SURE KEY EXAMINATIONS BOARD

PRIMARY SEVEN PLE PRERPARATION EXAMINATION SET TWO

2022
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
Admission No. Personal No.

Candidate’s Name: ……….………………………………………………………………… ……….

Candidate’s Signature: ……………………….………………………………………………………
School Name: ………………………………………………………………………… ………………
District Name:……………………………………………………………………………………..…..

Read the following instructions carefully:

1. Do not forget to write your school or
district name on this paper. FOR EXAMINERS´
USE ONLY
2. This paper has two sections: A and B.
Section A has 40 questions and Qn.No. MARKS EXR´S
NO.
Section B has 15 questions. The paper
has 16 printed pages altogether. 1 - 10

3. Answer all questions. All the working 11 - 20

for both sections A and B must be 21 - 30
shown in the spaces provided.
31 - 40
4. All working must be done using a blue
41 - 43
or black ball point pen or ink. Any
work done n pencil will not be marked. 44 - 46
5. Unnecessary changes in your work and 47 - 49
handwriting that cannot easily be read
50 - 52
may lead to loss of marks.
53 - 55
6. Do not fill anything in the table indicated:
"For Examiners' Use only" and boxes TOTAL
inside the question paper.
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 SECTION A: 40 MARKS

Questions 1 to 40 carry one mark each

1. Name the body organ that uses sound energy to function.

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2. Which element of Primary Health Care is promoted by scrubbing sandals

regularly?

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3. Name the main energy resource from nuclear fuels.

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4. Mention any one factor that affects the rate of evaporation.

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5. State the main reason why objects weigh less when immersed in water.

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6. State any one way of improving the production of anti bodies in the
body.

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7. Apart from carbohydrates, mention any one other class of food that
provides energy to the body.

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8. State the difference between the movement of a frog and that of a

snake.

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 The diagram below shows a non flowering plant. Study and use it to
answer questions 9 and 10.
X

9. To which group of non flowering plants does the above plant belong?

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10. How is part marked X useful to the above non flowering plant?

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11. Why is dew formed at night and not during day?

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12. State any one way in which brick making affects wildlife in the
environment.

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13. Which group of birds help to promote sanitation in an area?

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14. Which property of air enables a person to wear perfume on their body?

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 The diagram below is of a sealed soda bottle .Study and use it to
answer questions 15 and 16

15. Why was the space labeled Y left in the bottle?

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16. Name the gas which bubbles out when the bottle is opened.

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17. Mention any one disorder of the reproductive system in males.

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18. Why is an egg shell porous in its appearance?

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19. Give the use of a lactometer to a cattle farmer.

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20. State any one reason why it is important to cover the mouth with a
handkerchief when sneezing.

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21. In which way does the sun contribute to the formation of rain?

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22. Name the longest bone in the upper limb.

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23. Give the role of the tongue during food digestion.

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The diagram below shows how one of the body systems works.
Study and use it to answer the questions 24 and 25.
V-shaped tube

bell jar
balloon

rubber sheet

24. Name the body system represented by the above demonstration.

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25. What does the rubber sheet represent?

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26. Apart from the type of soil, name any one other factor to consider when
constructing a house.

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27. Why is it recommended to use lukewarm water when tepid sponging a
person with fever?

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28. Give an example of a mollusc which is a crop pest to a farmer.

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29. Name the condition characterized by sunken soft spot on the baby’s
head.

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30. How does the removal of broken bottles in the compound help in the
control of malaria?
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The diagram below shows a fungus. Study and use it to answer the
questions 31 and 32.

31. Name the part marked R.

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32. Why is the above fungus unable to make its own food?

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33. Give any one way in which smoking affects teeth.

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34. Apart from gaseous state, mention one other state of matter in which
heat travels by convection.

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35. State one reason why shearing is done in summer season.

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36. In which way is a damp proof course useful when constructing a house?

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37. State any one importance of rinsing clothes during washing.

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38. Name the type of bees that are friendly to a crop farmer.

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39. Why shouldn’t people with AIDS be isolated?

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40. Mention the weather instrument used to show the intensity of

sunshine received in an area.

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 SECTION B: 60 MARKS
Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each.

41. (a) State the use of each of the following items in promoting
personal hygiene;
(i) Pumice stone ……………………………………………………………………
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(ii) Nail cutter ………….……………………………………………………………
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(b) Give any one reason why it is important to bathe regularly.

