SAINT MARY’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
STANDARD SIX END OF TERM TWO
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
SCIENCE
MARKS: 60 TIME: 1 HOUR
NAME:____________________________________________
CLASS:_______________________
CIRCLE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. Which of the following metals is a liquid at room temperature?
A. Carbon
B. Aluminium
C. Mercury
D. Gold
2. Which of the following objects is man-made?
A. Kerosene
B. Tree
C. Water
D. Car
3. Which of the following organisms is an invertebrate?
A. Worm
B. Cow
C. Bird
D. Man
4. Which of the following elements is represented by the symbol Fe?
A. Mercury
B. Iron
C. Copper
D. Aluminum
5. What is the main energy change that occurs when wood burns?
A. Sound energy to chemical energy
B. Chemical energy to heat energy
C. Kinetic energy to sound energy
D. Heat energy to kinetic energy
6. Which of the following is not a form of energy?
A. Light
B. Chemical
C. Gravity
D. Heat
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7. Which of the following circuit symbols represent a bulb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8. What is the main reason for immunisation?
A. To check growth
B. To provide energy to babies
C. To prevent spread of diseases
D. To spread diseases to babies
9. Which of the following objects cannot be attracted by a magnet?
A. Copper wires
B. Money clip
C. Iron fillings
D. Staples
10. All of the following are fuels EXCEPT
A. Sunlight
B. Gas
C. Wood
D. Petrol
11. Which type of heat transfer is demonstrated by the diagram below?
A. Coordination
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Radiation
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Use the information below to answer question 12.
Neo conducted an experiment as shown below to investigate the
requirements needed for photosynthesis.
12. Which condition necessary for photosynthesis was Neo investigating?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Chlorophyll
C. Water
D. Light
13. Which of the following is a physical change in girls at puberty?
A. Hips growing wider
B. Deepening of the voice
C. Development of the beard
D. Broaden of the shoulders
The diagram below shows the water cycle. Use it to answer question 14.
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14. Which processes occur at 3 and 4?
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A. Sublimation Transpiration
B. Transpiration Condensation
C. Condensation Transpiration
D. Evaporation Precipitation
Use the information below to answer question 15.
Lorato prepares a cup of coffee by mixing the following substances:
sugar crystals, coffee granules, milk and water.
15. Which of the following factors can make the sugar crystals take a longer time to
dissolve?
A. Stirring the mixture
B. Using cold water
C. Using hot milk
D. Using fine sugar
Use the information below to answer question 16.
A patient was diagnosed of a certain disease during consultation by the
traditional doctor. The doctor made an incision on the patient using a sharp
razor when he was attending the patient.
16. What should the doctor do to minimise the patient’s risk of contracting other
diseases?
A. Sanitise the razor blade with alcohol based sanitizer
B. Wash the razor blade with herbal medicines
C. Wipe the razor blade with a wet wipe
D. Use a new razor blade
17. What is the period of time when the Earth makes a complete rotation on its axis?
A. Hour
B. Day
C. Week
D. Year
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Use the information below to answer question 18.
Neo picked a syringe and injected her classmates with it. The learners
were taken to a nearby health facility to be tested if they had contracted
some diseases from the incident.
18. Which one the following diseases are the learners likely to be tested for?
A. Tuberculosis
B. Malaria
C. HIV/AIDS
D. Influenza
19. What is the percentage of Nitrogen in the atmosphere?
A. 22.2%
B. 34%
C. 79. 2
D. 82%
20. Which property of magnets is shown by the diagram below?
A. Magnets are stronger at poles
B. Magnets show direction
C. Magnets repel things
D. Magnets generate electricity
21. Onalethata was playing a guitar which produces a low pitched sound. Which of the
following should Onalethata do to make the pitch high?
A. Tighten the strings
B. Loosen the strings
C. Reduce the number of strings
D. Increase the number of strings
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22. Which of the following clothes is safe to put on at night when walking along the
road?
A. Black clothes
B. White clothes
C. Royal blue clothes
D. Brown clothes
23. A wheelbarrow produces a squeaky sound when moving. Which of the following
will reduce the sound?
A. Varnishing the wheel
B. Oiling the handles
C. Greasing the wheel
D. Polishing the handles
24. Which of the following is a way in which animals benefit from the process of
photosynthesis?
