements best a. Metre
describe the misuse of the knowledge of b. Kilogram
Science? c. Newton
a. Construction of canals and dams for d. Second
irrigation 10. If the normal human body temperature is 36
b. Making of atomic bombs ℃ . Which of the following is an equivalent
c. Invention of farm machinery like tractors value on Kelvin scale?
for farming a. 173.0K
d. Invention of communication satellite b. 236.4K
3. Which of the following area of study is c. 309.0K
applied science? d. 312.0K
a. Chemistry 11. How many states of matter are there
b. Medicine a. 3
c. Biology b. 4
d. Physics c. 5
4. Science can be defined as a method of d. 6
obtaining knowledge through 12. Which of the following substances can exist
a. guesses in all the three states of matter?
b. libation and ablution a. Petrol
c. observation and experimentation b. Palm oil
d. prayer c. Milk
5. The newton is the unit for measuring d. Water
a. volume 13. The muscle is an example of
b. mass a. a system
c. weight b. an organ
d. area c. a tissue
6. Which of the following is equal to 1kg? d. an organelle
a. 1000mg 14. When a piece of candle is heated, it changes
b. 1000g from
c. 100g a. liquid to gas
d. 100mg b. liquid to flame
7. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body c. solid to liquid
is referred to as its d. solid to gas
a. heat capacity 15. The basic unit of matter is the
b. temperature a. atom
c. internal energy b. compound
d. melting point c. element
 d. ion b. Fire blanket
16. The following are components of a fertile soil c. Add cold soil
except? d. Carbon dioxide gas
a. Air 23. Which of the following disabilities may be
b. Water common among workers in noisy
c. Humus environment?
d. Gravels a. Blindness
17. Which of the following soil types allows high b. Deafness
rate of drainage? c. Dumbness
a. Clayey soil d. Lameness
b. Humus 24. A combustible substance is one that
c. Loamy soil a. easily catches fire
d. Sandy soil b. dissolves common salt
18. What is the name of the gas that is found in c. freezes at 0℃
soil water? d. boils at 100℃
a. Ammonia 25. The first step to take when there is an
b. Methane electrical fault is to
c. Oxygen a. call the fire service
d. Nitrogen b. switch off the electrical mains
19. The process whereby soil is formed by the c. call an electrical engineer
breakdown of rocks is called d. vacate the premises
a. erosion 26. ……… is the study of animals
b. weathering a. Botany
c. fertilization b. Zoology
d. leaching c. Virology
20. Which of the following statements about d. Bacteriology
clayey soil is not true? 27. The use of computer to process information is
a. It is difficult to plough when dry known as
b. It shrinks when wet and swells when dry a. food technology
c. It has high amount of plant nutrients b. biotechnology
d. It has the smallest soil particle c. zoology
21. Care must be taken to avoid bringing a naked d. pathology
flame near substances that 28. The following are harmful effect of science
a. combustible and technology except……
b. corrosive a. creation of massive unemployment
c. magnetic b. importation of negative foreign culture
d. toxic into our society
22. Which of these methods would be use to put c. destruction of wildlife
out fire if someone’s clothing catches fire in d. exploration of oil deposited in the sea
the kitchen? 29. The mass of Sir John’s phone is 0.1kg. What
a. Sand bucket will be the weight of the phone?
30. The measure of period between two events is 32. The process by which living things increase
a. length in number is referred to as
b. mass a. multiplication
c. time b. growth
d. density c. reproduction
31. The amount of space occupied by matter is d. development
a. area 33. Water changes into vapor at
b. volume a. 0℃
c. length b. 100℃
d. weight c. 37℃
 d. 10℃ a. Mimosa dislikes touches
34. The process by which steam is changed into b. Mimosa is sensitive to touch
water is called…… c. The leaves of mimosa are very soft
a. evaporation d. The leaves of mimosa are very large.
b. condensation 38. Which of the following is the organic part of
c. melting the soil?
d. sublimation a. Humus
35. Virus can only produce when they in a b. Air
a. culture solution c. Soil particles
b. living organism d. Mineral salt
c. dead matter 39. Which of the following is not a soil nutrient?
d. sugary medium a. Hydrogen
36. The physical property that refers to how b. Nitrogen
rough or smooth a soil is, is known as c. Potassium
a. capillarity d. calcium
b. air content 40. The S.I unit for distance is…….
c. water holding ability a. Km
d. texture b. M
37. Mimosa closes its leaves when the leaves are c. Mile
touched. This means. d. Cm

SECTION B: ESSAY
Answer Q1 and any other two
1. a. i. Read and record in cm3 the volume of liquid in the following cylinder (show working).
a. ii. Read and record the following time in second for the stop watch below

i. identify the cell above

ii. name the parts labelled A,B and C
iii. state the function each for the parts labelled A, and B
iv. what pigment is found in structure C
v. what is the function of this pigment
vi. what is the function of the mitochondrion

2. a. i. What is an organelle?
ii. List four organelle that are found in plant cell.
b. i. Define the following and state one function or importance of each.
 soil air
 soil water
 organic matter
c. i. Convert the following into metres
 500 cm
 650 km
 10000 cm
ii. A stone of mass 80.0g was gently dropped into measuring cylinder containing a water. If the level of
the water rose from 78cm3 marks to 80.0cm marks. Calculate the density of the stone.
3. a. i. Briefly explain the following
 excretion
 respiration
 reproduction
ii. State three (3) similarities between plant and animal
b. i. What is weathering of rock?
ii. Outline three (3) agents that causes weathering of rock.
c. i. What is density?
ii. Explain why a steel ship would float on water

4. a. i. What is technology?
ii. State three (3) differences between science and technology
b. i. state the SI unit for the following substance
a) amount of substance
b) mass
c) temperature
d) velocity
e) area
ii. State three (3) differences between mass and weight
d. Find the density of cylindrical substance with radius of base r = 0.1m and height, h = 0.5m, if the mass
of the cylinder is 44kg (take π = 22/7) Clue: volume of cylinder = π r2h

5. a. i. What is a cell?
ii. state five characteristics of living things.
iii. state three differences between plant cells and animal cells.
b. i. State three importance of the soil to plants and animal.
ii. Mention three components of soil.
c. i. Explain why a piece of object like copper would sink in water.
ii. Explain how you would determine the volume of irregular object (stone).