JINJA CITY JUNIOR SCHOOL

MID-TERM I TERM ONE 2023

CLASS : P.6
SUBJECT : INTEGRATED SCIENCE
DURATION: 2 ¼ HOURS
Name _____________________________________________
Stream ______________ Campus ______________________
1. Avoid unnecessary crossing of work.
2. Write well.
3. Wrong spellings will lead to loss of marks.
SECTION A.
1. Name one living component of the environment.
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2. Where on the main body of an insect do we find antennae?
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3. How are the half webbed feet useful to the wadding birds?
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4. Draw a stamen in the space below.

5. Mention any one way in which soil is useful to earthworms.

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6. How can we prevent tooth decay in our teeth?
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7. Identify the method of storing sound shown below.
d:s:d: -//d:r.r.m:-//m:f:s.l.s:f:/
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8. Why does dehydration occur in a person suffering from cholera.
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9. Mention any one solid component of blood.
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10. How is pitch different from volume as used in sound energy?

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11. How is BCG vaccine administered to infants?
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12. In which way does a bird benefit from the feathers on its body?
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Use the illustration below to answer questions 13 and 14.

P
M Freezing N
13. Identify the state of matter marked N.
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14. Which form of energy causes process P to occur?
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15.Mention any one item used to keep our bodies clean.
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16. Why do we consider a dog as a warm blooded animal.
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17. Name the type of soil used for modeling.
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18. How does debeaking control egg eating in a poultry farm?
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19. What is the importance of keeping our bodies clean?
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20. Give one reason why a frog is able to live both in water and on
land?
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21. Identify the disease spread by the mosquito which develops from
this larva stage.

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22. Why is a bean crop grouped under annual crops?
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23. Mention the best way a P.6 pupil prevent him/herself from getting
HIV/AIDS.
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24. Name the flying mammal in the environment.
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25. In the space below, draw a trowel.

26. Name the invertebrate which protects itself by hiding in its shell.
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27. Why is it dangerous to clean your ears with sharp objects?
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28. Give one special feature which makes a duck different from a hen.
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29. What is the importance of valves found in the human heart?
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30. Give any one excuse people give for smoking tobacco.
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31. How is the plant drawn below propagated?

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32. Mention any one way animals move from one place to another.
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33. Write down any one factor that can lead to bottle feeding.
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34. Mention any one substance transported through blood plasma.
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35. why is a bat called a mammal
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The diagram below shows a garden tool. Use it to answer
questions 36.

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36. How do farmers care for the above garden tool?
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37. Mention one method of extracting honey from honey combs.
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38. Point out one activity individuals can do to promote oral health.
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39. Why is the dry season most suitable for harvesting cereal crops?
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40. Write down any one example of a chemical change.
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SECTION B
41. a) How do flowering plants reproduce?
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b) Name one system of a flowering plant.
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c) Give any two importance of leaves to plants.
i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________
42. a) Mention any one disorder of the digestive system.
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b) Write down one non-communicable disease of the digestive system.
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c) State any two ways of caring for the digestive system.
i)______________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________
43. The diagram below is of a musical instrument. Use it to
answer the questions that follow.

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a) To which group of musical instruments does the one illustrated
above belong?
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b) Compare the sound produced by string A and string B.
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c) Point out one other instrument which belongs to the same group as
in (a) above.
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d) Give one that affect the pitch produced by the instrumet?
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44. Match the vectors in A to their breeding grounds in B.
A B
Tsetse fly Fresh water bodies
Anopheles Mosquito Dusty ground
Snails Bushy areas
Fleas still water
i) Tsetse fly
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ii) Anopheles ________________________________________________________
iii) Snails ________________________________________________________
iv) Fleas _______________________________________________________

45.a) Point out any one type of poultry kept in Uganda.

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b) Mention any two systems of rearing poultry in Uganda.
i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________
c) Give any one reason why farmers cut short the upper beaks of the
layers.

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46. a) By what means does heat from the sun reach the Earth?
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b) Which part of a thermos flask controls heat loss or gain by
conduction only?
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c) What happens to ice when placed near fire?
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d) Cite any one heat insulator.
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47. Re-arrange the statements below correctly to describe the process
of germination.
i) Finally, the plumule comes out to form the short system.
ii) The seed coat softens.
iii) Water enters the seed through the micropyle.
iv) The radicle comes out to form the root system.
i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________
iii)
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iv)
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.48 The diagram below is of a bird’s foot.

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(a) Give one example of a domestic bird with such a foot.

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Why are toes webbed?

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(b) How do birds with such a foot keep themselves waterproof?

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(d) Name one other group of birds found in the same environment as
swimming birds

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49. a) How do bacteria reproduce?
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b) Name any two diseases caused by bacteria.
i) ______________________________ ii) _________________________________
c) How can the spread of bacterial diseases be controlled.
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50. a) Explain the term personal hygiene.
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b) Name two materials used to keep body hygiene.
i) ________________________________ ii) _________________________________
c) Why is it a healthy practice to bathe regularly?
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51. a) What name do we call the house of rabbits.
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b) Mention any two exotic breeds of rabbits kept in Uganda today.
i) ______________________________ ii) _________________________________
c) Cite any one rabbit feed.
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52. The diagram below shows three types of roots. Use it to

answer the questions that follow.

A B C

a) Identify the types of root system labeled A and C.

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C____________________________________
b) What is the use of roots marked B to a plant?
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c) How are roots important to people?
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53. Sanitation involves general cleanliness of places we stay.
a) Write down any three components of a clean home.
i) ______________________________ ii) _________________________________
iii) __________________________________
b) What is the importance of a dustbin in a P.6 classroom?
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c) What do you think will happen when people share water sources
with animals?
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54. The diagram below shows a type of tooth. Use it t answer
questions that follow. A
B

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a) Name the type of teeth shown above.

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b) How is the above tooth adapted it its function?
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c) Name parts labeled A and C.
A ______________________________ C _________________________________
55. The table below shows a list of animals. Study it carefully
and answer the questions that follow.
W X Y Z
slug Rat Spider Eagle
snail Baboon Scorpions Pigeon
oyester Cheeter Mosquitoes Turkey

a) To which group of vertebrates do animals in list X belong?

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b) How are the following groups of animals similar?
i) X and Z
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ii) W and Y_____________________________________________________________
d) How is the reproduction of animals in list X different from those of
Z?
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