PAPER CODE: 532/1
MOCK REF: PLE-350723
Uganda National Examinations Board
Primary Leaving Examination (Standard Science Mock)
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
TIME: 2h 15m
MARKS: 40
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Instructions to Candidates:
- This paper consists of two sections: Section A and Section B.
- Section A has 40 questions (40 marks). Section B has 0 questions (0 marks).
- Answer all questions in both sections. All answers must be written in the spaces provided on this question paper.
- All answers must be written in blue or black ballpoint pen. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil.
- Unnecessary crossing of work and illegible handwriting may lead to loss of marks.
Section A: (Questions 1 to 40) — 40 Marks
1 Mark eachQuestion 1 to 40 carry one mark each. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1.
What is Primary Health Care (PHC)? [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
2.
Give any two examples of water impurities. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
3.
How can a person doing laundry prevent colored clothes from staining white clothes? [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
4.
State one way of preventing athlete's foot infection. [1 mark]
P.6 • Personal Hygiene
5.
Why is an insect compelled to shed its outer covering periodically during growth? [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
6.
Identify one airborne bacterial disease that affects the human skeleton. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
7.
Give any one agricultural use of discarded plastic jerrycans or containers in a home. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
8.
Give one use of a pair of scissors or razor blade in hair grooming. [1 mark]
P.4 • Personal Hygiene
9.
Name the insect vector that spreads River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) to humans. [1 mark]
P.4 • Vectors and Diseases
10.
Why is it raised legs that are required when giving first aid to a person who has fainted? [1 mark]
P.6 • Accidents and First Aid
11.
How does eating fresh oranges or lemons help prevent bleeding gums? [1 mark]
P.5 • Food and Nutrition
12.
Name the longest and strongest bone found in the human body. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
13.
State any one factor to consider when selecting a suitable site for an apiary. [1 mark]
P.5 • Keeping Poultry and Bees
14.
To which phylum of invertebrates do insects, arachnids, and crustaceans belong? [1 mark]
P.6 • Classification of Animals
15.
How is a burn different from a scald? [1 mark]
P.6 • Accidents and First Aid
16.
State one reason why a torch may fail to produce light even when it is switched on. [1 mark]
P.7 • Electricity
17.
What scientific term is given to materials that allow light to pass through them completely? [1 mark]
P.7 • Light Energy
18.
Which part of the human body is affected by Otalgia? [1 mark]
P.6 • Sound Energy
19.
Why is the floor of a modern pigsty built with a gentle slope towards the drainage channel? [1 mark]
P.5 • Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
20.
State the minimum distance a pit latrine should be dug away from a domestic spring well or borehole. [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
21.
Give any one biological change that takes place in flowering plants. [1 mark]
P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
22.
What general term refers to cattle kept primarily for ploughing and pulling carts? [1 mark]
P.6 • Keeping Cattle
23.
Name the community health workers who act as a frontline bridge between the village and health centres in Uganda. [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
24.
Name any one element of Primary Health Care (PHC). [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
25.
Which part of a mammalian tooth contains blood vessels and nerves? [1 mark]
P.4 • The Teeth
26.
State any one importance of evaporation in the environment or daily life. [1 mark]
P.5 • Heat Energy
27.
Give any one reason why a residential living house should have large windows on opposite walls. [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
28.
State the function of a ligament at a movable joint. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
29.
State one way in which school children can help their community control the spread of malaria. [1 mark]
P.5 • Control of Malaria
30.
What scientific term describes the direct change of a solid into a gas without melting into a liquid? [1 mark]
P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
31.
State one structural adaptation of a coconut fruit for water dispersal. [1 mark]
P.5 • Plant Life
32.
State any one danger of bottle feeding to a four-month-old baby. [1 mark]
P.5 • Food and Nutrition
33.
Give one effect of thick clouds in the atmosphere. [1 mark]
P.4 • Weather Changes Around Us
34.
Give one reason why a person who has fainted should be placed in a cool, open, and well-ventilated space. [1 mark]
P.6 • Accidents and First Aid
35.
State any two ways in which washing clothes is important to human health. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
36.
Name the part of a cow that changes the color when a cow is on heat. [1 mark]
P.6 • Keeping Cattle
37.
Give any one danger of rusting to a school farmer's tools. [1 mark]
P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
38.
Give any one health benefit of regular physical exercises to the human body. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
39.
Which weather condition is most suitable for solar drying harvested crops? [1 mark]
P.4 • Weather Changes Around Us
40.
State any one way in which fermentation is important in our daily life. [1 mark]
P.6 • Alcohol, Smoking and Drugs
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