PART I ( 15 marks)

For each questions from 1 to 10, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make
your choice (1,2,3, or 4). Write the correct answer in the bracket provided.

1. Which of the following objects are made from plants?

i. Rubber car tyre
ii. Cotton ball
iii. Glass Jar
iv. Leather jacket

A. i and ii only. C. i, ii, and iv only

B. I and iv only D. ii,iii and iv only.

2. Study the table below.

Matter Non – Matter

feather Wind
Smoke lighting
shadow Thunder

Which of the following are classified wrongly?

A. shadow and wind

B. wind and lighting
C. shadow and smoke
D. smoke and thunder

3. Ali poured 200 ml of water into each of the three containers as shown below.

Which property of a liquid is she trying to demonstrate?

A. A liquid has a definite mass.

B. A liquid has no definite shape.
C. A liquid has no definite volume
D. A liquid does not take up space
4. What bodies of water might be a part of the freshwater ecosystem?
A. Ocean, pool, puddle

B. Pond, river, stream

C. Pond, ocean, spring

D. Stream, ocean, wetlands

5. What are the factors that affect the climate?

i. Altitude
ii. Distance from the equator
iii. Distance from the coast
iv. Trees and plants

A. i and ii only
B. i, ii, and iii only
C. iii and iv
D. i, ii, iii and iv

6. What is animal found in Savannas?

A. Toucan
B. Cheetah
C. Fennec Fox
D. Tilapia
7. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are released into the layer of air around the Earth from the use
of?

i. Car
ii. Aerosol sprays
iii. Refrigerators
iv. Thermometer

A. i and ii only
B. i, ii, and iii only
C. ii and iii
D. i, ii, iii and iv

8. Water exists in ____________ form.

A. solid
B. liquid
C. gas
D. solid, liquid and gas.
9. The diagram below shows a container containing two substances A and B

Based on your observations, which of the following correctly represents the state of matter
of substances A and B?

Substance A Substance B
A solid Solid
B solid Liquid
C liquid Liquid
D liquid solid

10. Deela filles a syringe with some water. She sealed the tip and pulled the plunger of the
syringe outwards as shown in the diagram below.

Volume of air Volume of water

A Remains the same Remains the same
B Decreases Increases
C Increases Decreases
D increases Remains the same
11. A ______________ measures how humid or dry the air is.

A. temperature
B. hygrometer
C. thermometer
D. barometer.

12. A ________________ measures atmospheric pressure.

A. temperature
B. hygrometer
C. thermometer
D. barometer.

13. Laila placed a hot metal spoon at 60 C into a beaker of tap water at 25 C as shown in the
diagram below.

Which of the following observations are correct?

i. The temperature of the water rises.

ii. The temperature of the spoon rises
iii. The metal spoon loses heat to the tap water
iv. The metal spoon gains heat from the beaker,

A. i and iii only

B. i and iv only
C. ii and iii only
D. ii and iv only
14. The diagram below shows a kettle.

Which parts of the kettle A, B or C are made of materials which are poor conductors of heat?

A) A and B only
B) A and C only
C) B and C only
D) A, B and C.

15. Which one of the following is the best conductor of heat?

A. A glass cub
B. A ,etal cup
C. A paper cup
D. A plastic cup
 PART II ( 25 marks)

For questions 11 to 18 , write your answer in the blanks provided.

11. Put a tick ( √ ) in the appropriate boxes to indicate if each statement about matter is true of
false. (4m)

Statement True False

All matter can be seen
Air does not have mass
All matter cannot be compressed
Volume is the amount of space an object occupies.

12. Maryam places an object Y on a beam balance as shown below.

(a) Based on the above observation, what can we infer about the masses of objevt Y and the
container of water? (1m)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

(b) Using only materials above, what would you do to show that water is a matter? (1m)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

13. Give two examples of slow environmental changes. (2m)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

14. Give two examples of rapid environmental changes. (2m)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________
15. Abu hung three similar strips made of different materials A, B and C from the same height and
dipped them into a basin of coloured water.

After 10 minutes, she measured the water level on the strips and recorded the results in the table
below.

a) What property of material was tested in the above experiment? (1m)

_____________________________________________________________________

The picture below shows an umbrella.

b) Based on the results, which material A, B or C is most suitable to make part U ? (1m)

_____________________________________________________________________

c) Give a reason for your answer in (b) (1m)

_____________________________________________________________________
16. The place where an animal lives is called its habitat.

Draw a line to connect each animal in the list to the habitat in which it lives. (4m)
17. Fatimah investigates the time it takes sugar cubes to dissolve in water. This is what she does in
her first experiment.

 Adds 100 cm3 of water to a beaker

 Adds one sugar cube to the water
 Stirs the water and sugar cube with a glass rod
 Measures the time it takes for the sugar cube to dissolve.

a) What piece of equipment does she use to measure the time? (1m)

_____________________________________________________________

b) In her second experiment she wants to use two sugar cubes instead of one. She wants to do
a fair test.

What volume of water should she use? (1m)

____________________ cm3

18. Camels live in hot deserts.

Write down two ways a camel is adapted to living in the hot desert.

Complete the sentences. (4m)

1. The camel has _____________________________________

It has this because __________________________________

2. The camel has ________________________________

It has this because _____________________________

19. Cloud cover, waves in the sea and rain can affect _______________. (1m)