Iganga Boys Boarding Primary School

HOLIDAY ONLINE EXAMINATION

2021
INTEGRATED SCIENCE Time: 2hrs :15min
PRIMARY
FIVE

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

SECTION A (40 MARKS)

1. What makes a piece of wood to float on water?

2. What type of immunity does one get after recovering from an illness?

3. Mention one method used by plants with weak stems to climb others.

4. Which type of gas is produced by plants as a by-product during photosynthesis?

5. Give one example of records kept by poultry farmers.

6. What plant process helps in rain formation?

7. What is weight?

8. Why is it important to plant trees in a school compound?

9. Identify the type of germination shown in the diagram.

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10. State the main role of the queen bee in the hive.

11. Why are potatoes grouped under annual crops?

12. Give one advantage of growing crops in lines?

13. Why should a house be swept everyday?

14. Give a reason why the use of polythene is discouraged today.

15. Give one example of an insect which undergoes through an incomplete

metamorphosis.

16. In the space below, draw the garden tool used for harvesting cereals like rice.

17. How is the swim bladder important to a fish?

18. How are birds of prey adapted to feeding on flesh?

19. Give one reason why it is important to keep grass on the compound short.
The diagram below is of a tooth. Use it to answer questions 20 and 21.

20. Name the type of tooth above.

21. Give the function of the above tooth?

22. How long is the gestation period of a sow?

23. Why is poor feeding dangerous to babies?

24. Give one use of sand soil to people?

25. Apart from living in water, give one other way tadpoles are similar to fish?

26. State one non-living component of the environment.

27. State the injury caused by hot objects.

28. Write one way in which houseflies can be controlled in a home.

29. How is heat transfer in gases possible by convection?

30. State one advantage of artificial fertilizers.

31. Name the animal which protects itself by changing colours.

32. State one cause of soil exhaustion.

33. Give one example of a root tuber?

34. What type of change takes place when ice melts?

35. What is the function of bile juice?

36. Convert 50⁰C to ⁰F.

37. What is the use of the garden tool below?

38. Mention one element of weather.

39. State one way we can make water safe for drinking.
40. What property of air is demonstrated in the diagram belo

SECTION B:

41. a) What is immunity?

b) Why is DPT referred to as a triple vaccine?

c) Give a reason why BCG vaccine is administered at birth?

d) What sign shows that the child received BCG vaccine without looking at the
child’s health card?

42. Below is a diagram of the water cycle. Use it to answer questions that follow.
a) Name the process marked
i) A
ii) B

iii) C

b) Mention the source of heat in the above water cycle.

43. a) What form of energy is needed by plants during photosynthesis?

b) Write down two raw materials needed by plants to make food.

i)

ii)

c) Why can’t fungi carry out photosynthesis?

44. Below is an experiment carried out by a P.5 boy.

a) What is the above experiment about?

b) What is the volume of the stone?

c) If the density of the above stone is 5g/cc, what is its mass?

d) Why do objects weigh less in water than in air?

45. a) Give two duties of worker bees in the hive?

i) ii)

b) Write two advantages of modern bee hives.

i) ii)

46. a) What is soil erosion?

b) How does bush burning cause soil erosion?

c) How does terracing control soil erosion?

d) Give one reason why sand soil is not good for crop growing?

47. a) What is PHC?

b) Give two ways individuals promote PHC.

i)
ii)

c) State one principle of PHC.

48. a) Give two examples of a chemical change?

i) ii)

b) State two similarities between a chemical change and a biological change.

i)
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49. Study the diagram below and answer questions about it.

a) What name is given to the above part of a flower?

b) Name part marked X and Z.

i) X ii) Z
c) What happens to part Y after fertilization?

50. Below is a diagram of a fish. Use it to answer questions about it.

a) Name part marked B.

b) Give the function of parts marked A and C.

A
B

c) Why does a fish die when out of water for some time?

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51. a) Give two differences between amphibians and reptiles?
i)
ii)

b) State one economic importance of reptiles.

c) Why does a tortoise hide its head in the shell when disturbed?

52. a) Give two advantages of breast feeding to the baby?

i)
ii)
b) State two disadvantages of bottle feeding.
i) ii)
53. a) Identify the type of compound leaves below

i) A
ii) B

b) Give one importance of leaves to plants?

c) Give one way plants control the rate of transpiration.

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54. Below is a diagram of part of the alimentary canal.

a) Name part marked R.

b) Mention the digestive juice produced in P.

c) Which class of food is first digested at point marked Q?

d) Give one health habit that helps to maintain the normal working of the
digestive system.

55. a) Give a reason why cohesion force is strongest in solids?

b) By what process does a liquid become heated?

c) What happen to matter when heated?

d) Why do water droplets remain on the walls of the glass when water is
removed?

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