MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TAGI EXAMS MIDTERM AUGUST-2019

SUBJECT: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NAME______________________DATE ______STD IV

DATE: ________________________ TIME 1:30HRS

Answer all questions

SECTION: A

1. Choose the correct answer

i. The sweat from the body comes out through _________ which are in the skin.
(a) Heat (b) parts of the body (c) pores (d) transplant
ii. Which of the following types of clothes do not originate from living things______________
(a) Nylon (b) silk (c) cotton (d) wool
iii. The following are some examples of food substances containing protein______________
(a) Meat, beans, fish and rice (b) beans, bananas, fish and rice
(c) Fish, meat, peas and cassava (d) coconut, beans, eggs and cassava
iv. The following are qualities of a pit latrine except one. Which one ____________________
(a) It should have a deep hole (b) it should be built inside the house
(c) It should have a cover to prevent houseflies (d) It should be build away from the house
v. Which action is shown by the illustration below?

a. Conduction of heat
b. Movement of sound waves
c. Reflection of light rays
d. Absorption of heat
 SECTION: B
2. Matching items in list A with those in list B by filling the correct answer:
COLUMN A Answer COLUMN B
i. Wheat, millet, maize, cassava and potatoes [ ] A. Attraction
ii. Taking in and out of air [ ] B. Breathing
iii. Overgrazing cause [ ] C. Carbohydrate
[ ] D. Repel
iv. S N S N
E. Soil erosion

3. SECTION: C

i. The effort is the force applied to move or lift the load. ___________________________________
ii. A magnet attracts objects containing copper and plastic materials __________________________
iii. A magnet is used in the dynamo of a bicycle to produce electricity __________________________
iv. The part of circuit that allows electricity to enter to the appliance is wire. ____________________
v. Lightning is sources of electricity that produces power that is not harvested.____________________
vi. A antenna is used to produce sound_________________________
vii. A telephone is used to call friends__________________________
viii. Another name
for mobile phone is cell phone_________________

4. SECTION: D

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

i. What will happen to the below bars magnets if they brought together____________________________

E
ii. Which class of a lever is shown below? ___________________________
L
F

Write down the names of the following symbols:

iii. ____________________________________
iv. ____________________________________

v. During a day time plants give out______________________gas.

vi. Name this part of a computer __________________________________________

vii. Write two uses of food in our bodies

__________________________and_________________________________