NAMAGUNGA PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL

PRIMARY SIX HOLIDAY WORK 2021

INTEGRATED SCIENCE

Name: ………………………………………………..Stream: ………………….

A: CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS
1. In which one way are cold blooded animals different from warm
blooded animals?
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2. How is a bat adapted to flying yet it is a mammal?

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3. What type of fertilisation is common to all mammals?

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4. How is a spiny ant eater similar to a rabbit in terms of production?

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5. In which way is an antelope able to protect itself from its enemies?

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6. Why are rodents able to eat hard food substances?

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7. How do people benefit from some animals in our environment?

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8. What effect on the environment would be created if all scavengers

were to be killed?

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9. The diagram below shows a foot of a certain bird. Study and use it
to answer questions that follow.

Foot

(a) Name any two examples of birds with such a foot.

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(b) How is the positioning of the toes as shown helpful to the birds?
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(c) In which way are some birds with such a foot useful to plants?
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10. How are some reptiles useful to people making drums?
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11. How are frogs able to survive both on land and in water?
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12. Apart from feeling, how else are the antennae useful to an insect?
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13. State the difference between a centipede and a millipede in the way
they feed.
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B: SOUND ENERGY
1. Why are sound waves unable to move from one place to another in a
vacuum?
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2. In the space below, draw the waves of high pitched sound.

3. In which medium does sound travel slowest?

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4. How is a fathometer useful to a sailor?
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5. Apart from being forms of energy, how else is sound similar to light?
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6. Write SONAR in full as used in sound.’
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7. Which part of the ear transmits sound vibrations from the ossicles in
the middle ear to the inner ear?
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8. Give any two reasons why sound should be stored.
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9. Why is it dangerous to use sharp instruments when cleaning our

ears?
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10. Why is a flute grouped under wind musical instruments?
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11. In which way does tension determine the pitch of sound?
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Below is a device used in sound. Study it and answer questions
12 and 13.

12. Name the device shown.

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13. In which way is the above device useful to people?
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(C) ALCOHOL, SMOKING AND DRUGS IN SOCIETY.

(i) ALCOHOL
1. Why do some people end up being alcoholics?
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2. Why is yeast referred to as a catalyst in the process of fermenting of
alcohol?
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3. Why should maize flour be boiled in water before adding yeast when
making kwete?
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4. Which gas is produced during fermentation of alcohol?
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5. In which way is heat energy necessary in the process of distillation of
alcohol?
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6. Which process takes place where the delivery tube passes through
cold water during distillation of alcohol?
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7. Which part of the digestive system does the absorption of alcohol take
place?
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8. Name any one body organ which is heavily affected by alcohol.
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9. Why are pregnant women advised not to smoke?
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10. In which way does a non-smoker become a passive smoker.
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11. Give any two life skills that can help one to avoid smoking.
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12. Give a reason why most young people smoke.

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(ii) DRUGS.

13. John bought drugs from a pharmacy which were prescribed as

below;
Quinine

2 x 3

(a) What does the above prescription mean?

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(b) What would happen if John shared the above drugs with another
patient?
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(c) Give the special name to drugs used to delay conception in human
beings.
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(d) Why do doctors weigh the patients and ask for their age before
prescribing the drugs for them?
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15. Why is mirra called a narcotic drug?

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16. Apart from mirra, name any other two narcotic drugs?
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17. Why do some people chew mirra leaves at night?
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18. How can a P.6 pupil protect herself from drug abuse?
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(D) THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

1. Apart from single circulation, give the other type of blood circulation?
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2. How is the circulation of blood in fish different from that in mammals?
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3. Apart from digested food, mention any one other substance
transported by plasma in the body?
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4. How is the pulmonary vein different from the pulmonary artery in the
way they function?
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5. What will happen to the heart beat when one is doing heavy exercises?
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6. Apart from engulfing germs, how else do white blood cells defend the
body against disease causing germs?
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7. Why is malaria grouped under the diseases of the circulatory system?
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8. State the difference between a blood donor and a blood recipient.
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9. Apart from creating awareness, give any two other reasons why
PIASCY was started?
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10. State any two effects of HIV and AIDS on the community.
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(E) DIAGRAM WORK

1. The diagram below show a maize grain. Study and use it to answer the
questions that follow.

(a) Name part A.

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(b) State the function of parts;
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(c) Which part of a bean seed has similar function as part D of the maize
grain above?
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2. The diagram below shows a thermos flask. Study and use it to answer
the questions that follow.

N
(a) Name part L.
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(b) State the use of part M.
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(c) How does part K prevent heat loss?
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(d) What would happen to the thermos flask if part N got broken?
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