COMPETENCE BASED ASSESSMENT
GRADE 5
PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
TIME: 1 HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNERS (Please read these instructions carefully)
1. You have been given this question booklet and a separate answer sheet. The question booklet contains 30 questions.
Answer all the questions.
2. Do any necessary rough work in this booklet.
3. When you have chosen your answer, mark it on the ANSWER SHEET, not in this question booklet.
HOW TO USE THE ANSWER SHEET
4. Use ordinary pencil.
5. Confirm that the answer sheet that you have been provided with has the following:
YOURASSESSMENTNUMBER
YOUR NAME
NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL
NAME OF SUBJECT
6. Do not make any marks outside the boxes.
7. Keep the sheet as clean as possible and do not fold it.
8. For each of the question 1 - 30, four answers are given. The choices are lettered A, B, C, D. In each case only ONE of
the four choices is correct. Choose the correct answer.
9. On the answer sheet, show the correct answer by drawing a dark line inside the box in which the letter you have chosen
is written.
Example:
In the question booklet:
11. The following are non-flowering plants except
A. conifers
B. liverworts
C. eucalyptus
D. fern.
The correct answer is C (eucalyptus)
On the answer sheet: 11. [A] [B] [C] [D]
In the set of boxes numbered 11, draw a dark line inside the box with letter C printed as indicated below.
10. Your dark line MUST be within the box.
11. For each question, ONLY ONE box is to be marked in each set of four boxes.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Turn over
f 1
6. Which one of the following is not a
1. During a nature walk, Grade 5 learners
condition that may affect the breathing system?
identified the following plants and classified
A. Common cold B. Allergy
them as flowering and non-flowering. Which
C. Asthma D. Vomiting
one is a non-flowering plant?
A. Bean B. Banana plant
C. Fern D. Mango plant Grade 5 learners carried out the experiment
below to investigate a certain method of
2. Which of the folowing statements is not true separating mixtures. Use it to answer
about all fish? Questions 7 and 8.
A. Have scales on the body. tube
B. Have fins for movement.
C. Have lungs for breathing.
Dirty water
D. Lay eggs.
piece of
3. A flower was brought to class during a clean cloth
Science lesson. Learners were asked to name
the parts of the flower. X
K 7. Which method were they investigating?
J
M A. Decanting B. Filtering
O
N C. Sieving D. Picking
L
8. The material labelled “X” is known as
A. residue
B. solution
Identify the part which is correctly matched
C. water
with its name:
D. filtrate.
Part Name
A. J Filament
B. K Stigma 9. Which of the following is the best method of
C. L Stalk separating maize and chaff?
D. M Anther A. Sieving
4. Which part receives pollen grains during B. Picking
pollination in the diagram in Question 3 C. Winnowing
above? D. Use of magnet
A. K B.L
C. N D. O 10. During a lesson on mixtures, a Grade 5
teacher instructed his learners to make
5. Mr. Wembe keeps domestic animals in his solid-solid mixtures. Who made the correct
farm. Which of the characteristics below is for mixture?
both a goat and a duck? A. Harriet: Spirit + Oil
A. Both are warm-blooded. B. Malgan: Water + Paraffin
B. Both lay eggs. C. Dennis: Salt + Chalk dust
C. Both give birth to live young ones.
D. Hellen: Stones + Milk
D. Both have scales on their feet.
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AGRICULTUREAND NUTRITION
The diagram below shows the human
16. The addition of fertility to soil to add nutrients
breathing system. Use it to answer
in the soil is called
Questions 11 and 12.
A. soil recovery
P B. soil conservation
C. soil improvement
T D. soil pollution.
Q
17. Grade 5 learners wanted to construct an
S organic waste pit. They were likely to dump
the following materials in the pit except
A. food remains
R
B. plastic food wrappers
C. organic kitchen waste
D. plant residue.
11. The part labelled P has C-shaped rings. What
is the main function of these rings?
18. While preparing a nursery bed, which of the
A. Make it attractive.
tools below is the best for levelling the
B. Keep it open always.
soil?
C. Allow air to pass through faster.
D. Trap dust particles.
A. B.
1 2. Which of the labelled parts prevents the lungs
from physical injury?
A. Q B. R
C. P D. S
1 3. Grade 5 learners were asked to name types of
liquids in the environment. Which one is not a
liquid?
C. D.
A. Milk B. Paraffin
C. Water vapour D. Porridge
1 4. Below are types of solid wastes in the locality.
Which one of them is non-decomposable? 19. Grade 5 learners were asked to write down the
A. Banana peelings B. E-waste best ways that can be used to repel wild
C. Kitchen waste D. Grass animals to avoid damage to property. Who
among the following learners gave the wrong
1 5. Which one of the following is not a use of
answer?
heat?
A. Visibility A. Alma – Using smoke.
B. Ironing B. Alfred – Using spears.
C. Warming ourselves C. Alice – Smell repellant .
D. Cooking D. Ayden – Using a scarecrow.
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26. Grade 5 learners were asked to name methods
Grade 5 learners planted a fruit tree in front
used to preserve cereals and pulses. Which of
of their class and did the activity shown in
the following is not correct?
the diagram below on it. Use the diagram to
A. Sun-drying
answer questions 20 and 21.
B. Boiling
C. Using airtight container
D. Use of ashes
Dry grass 27. Which one of the following nutrients helps in
and leaves growth and building the body?
A. Vitamins B. Fats
20. What was the main reason for the activity they C. Carbohydrates D. Proteins
did? To
A. prevent animals from destroying it 28. During a lesson on preparing food in Grade 5,
B. make the compound beautiful Neema came with the item below.
C. prevent weeds from growing
D. conserve water in the soil.
21. The activity shown above is known as
A. mulching B. shading
C. Weeding D. cover cropping. Which fuel was to be used in the item?
A. Firewood B. Charcoal
22. Which of the following crops cannot be used as C. Paraffin D. Gas
cover crops?
A. Beans B. Millet 29. Grade Four learners went to the school
kitchen and found Mr. Wema, the school
C. Pumpkin D. Sweet potatoes
cook, putting on the cap below.
23. Grade 5 learners wanted to plant crops that
require direct sowing. Which one of the
following did they consider to plant?
A. Kales B. Onions
C. Carrots D. Cabbage
What was the main reason for putting it on?
A. To make him more neat and attractive.
24. The removal of excess seedlings from the B. To prevent heat from reaching his head.
nursery bed is called C. To prevent hair from falling into food.
A. thinning B. weeding D. To protect him from fire.
C. pruning D. uprooting.
30. Which one of the following activities is not a
25. Grade Five learners wanted to practice drip hygienic practice recommended?
irrigation. Which of the materials below would A. Washing fruits before eating.
they not use? B. Washing hands before visiting the toilet.
A. Plastic bottles B. Cups C. Cooking food properly before eating.
C. Pipes D. Jerricans D. Brushing teeth after every meal.
