Primary school science questions and solutions .

1.How is sound stored in studios ?
2.How dangerous is rusting to magnets?
3.For what two reasons do people produce sound?
4.Do which group of simple machine does a slope belong ?
5.List down two commercial products got from animal bones .

1.Identify any two disorders of the skin that result from heat.
2.write two reasons why sweating is very important to the body .
3.outline any two products got from milk ?
4.Give two activities performed by a cattle keeper before milking .
5.mention the PHC activities performed using the tools listed below.
a)Dryer
b)Tooth pick

NPS PRIMARY SIX WORK 4TH JUNE 2015

1. Write down one block in food bath
2. Name the best soil for making pots
3. Give one way in which the cause of a scald is similar to that of a burn.
4. Name one type of seed dispersal
5. Write down one behavior which is as a result of drug abuse.
6. Name the sense organ for hearing
7. Give one item used for cleaning hands after visiting a toilet
8. Give one way how rain may be a disadvantage to a crop farmer
9. What is the importance of dipping cattle?
10. Name one example of plants with prop roots

HOMEWORK 2015

1. mention two types of electricity
2. State one use of electricity at school.
3. In which way can electricity be a danger to human life?
4. Of what advantage is family planning to a family?
5. Identify one gas used in an electric bulb.
6. Explain the following terms as used in sound management.
i) Frequency
ii) Pitch
iii) Echo
7. State any one natural source of sound.
8. What is the role of a weather station?
9. Name two elements of weather
10. What is friction?
11. Give two ways of increasing friction
12. Name any one substance that can be used to reduce friction.
13. How long does the gestation period of a cow take?
14. Give two reasons why some bulls are castrated.
15. give one example of an optical instrument
WORK 2015
1. Name one use of a magnet
2. Mention one way of making magnets lose its magnetism
3. Write down one similarity between a spider and a tick
4. Which part of the female human body helps in the dev elopement of foetus?
5. Name the gas that is added to the atmosphere when green plants are making their food?
6. Write one characteristic of leguminous plants that make them different from other dicotyledonous plants.
7. Why should it be bad practice to remove ear wax using a sharp object?
8. which mineral salt is lacking in breast milk
9. What type of leaf venation does a maize plant have?
10. How many month can a baby live free before it is immunized against measles?
11. Identify one activity that can promote proper functioning of the human body?
12. State the mineral nutrient responsible for the formation of blood in the body.
13. Why is it a bad practice to cut finger nails using teeth?
14. Arrange the following processes in the order of happening.
Fertilization, ovulation, implantation
15. How is transpiration useful to plants?

1. Name the type of family where there are parents and their biological children.
2. Give one way how the preservation of milk and fish differs
3. Name the class of food which is digested in the stomach.
4. Why is a person with hookworms likely to suffer from anaemia?
5. State one way in which hens are important in preventing deficiency diseases inman.
6. How is wind useful to human beings?
7. State one natural source of sound
8. Why is mercury used in a clinical thermometer instead of water?
9. Give the difference between river blindness and night blindness.
10. How is a thermos flask useful in a

P SIX WORK

1. State one effect of heat on a metal.
2. Give one way in which energy from animals can be used
3. How does mulching help to keep moisture in the soil?
4. Why does a coin sink when placed in a basin full of water?
5. Give a reason why children should be immunized?
6. Name the disease which is spread by a culex mosquito.
7. Identify one effect of smoking to a pregnant woman.
8. Give one difference between monocotyledonous plants and dicotyledonous plants.
9. Name one substance got by plants from the soil.
10. State one way in which proteins are useful in the body of a living person?
11. Apart from enabling man to hear, state any one other function of the human ear.

PRIMARY SEVEN WORK 2015

1. How is a root cap useful to a plant?
2. Name one part of a seed that forms the seed embryo
3. Mention any one element of primary health care
4. Identify any one danger of alcohol consumption
5. What is the importance of “docking” in sheep farming?
6. What is the use of a sickle?
7. Name the device used by a first aider to carry a casualty
8. Identify any one water resource that provides us with Proteins
9. Explain why insects are able to walk on walls without falling?
10. Mention one example of a primate
11. What does being a passive smoker mean?
12. State the food storage for a cassava plant.
13. Why a dog is called a carnivorous animal?
14. Mention one material birth control method.
15. What class of food is responsible for the replacement and repair of worn out body cells?
16. Identify one cause of body dehydration.
17. Convert 55%C to F.
18. Why is the filament of an electric bulb coiled?
19.
T
60cm ↓ 120cm

10kg xkg
∆

a) Identify the machine shown above
b) Name the part labeled T
Find the value of X

1. Name the type of family where there are parents and their biological children.
2. Give one way how the preservation of milk and fish differs
3. Name the class of food which is digested in the stomach.
4. Why is a person with hookworms likely to suffer from anaemia?
5. State one way in which hens are important in preventing deficiency diseases inman.
6. How is wind useful to human beings?
7. State one natural source of sound
8. Why is mercury used in a clinical thermometer instead of water?
9. Give the difference between river blindness and night blindness.
10. How is a thermos flask useful in a home?

SIX WORK

1. State one effect of heat on a metal.
2. Give one way in which energy from animals can be used
3. How does mulching help to keep moisture in the soil?
4. Why does a coin sink when placed in a basin full of water?
5. Give a reason why children should be immunized?
6. Name the disease which is spread by a culex mosquito.
7. Identify one effect of smoking to a pregnant woman.
8. Give one difference between monocotyledonous plants and dicotyledonous plants.
9. Name one substance got by plants from the soil.
10. State one way in which proteins are useful in the body of a living person?
11. Apart from enabling man to hear, state any one other function of the human ear.

1.what name is given to the head of a tapeworm?
2.How does electricity flow in a circuit?
3.why do people bathe regularly?
4.Suggest two activities required in promoting sanitation.
5.Name any two magnetic materials.

1.How is a fish adapted to its life in water?
2.Name the breathing organs of a frog.
3.suggest any two characteristics of insect pollinated flowers.
4.How many times does the heart beats in a healthy person per minute?
5.what is a machine?

1.What is transpiration?
2.Name any two agents of transpiration.
3.why is a mushrooms unable to make its own food?
4.How does a fish protect itself?
5.Name the reproductive part of a flower.