QUESTIONS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- List two flowering plants. (2 marks)
- Outline 3 precautions taken when handling harmful plants in the environment. (3 marks)
- List 2 fungi in your locality. (2 marks)
- Give 2 economic importance of fungi in the environment. (2 marks)
- Define the following terms.
- Vertebrates - (2 marks)
- Invertebrates - (2 marks)
- List any 3 sense organs in a human being.(3 marks)
- Name the tooth drawn below. . (1 mark)
- List 2 waterborne diseases.
- Name 3 digital devices you know. (3 marks)
- What is coding? _ (1 mark)
- State the three states of matter. (3 marks)
- A grade five learner observed a burning candle through a bent pipe as shown below.
He was unable to see the light because (1 mark) - Below is a human breathing system. (3 marks)
Name the labelled parts.
H - ........................... K - ........................... L - ........................... - List any 2 common external body parasites. (2 marks)
Assessment Rubrics - Science and Technology
level | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
score | 28-30 | 19-27 | 10-18 | 0-9 |
AGRICULTURE
- What is soil erosion?(1 mark)
- Outline 3 ways of recovering soil.(3 marks)
- Give 3 ways of conserving water in farming practices.(3 marks)
- List any 2 climbing fruits in the environment.(2 marks)
- Outline 4 ways of caring for young climbing fruit plants. (4 marks)
- Give a product that we get from each of these animals. (4 marks)
- Cow
- Goat
- Poultry -
- Sheep
- Identify the type of soil described below. (4 marks)
- The soil that is best in drainage is :
- The best soil for modelling is
- The best soil for farming is
- The soil with fine particles is
- Name the following gardening tools. (2 marks)
- Outline 3 importance of container gardening. (3 marks)
- List any 4 crops that can be grown in a container garden. (4 marks)
- What is transplanting? (1 mark).
Assessment Rubrics - Agriculture
level | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
score | 28-30 | 19-27 | 10-18 | 0-9 |
HOMESCIENCE
- What is pre-teen?(1 mark)
- List 4 changes that take place during pre-adolescence in boys.(4 marks)
- Mention 2 factors to consider when choosing clothes and shoes for pre-adolescents. (2 marks)
- Give 3 importance of using time well. (3 marks)
- List any 4 effects of wasting time. (4 marks)
- What is a communicable disease? (1 mark)
- State any 4 cleaning materials and tools used for cleaning surfaces in the house. (4 marks)
- List any 3 communicable diseases. (3 marks)
- What is wise buying as used by a consumer? (1 mark)
- Outline 4 safety precautions to obser 'e when buying items. (4 marks)
- Write a group of any foods that make up a balanced diet. (1 mark)
- State 2 materials for cleaning the house. (2 marks)
Assessment Rubrics - Homescience
level | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
score | 28-30 | 19-27 | 10-18 | 0-9 |
MARKING SCHEME
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Beans, maize , pawpaw and rice
- Wear gloves
Do not taste plants you do not know
Wash hands after handling plants - Mushroom, toadstool, mould
- Used as food
Used to make medicine -
- Animals with backbone
- Animals without backbone
- Nose, tongue, eyes, ears, skin
- Molar
- Bilharzia, Cholera, Dysentry, Typhoid
- Laptop, smart phone, computer, tablet
- Use of symbols to represent information
- Solid, liquid, gas
- Light travels in a straight line
- H-Trachea K-Lungs L-Diaphragm
- Lice, bedbugs
AGRICULTURE
- Carrying away of top soil by water or wind
- -Building gabions
-Mulching
-Planting trees - Using drip irrigation
-Digging dams for collecting water
-Tuming off taps when not in use - Passion fruits
- -Weeding
- Fencing
- Spraying using chemicals
- Pruning -
- Milk, meat, hide
- Milk, mutton, mohair
- Eggs, meat
- Mutton, wool
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- sand
- clay
- loam
- clay
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- Jembe
- Slasher
- -can be practised where there are no farms
-helps us to get vegetables
-helps us to save money because we can get vegetables without buying - Cabbage, kale, carrot, beans
- Removal of a seedlingfrom a nursery and plant in the farm
HOME SCIENCE
- The period just before adolescence
- -Voice breaks
-Shoulders broaden
-Wet dreams
-Growth of pubic hair - -Size
-Colour
-Cost - -Make us active
-We accomplish what we are expected in time
-Enables us avoid conflict - -Makes us lazy
-Leads to conficts
-Work compile
-Affects our mental growth - Disease that can easily spread from one person to another
- Mop, broom, dustpan, rag
- Tuberculosis, Cholera, Common cold
- Buying important items first
- -Buy durable items
-Buy items that are not costly
- buy items that are not expiring soon
- Check condition of item "before buying - Any group with carbohydrate, protein and vitamins
- Broom, dustbin, dustpan