PAPER CODE: 532/1
MOCK REF: PLE-643478
Uganda National Examinations Board
Primary Leaving Examination (Standard Science Mock)
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
TIME: 2h 15m
MARKS: 40
★ CANDIDATE QUESTION PAPER ★
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.
How does chlorine make water safe for drinking? [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
2.
What is the color code of the earth wire in a modern standard three-pin plug? [1 mark]
P.7 • Electricity
3.
Mention one way in which you can prevent some clothes from staining others during washing. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
4.
How does boiling make water safe for drinking? [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
5.
Give any two examples of water impurities. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
6.
What is Primary Health Care (PHC)? [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
7.
How does the Ecosan latrine promote agricultural productivity? [1 mark]
P.6 • Sanitation
8.
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
9.
State the scientific function of soap in cleaning clothes. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
10.
Name the part of a cow that changes the color when a cow is on heat. [1 mark]
P.6 • Keeping Cattle
11.
State the scientific function of the screen (wire mesh) on top of the vent pipe of a VIP latrine. [1 mark]
P.6 • Sanitation
12.
Give any one danger of rusting to a school farmer's tools. [1 mark]
P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
13.
Why is an electric fuse constructed using a wire with a low melting point? [1 mark]
P.7 • Electricity
14.
What is meant by the term balanced diet? [1 mark]
P.5 • Food and Nutrition
15.
Why is it recommended to use clean wood ash at a tip-tap facility when soap is not available? [1 mark]
P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)
16.
State any one danger of bottle feeding to a four-month-old baby. [1 mark]
P.5 • Food and Nutrition
17.
Why is it dangerous to pour highly acidic substances or strong chemical insecticides into a pit latrine? [1 mark]
P.6 • Sanitation
18.
How is tepid sponging useful to a casualty with high fever? [1 mark]
P.6 • Accidents and First Aid
19.
How does painting an iron gate prevent it from rusting? [1 mark]
P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
20.
Identify one airborne bacterial disease that affects the human skeleton. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
21.
State any one advantage of breast milk over commercial infant formula milk. [1 mark]
P.5 • Food and Nutrition
22.
How is the function of the anthers in a flower similar to that of the testes in a human male? [1 mark]
P.6 • The Reproductive System
23.
How does eating fresh oranges or lemons help prevent bleeding gums? [1 mark]
P.5 • Food and Nutrition
24.
Name any one living thing that undergoes moulting in the environment. [1 mark]
P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
25.
State the fundamental law of electrostatics concerning like and unlike charges. [1 mark]
P.7 • Electricity
26.
Name the farm structure used to hold cattle or goats firmly during hand spraying, drenching, or vaccination. [1 mark]
P.5 • Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
27.
State the function of the U-trap in a water closet (flush toilet). [1 mark]
P.6 • Sanitation
28.
Identify the chemical substance used as a depolarizer in a standard dry Leclanché cell. [1 mark]
P.7 • Electricity
29.
Name the disorder of the skeletal system where a bone moves away from its normal position at a joint. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
30.
Name the longest and strongest bone found in the human body. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
31.
Which part of the human body is affected by Otalgia? [1 mark]
P.6 • Sound Energy
32.
Give the scientific meaning of the term skeleton. [1 mark]
P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
33.
State the reason why woolen clothes should be dried flat without wringing (twisting). [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
34.
Give any one reason why veterinary doctors advise farmers NEVER to open the carcass of an animal suspected to have died of Anthrax. [1 mark]
P.5 • Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
35.
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
36.
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)
37.
State any one way in which the ironing of clothes is useful when cleaning clothes. [1 mark]
P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
38.
What term refers to the meat obtained from an adult sheep? [1 mark]
P.5 • Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
39.
State any one advantage of castrating male piglets not intended for breeding. [1 mark]
P.5 • Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
40.
State any one primary sex characteristic in human females. [1 mark]
P.6 • The Reproductive System
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