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🏆 Standard PLE 100-Mark Mock (55 Questions • 2h 15m) 🎓 P.7 Candidate Special (35 Questions • 65 Marks) ⚡ Section A Speed Drill (40 Marks • 45m) 🔬 Section B Structured (60 Marks • 1h 30m) ⏱️ Quick 35-Mark Diagnostic (20 Questions)
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Uganda National Examinations Board

Primary Leaving Examination (Standard Science Mock)

INTEGRATED SCIENCE

TIME: 2h 15m
MARKS: 60
★ CANDIDATE QUESTION PAPER ★
Candidate's Full Name:
Random No. / EMIS No:
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Section Max Score
A 0
B 60
TOTAL 60
Instructions to Candidates:
  1. This paper consists of two sections: Section A and Section B.
  2. Section A has 0 questions (0 marks). Section B has 15 questions (60 marks).
  3. Answer all questions in both sections. All answers must be written in the spaces provided on this question paper.
  4. All answers must be written in blue or black ballpoint pen. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil.
  5. Unnecessary crossing of work and illegible handwriting may lead to loss of marks.

Section B: (Questions 1 to 15) — 60 Marks

4 Marks each

Question 1 to 15 carry four marks each. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.

. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment

Human activities bring about changes in the environment:

(a) Define the term afforestation. (1 mark)
(b) Give any two reasons why people cut down trees on a large scale (deforestation). (2 marks)
(c) State one way in which cutting down trees leads to severe environmental flooding. (1 mark)
1. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.5 • Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs

Measly pork is a serious public health problem in Uganda:

(a) What causes measly pork in pigs? (1 mark)
(b) Name the parasite whose larvae cause this condition. (1 mark)
(c) State any two ways a community can prevent tapeworm transmission from pigs to humans. (2 marks)
2. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment

Study the experimental setups below showing nails left in four test tubes for five days:

(a) In which test tube did the nail rust fastest? (1 mark)
(b) Why didn't the nail in Test-Tube B (boiled water + oil) rust? (1 mark)
(c) What was the purpose of Test-Tube C containing anhydrous calcium chloride? (1 mark)
(d) State the two environmental conditions necessary for iron to rust. (1 mark)
3. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • The Reproductive System
(a) Name the male sex hormone responsible for secondary sex changes during puberty.
(b) Mention two secondary physical changes that occur only in boys during puberty.
(c) Name any one secondary physical change that is common to both boys and girls during puberty.
4. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • Sound Energy
(a) Mention any one example of musical instruments in each of the groups below:
(i) String instrument
(ii) Percussion instrument
(b) Name any two methods of storing sound.
5. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.5 • Types of Changes in the Environment
(a) State the difference between a physical change and a biological change. (1 mark)
(b) Give any two examples of physical changes involving heat gain. (2 marks)
(c) Name the physical process that occurs when morning dew turns into water vapour as the sun rises. (1 mark)
6. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.7 • The Muscular and Skeletal System
(a) Name the five regions of the human vertebral column in order from neck to tail.
(b) Give the number of vertebrae in: (i) Cervical region (ii) Lumbar region
(c) State the function of the human vertebral column.
7. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • Sanitation
(a) Give the difference between an Ordinary Pit Latrine and a VIP Latrine in terms of structural coverings.
(b) What material is used in an Ecosan latrine to dry human waste, and what is its role?
(c) State one major maintenance rule for a Water Closet (Flush Toilet) bowl.
8. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.5 • Primary Health Care (PHC)

A Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrine is an improvement over an ordinary pit latrine:

(a) State the function of the tall vent pipe on a VIP latrine. (1 mark)
(b) What is the purpose of the wire fly screen placed at the top of the vent pipe? (1 mark)
(c) Give any two reasons why a VIP latrine does not smell as badly as an ordinary pit latrine. (2 marks)
9. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community

The diagram below shows a simple water purification system. Study and use it to answer the questions that follow:

Swampy water ──► Filtered ──► Point W ──► Stored in the jerrycan
(a) Name any one activity that can be done to water at Point W.
(b) Why is swampy water filtered before being taken to Point W?
(c) State the importance of passing water through Point W.
(d) Mention any one other activity that can be done to swampy water before being taken to Point W to make it clear.
10. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.7 • Electricity
(a) What is a short circuit?
(b) State two common causes of short circuits in residential houses.
(c) Why should water never be used to extinguish an electrical fire?
11. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • Classification of Animals
(a) State the name of insects that live and work together.
(b) Give any one way in which insects are useful to people.
(c) State any two human activities that are dangerous to insects in the environment.
12. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.5 • Food and Nutrition

Vulnerable groups have special dietary requirements:

(a) Why is a convalescent person classified as a vulnerable individual? (1 mark)
(b) Which class of food should be increased in a convalescent's diet? (1 mark)
(c) State the nutritional role of dietary roughage in human digestion. (1 mark)
(d) Name any one local food source rich in dietary roughage. (1 mark)
13. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community

The diagram below shows a simple setup of making water clean. Study and use it to answer the questions that follow:

[ Water poured here ]

↓

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| Coarse Stones |  <--- Container T
\               /
\  Clean Water/
\___________/

↓

[---------]
|    S    |     <--- Container S
|_________|
(a) Name the method used above.
(b) Apart from coarse stones, name any two other local materials that can be placed in container T.
(c) Why should the clean water obtained in container S be boiled before drinking?
14. Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS] P.6 • Science at Home and in Our Community
(a) What is meant by the term silting?
(b) State the major cause of silting in water bodies.
(c) Apart from killing fish, give one way in which silting affects aquatic life.

*** END OF EXAMINATION ***

(Uganda National Examinations Board Standard Science Assessment)

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