MAY PEN HIGH SCHOOL

End of Term Exam

Form 4: Integrated Science
Name: _____________________________ Teacher: _______________

Instruction: This paper consist of three sections A, B and C. Section A:

Multiple Choice, Section B: Short Answer and Section C: Essay.
Answer all questions in all sections
Section Marks Total

A 30

B 62

C 12

Total 104 104

Section A: Multiple choice Items

1. The loss of topsoil due to the action of water and wind.

a. Soil fertility
b. Soil erosion
c. Litter
d. Humus

2. What is the percentage of oxygen in the air?

a. 5%
b. 21%
c. 16%
d. 75%

3. What is the percentage of nitrogen in the air?

a. 21%
b. 78%
c. 16%
d. 5%

4. What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air?

a. 5%
b. 0.03%
c. 0.25%
d. 21%

5. What is the lifespan of a human?

a. 80years
b. 115years
c. 200years
d. 150years

6. A plant that completes its life cycle within one growing season
a. Perennial
b. Biennial
c. Annual
d. Spores

7. A flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological life cycle
a. Annual
b. Biennial
c. Perennial
d. Spores

8. A plant that lives more than two years

a. Annual
b. Spores
c. Perennial
d. Biennial

9. Which of the following is a perennial plant?

a. Cabbage
b. Onion
c. Carrot
d. Mango tree

10. Which of the following is a biennial plant?

a. Cedar tree
b. Carrot
c. Ackee tree
d. June plum tree

11. Which of the following is an annual plant?

a. Orange tree
b. Carrot
c. Corn
d. Breadfruit tree
12. All of the following organisms undergo internal fertilization except?

a. Human
b. Plant
c. Butterfly
d. Bacteria

13. Which of the following organism contains the same genes as parents

a. Human
b. Plants
c. Butterfly
d. Bacteria

14. In which of the following organism there is no fusion of sex cells?

a. Plant
b. Human
c. Bacteria
d. Tilapia

15. Which of the following is used to refer to male sex cell in plants?
a. Sperm
b. Style
c. Stigma
d. Pollen grain

16. Which of the following mosquito transmit the malaria virus?

a. Aedes aegypti
b. Anopheles
c. Culex
d. Tilapia

17. Malaria is cause by a one celled parasite called_______________

a. Amoeba
b. Bacterium
c. Plasmodium
d. Fungi
18. What is the lifespan of bacterium?

a. 2days
b. 6 hours
c. 12 hours
d. 1 day

19. What is the lifespan of a butterfly?

a. 12 days
b. 19 days
c. 29 days
d. 8 days

20. The bowhead whale of the arctic sea is said to have a lifespan of more
than____________.

a. 100 years
b. 80 years
c. 200 years
d. 12 years

21. The growth of human that takes place in the womb is called__________

a. Infancy
b. Prenatal
c. Post natal
d. Childhood

22. When a seed begins to grow root that go deep into the ground and stems that stretches
through the soil is called________________

a. Seed
b. Sprout
c. Small plant
d. Adult plant

23. When a plant start to grow leaves towards the sun and it starts to produce food it is called
a_____________________

a. Seed
b. Sprout
c. Small plant
d. Adult plant

24. When a plant starts to bloom into beautiful flowers, fruits or vegetables and possibly
attract some pollinators, birds or other creatures.

a. Seed
b. Sprout
c. Small plant
d. Adult plant

25. Which of the following is the product of fertilization?

a. Embryo
b. Zygote
c. Egg
d. Sperm

26. Which of the following soil contains the most organic matter?

a. Sand
b. Clay
c. Loam
d. Silt

27. Which of the following soil has the best soil fertility?

a. Sand
b. Clay
c. Loam
d. Silt

28. Which of the following soil contains a mixture of large and small particles?
a. Sand
b. Clay
c. Loam
d. Silt

29. _______________ break down dead organic material in the soil.

 a. Humus
b. Decomposers
c. Litter
d. Water

30. ______________ is the collective name for organic material in the soil.
a. Litter
b. Water
c. Humus
d. Decomposers

Total: 30marks

Section B: Short Answer Questions

1. What is soil erosion?

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2. Explain the difference between sheet erosion, rill erosion and gully erosion

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3. What is soil fertility?

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4. What are the four things that make up the organic matter of soil fertility?

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5. What is soil acidity?

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6. Draw a diagram to show the life cycle of human 6marks

b. Explain the Life cycle of human

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7. Draw a diagram to show the life cycle of a plant 6marks

b. Explain the life cycle of a plant

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8. Explain each of the following stages in the growth and development of humans

a. Prenatal

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b. Postnatal
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c. Infancy

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d. Childhood

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e. Adolescent

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f. Adulthood

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g. Old age
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9. Explain each of the following stages in the growth and development of plants

a. Seed

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b. Sprout

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c. Small plant

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d. Adult plant
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Section C: Essay

As an aspiring scientist explain to the public in paragraph form the term reproduction, explain

the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction, advantages and disadvantages of sexual

and asexual reproduction and why it important for organisms to reproduce. 12marks

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End of Test

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