Science & Technology and Agriculture - Grade 5 End Term 1 Exam 2021 SET 1

COMPETENCY BASED CURICULUM
GRADE 5, END OF TERM 1
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE
NAME....................................................SCHOOL............................................

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Name two reasons why plants die
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2. Several young ones born at the same time to the same mother are called
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3. Grade 5 pupils were given cards with the name of some animals found in their locality as shown below
   

   Group A

   Cow Pig Locust Spider

   
   

   Group B

   Monkey Mongoose Mouse Hare

   
   

   Group C

   Mosquito Snail Tick Spider

   
   

   Group D

   Rat Elephant Sheep Snail

   
   
   
   1. Which group was given a list of invertebrates only?
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   2. Which group was given a list of vertebrates only?
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4. Draw four types of teeth below
   

   Molar	Incisor	Premolar	Canine

   
   
   
5. How is smoke harmful?
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6. We make water safe for drinking by ____________________________
7. Look at the keyboard below
   
   
   1. Space bar is marked with letter
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   2. The keys shown by letter M are called
      
      ____________________________
8. Name three states of matter
   1. ____________________________
   2. ____________________________
   3. ____________________________
9. The materials that have mass and size but have no shape are grouped as
   
   ____________________________
10. Applying dry leaves or grass ar the areas around the crops to reduce water loss is called ____________________________
11. The fungus that are black or green on decaying slices of bread are called ____________________________
12. Name any 4 examples of fungi
    1. ____________________________
    2. ____________________________
    3. ____________________________
    4. ____________________________
13. Name the 5 classes of vertebrates
    1. ____________________________
    2. ____________________________
    3. ____________________________
    4. ____________________________
    5. ____________________________
14. Draw any flowering plant found in your locality
    
15. State 3 differences between the animals drwan below
    
    
    
    1. ____________________________
    2. ____________________________
    3. ____________________________
16. Draw a mushroon in the space below
    
    
    

AGRICULTURE

1. Name 3 types of soils
   1. ____________________________
   2. ____________________________
   3. ____________________________
2. Which soil holds more water?
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3. What is the colour of compost manure when ready?
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4. The method of irrigation that use less water is ____________________________
5. How does a squirrel affect the farmer?
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6. The process of preparing tree seedlings for transplanting is called ____________________________
7. What is the name of the farm tool below?
   
   ____________________________
8. Statee 5 care practices for growing fruit trees
   1. ____________________________
   2. ____________________________
   3. ____________________________
   4. ____________________________
   5. ____________________________
9. How do you know guava fruits are ready for harvesting?
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10. Name any 2 innovative gardening in your school or locality
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11. Name 2 domestic animals that give us milk
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12. Name 4 main cereals grown in Kenya
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13. Protecting soil from erosion and loss of nutrients in order to maintain its fertility is called?
    ____________________________
14. What is soil erosion?
    ____________________________
15. What is erosion deposition sites?
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16. Draw a diagram showing terracing
    
17. Name any two plants that can be used as cover crops
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MARKING SCHEME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. lack of water
   Bad soils( no soil nutrients)
   Plant diseases
2. Litter
3.    
   1. Group C
   2. Group B
4. Student should draw the reuired teeth
5. It affects our lungs/ makes us sick/ breathing difficulties
6. Boiling
7.     
   1. K
   2. M- direction keys
8. Solid, liquid, gases
9. Gases
10. Mulching
11. Mould
12. yeasts, rusts, stinkhorns, puffballs, truffles, molds, mildews and mushrooms
13. fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds.
14. Student should draw a flowering plant in their vicinity
15. One has feathers, one has scales
    One has 2 feet, the ohter has 4 feet
    One has wings the other does not
    One is warm blooded, one is cold blooded
16. Student should draw a mushroom

AGRICULTURE

1. Sand, loam, clay
2. clay
3. dark brown
4. drip
5. they uproot seeds, affecting plant growth
6.     
7. trowel
8.   Inspect Often.
   Keep Them Watered.
   Mulching and Fertilizing.
   Thin it Out.
   Spread the Branches.
9. when the peel turns from light green to yellow.
10. Student should list any two innovative gardening practices in their school
11. goat, cow
12. maize, rice, sorghum, wheat, 
13. soil preservation
14. removal of the top soil from the ground
15. where soil that is eroded is deposited
16. Student should draw a diagram showing terracing
17. vetch, clover, beans and peas; grasses such as annual ryegrass, oats, rapeseed, winter wheat and winter rye; and buckwheat.