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(c) Mention any one disease spread due to poor personal hygiene.

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42. The diagram below shows a structure built by a spider. Study and
use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the structure above.

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(b) Give any two importance of the above structure to a spider.

(i) ……………………………………………………….……………………………

(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
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 (c) State any one reason why a spider is not put in the same
group with a butterfly.

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43. (a) State any two ways in which mulching helps to control soil
erosion in a garden.

(i) ……………………………………………………………..……………………..

(ii) ……………………………………………..……………………………………

(b) Give any two effects of soil erosion in the environment.

(i) …………………………………...…………………………..…………..……

(ii) ……………………………………………………………………………………

44. (a) Give the main function of the heart in the human body.

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(b) Apart from the heart, give one other organ of the circulatory
system.

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(c) Why does blood go to the following organs during circulation?

(i) Lungs ………………………………………………………………………..

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(ii) Kidneys. …………..……………………………………………………….

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45. The table below shows measures and their basic units. Study and
complete it correctly.

Measures Units
(i) Density ..........................
(ii) ........................... grams
(iii) ........................... cubic units
(iv) Weight ...........................

46. (a) In which way do people get tape worm infestations?

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(b) What do tape worms feed on in the human body?

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(c) State the function of each of the following parts to a tape worm.

(i) Suckers ………………………………………………………………………

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(ii) Segments ………………………………………………………………….

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47. (a) State any one way in which bacteria are useful to milk
processing industries.

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(b) How is the reproduction of bacteria different from that of yeast?

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 (c) How are flagella useful to bacteria?

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(d) Why is it not advisable to pour dangerous chemicals like paraffin

and acids in pit-latrines?
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48. The diagram below shows a method of incubation. Study and use it
to answer the questions that follow.

eggs

water
heater

(a) Name the method of incubation shown in the diagram above.

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(b) State the function of the heater in the diagram above.

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(c) Give any two advantages of the above method of incubation.

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49. The table below shows forms of current electricity in A and their
sources in B.

A B
(i) Solar electricity dry cell
(ii) Hydro electricity fossil fuel
(iii) Thermal electricity sun
(iv) Chemical electricity fast flowing water

For each of the forms of current electricity in A, write the source from
which it is produced from B.
(i) Solar electricity ……………………………………………………………
(ii) Hydro electricity ……………………………………………………………
(iii) Thermal electricity ……………………………………………………………
(iv) Chemical electricity ……………………………………………………………

50. (a) Name any two body organs that are greatly affected by alcohol.

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(ii) ……………………………………………………………………………….…

(b) Apart from damaging body organs, state any two other effects
of alcoholism to an individual.

(i) ……………….…………………………..………………………………….……

(ii) ……………………………………………………………………………………..

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51. (a) Which communicable disease attacks both rabbits and human
beings?

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(b) State any one sign of the disease named in (a) above.

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(c) Give any one reason why a caged hutch should be raised above
the ground.

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(d) Apart from raising it from the ground, mention any one
other quality a good hutch should possess.

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52. (a) Name one material from which local salt can be prepared at
home.

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(b) State the method that is used to prepare local salt at home.

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(c) Give any two ways in which the local salt prepared at home is
useful to people.
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53. The diagram below is of a vacuum flask. Study and use it to answer
the questions that follow.

(a) Name the parts marked A and B.

(i) A …………………………………………………………………………..

(ii) B ……………………………………………………………………………

(b) State the difference in function between parts marked C and D.

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(c) In which way is a vacuum flask able to maintain the required

temperature of hot liquids?

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54. (a) Which structures in the muscular skeletal system of a person
join,
(i) bone to bone? ………………………………………………………………

(ii) muscle to bone? ……………………………………………………………

(b) Mention one disorder of the musculo-skeletal system.

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(c) Give one health practice that helps to keep the muscular skeletal
system in a good working condition.

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55. (a) State the importance of a vent pipe on a Ventilated Improved

Pit-latrine (VIP Latrine).

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(b) Why should a VIP latrine be left without a lid at the hole?

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(c) Apart from having a vent pipe, in which two other ways is a
VIP latrine different from an ordinary pit-latrine?

(i) …………………………………………………………………………………

(ii) …………………………………………………………………………………

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