VULAMASANGO UPGRADING FINAL EXAMINATIONS
STUDENT NAME
CLASS
SCIENCE
Paper 1 November/December
2023
1 hour 30 mins
Candidates answer on the Question paper
No Additional Materials are required.
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correctional fluid.
Answer all questions.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in [ ] at the end of each question or part.
1. What is a cell?
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2. What is a microscope used for?
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3. Draw and label a plant cell.
[10]
4. Complete the following statements by putting in the correct term.
The …………………………………………… controls the activities of the cell.
Chemical reactions take place in the …………………………………………….
A ………………………………… controls what goes into and out of the cell.
The process which releases energy in cells is called……………………… and it
occurs inside the ……………………………..
…………………………. are cell organelles in which ……………………. are
synthesized.
The cell wall is made of……………………………….. which strengthens the
cell. Plant cells often have ……………………………. which absorbs light
energy. Plant cells use the light energy to make food by………………………...
Plant cells have a………………………….. which contains a liquid called
…………………………………
[12]
5. Animals with an internal skeleton made of bone are called
A. Mammal
B. Vertebrates
C. Invertebrates
D. None [1]
All mammals are warm-blooded
A. True
B. False [1]
All mammals give birth to live young.
A. True
B. False [1]
Vertebrates include:
A. Annelids
B. Echinoderms
C. Fish
D. Amphibians
E. Arthropods
F. Birds [3]
Reptiles are cold-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates.
A. True
B. False. [1]
Which three creatures in the following list are invertebrates?
A. Starfish
B. Mouse
C. Worms
D. Molluscs
E. Prawn [3]
Which of the following animals should not be in the group?
A. Segmented worm
B. Roundworm
C. Flatworm
D. Snake [1]
What group of animals are covered with wet slippery scales?
A. Reptiles
B. Amphibians
C. Fish
D. Birds [1]
What do we call animals with a backbone?
A. Insects
B. Mammals
C. Invertebrates
D. Vertebrates [1]
Mammals are the most complex of all groups of animals.
A. True
B. False [1]
Fish are cold-blooded animals that breathe through their gills.
A. True
B. False [1]
Amphibians spend part of their life in water and next part on land.
A. True
B. False. [1]
Birds are warm-blooded animals with scaly feet.
A. True
B. False [1]
What do flowering plants use to reproduce?
A. Seeds
B. Spores
C. Leaves
D. Roots [1]
What is the defining characteristic of a non-flowering plant?
A. It has green leaves.
B. It only uses seeds to reproduce.
C. It only grows in the winter season.
D. It does not have flowers. [1]
All flowering plants produce
A. Fruit
B. Flowers
C. Vegetables
D. Spores [1]
Which of these is a type of non-flowering plant that reproduces using
spores?
A. Ferns
B. Conifers
C. Gingko
D. Cycads [1]
6. Label only five (5) parts of the following diagram and state their functions.
a……………………………………………………………………………….
b……………………………………………………………………………….
c……………………………………………………………………………….
d………………………………………………………………………………
e………………………………………………………..…………………. [5]
7. The figure shows a gift box that was received by Innocent for his birthday.
a. Calculate the volume of the gift box.
Volume ……...…………………………. [2]
b. Innocent then measured the mass of the gift box using a triple beam
balance and found it to be 70 g.
Calculate the density of the gift box.
Density ………………………….. [2]
Innocent accidentally dropped his gift box in the swimming pool in his
yard. State and explain if the gift box would sink or float in the water.
(density of water is 1g/cm3)
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c. Explain what is meant by the “error of parallax”.
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8. Copy and complete the table on senses and sense organs.
a. [10]
Sense organ stimuli sense
Ear
Nose
Tongue
Skin
Eye
b. Define the term drug.
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9. State the functions of any three blood components.
a. ……………………………………………………………………………
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b. ……………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………… [2]
c. ……………………………………………………………………………..
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10. A train travels 120 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. What is its average
speed?
Speed ………………………….. [2]
A person jogs 4 km in 32 minutes then 2 km in 22 minutes and finally 1 km
in 16 minutes. What is the jogger’s average speed in km per minute?
Speed…………………………….. [2]
