2024 - MHG Boma Zone-Primary Science STD 8 Mock
2024 - MHG Boma Zone-Primary Science STD 8 Mock
2024 - MHG Boma Zone-Primary Science STD 8 Mock
PRIMARY SCIENCE
(100 Marks)
AGRICULTURE C. Leucaena
D. Msambamfumu
1. Gathering of crops after maturity is called
______. 6. Which of the following is a method of
A. Weeding treating seeds for sowing.
B. Storage A. Rubbing seeds with sand paper
C. Disease and pest control B. Washing seeds with soap
D. Harvesting C. Boiling seeds in paraffin
D. Cutting seeds into small pieces
2. Why should washing of chicken eggs be
avoided? 7. The following flowers are useful in the
A. To prevent them from bad smell control of certain diseases, except
B. To prevent them from losing weight. A. Perinkle
C. To prevent removing the protective B. Roses
coat on the outside surface. C. Aloe Vera
D. To prevent them from losing value. D. Dahlia
3. Resources that are used to produce crops 8. Why is wood ash included when making
and livestock are known as ____. compost manure?
A. Factors of production A. To prevent rotting
B. Marketing functions B. To improve acid
C. Branches of agriculture C. To reduce micro-organisms
D. Natural resources D. To reduce acid
10. Which of the following is a way of 16. When is the actual price of a
controlling the pest? commodity be determined?
A. Trapping A. When demand is greater than supply.
B. Early planting B. When demand and supply are equal.
C. Planting healthy cuttings C. When supply is greater than demand
D. Practicing crop rotation D. Where there are a lot of customers.
11. Which of the following processes and The figure below is a diagram showing a
stages of water cycle refers to “rainfall”? method of controlling parasites in cattle.
A. Condensation Use it to answer questions 17 and 18
B. Transpiration
C. Precipitation
D. Surface run-off
23. The following technologies which can 28. Which of the following stems stores
be used in the classroom can be food for the plant?
improvised, except A. Irish potatoes
A. Books B. Cassava
B. Chalkboards C. Sweet potatoes
C. Rulers D. Groundnuts
D. Pental markers
29. Which of the following terms refers to
young grasshoppers?
24. Which of the following parts of an A. Insects
electric circuit controls the flow of B. Nymphs
electricity? C. Zygote
A. Cell D. Larva
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39. Which of the following is a substance 40. What is the function of veins in ‘the
used on white articles in order to brighten human body? They carry blood
them? A. With oxygen to all parts of the body
A. Bleach B. Without oxygen from all parts of the
B. Stain remover body
C. Starch C. Without oxygen to all parts of the
D. Laundry equipment body
D. With oxygen from all parts of the body
AGRICULTURE
41. (a). State the main difference between fingerlings and flyers?
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(b). Why is it important to feed fish in a pond at the same time and place each day?
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(c). Describe any two indigenous technologies that are used as pesticides using one point
for each technology.
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42. (a). Give two examples of farm implements which are pulled by oxen.
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(b). State two methods which can be used to improve cattle production.
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(c). Distinguish between in-breeding and outbreeding.
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The diagram below shows one of the methods of controlling pests of maize. Use it to
answer question 43
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43. (a). Identify the structure marked “P”.
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(b). What is the use of these structures on the granary.
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(b). Give a reason why farmers in the lower shire are encouraged to grow more cotton
than tobacco and tea.
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(c). Mention one branch of horticulture.
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(d). Write down any one function of the following major elements to plants
i. Phosphorous
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ii. Potassium
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(c). Mention two ways through which the use of herbicides could help to improve
agricultural production.
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The diagram below shows an example of a protozoa. Use it to answer question 49.
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51. (a). Explain how arrow can be improved as one of the indigenous technology.
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(b). Explain a reason why connecting identical bulbs in series circuit reduces their
brightness.
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(c). Define the term variables.
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SECTION B:
AGRICULTURE:
41. (a). Fingerlings are young fish ranging from 5-10cm in size and weigh about
10 – 20g While flyers are newly hatched fish.
(b). for the fish to get used to when and where to get the food.
(c). Ash - used as a pesticide such as storing sweet potatoes in potato pits,
- controlling the beetles in pumpkin leaves - controlling red ants (linthumbwi)
Tephrosia - used as a pesticide in stored grains - used for controlling mites in
pigs
-controlling particles in vegetables
Soot - to control weevils in stored grains and cereals
44. (a). it is an arable crop that is grown together with trees in an agroforestry
plot.
(b). because cotton grows well in very hot temperatures available in the lower shire.
(c). – olericulture - floriculture - pomoculture
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(d). (i) development of strong roots
(ii) – development of strong roots - formation of high quality fruits
46. (a). – helps to remove the toxic substances from the bitter varieties of cassava
(cynide)
- to improve taste
(b).cynide
(c). they kill growing weeds
- they prevent weed seeds from germinating.
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50. (a).- grasshoppers- termites - bugs - cockroaches
(b). because it has buds.
(c). an echo
(d). suspensions are mixtures in which components can easily be seen while
solutions are mixtures in which components cannot easily be seen.
(e). nutrition is the process of providing the body with necessary substances for it to
stay healthy.
51. (a).by using a piece of bamboo fitted with feathers at the tail for stability
when it is released.
(b). because they share the voltage of the source.
(c). anything that can change
52. (a).ala
(b). –cleaning the nose regularly
- avoid sniffing unknown substances
- avoid pushing or poking objects into the nose
(c). – they trap dust and germs, thereby, preventing them from getting into the body
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