A. They get carbon dioxide to respire
B. They manufacture their own food
C. They get water for survival
D. They get oxygen to respire
25. In a sugar solution, what name is given to sugar?
A. Solution
B. Solute
C. Solvent
D. Suspension
26. Which of the following is an element?
A. Oxygen
B. Salt
C. Water
D. Oil
27. Which of the following is an economic benefit of conservation in Botswana?
A. People enjoy viewing wildlife
B. It creates employment
C. Plants prevents erosion
D. The environment is not disturbed
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The diagram below shows a drum skin being hit with a stick. Use it to answer
question 28.
28. What causes the drum to produce sound?
A. Movement of hand
B. Vibration of the skin
C. The pattern on the wood
D. The air around the drum.
29. Which part of the digestive system below stores bile?
30. Which of the following animals is correctly matched with its characteristic?
Animal Characteristics
A. Hen It lays eggs
B. Mouse It is cold blooded
C. Fish It is warm blooded
D. Flea It has a backbone
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Use the information below to answer question 31.
Tebogo was putting out veld fire. Accidentally his clothes caught fire. His work
mates tried to help him out of fire.
31. Who used the most suitable method to put out the fire?
A. Kabo sprayed him with a fire extinguisher
B. Lebo wrapped him with a fire blanket
C. Tsotlhe beat him with tree branches
D. Wetsho poured water on him
32. In the diagram below, where does fertilisation take place?
The diagram below shows a germinating bean seed. Use it to answer question 33.
33. What is the name of the part labelled C?
A. Testa
B. Plumule
C. Cotyledon
D. Radicle
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Use the information and the diagram below to answer question 34.
Kabelo wanted to make an electromagnet that can pick more pins at a time. He used the
set- up as shown below.
34. When the switch was closed, the electromagnet picked up few pins. How can he
improve the set-up so that the electromagnet can pick more pins at a time?
A. Using a longer iron nail
B. Increasing the thickness of the iron nail
C. Using a long connecting wire
D. Increasing the number of coils
35. What will happen to the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
if many plants are cleared?
Amount of oxygen Amount of carbon dioxide
A Increase Increase
B Decrease Decrease
C Increase Decrease
D Decrease Increase
36. Which of the following is the correct path taken by an unfertilised egg?
A. Vagina uterus oviduct ovary
B. Ovary oviduct uterus vagina
C. Ovary uterus vagina oviduct
D. Vagina oviduct ovary uterus
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Use the information below to answer question 37.
Noah was asked to remove a soft drink from a refrigerator. After some few
minutes, he noticed some water droplets on the can.
37. Which process has made the water droplets to form outside the can?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Freezing
D. Melting
Use the food chain below to answer question 38.
38. What would happen if all the snakes in the food chain below were killed?
A. The number of eagles will increase
B. The number of frogs will increase
C. There will be more grass for the grasshopper
D. The number of frogs will decrease
39. Which of the following is a water-borne disease?
A. AIDS
B. Cholera
C. Measles
D. Kwashiorkor
40. Which of the following will happen when a North pole of a magnet is brought
closer to the poles of another magnet?
A. It will be attracted to both the South and the North poles
B. It will be repelled by both the North and the South pole
C. It will be attracted to the South pole but repelled by the North pole
D. It will be attracted to both the South and North pole
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Use the information below to answer question 41.
A student rubbed a plastic ruler on his hair. When he brought the ruler closer to
pieces of paper they were attracted.
41. Which of the following explains why the pieces of papers were attracted?
A. The ruler became hot
B. The ruler became sticky
C. The ruler produced electricity
D. The ruler collected hair from the head
Use the information and the diagrams below to answer question 42.
A hot metal rod could not fit between two parallel poles. After cooling, it fitted between
the poles as shown in the diagram on the right.
42. What conclusion can be drawn from the above observation?
A. Metals gain mass when heated
B. Metals contract when cooled
C. Metals loss mass when heated
D. Metals contract when heated
43. Which chemical symbol is used to represent sodium?
A. Na
B. So
C. Su
D. Nu
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44. In which circuit below are three bulbs connected in series
45. Which of the following is used to check for broken bones in patients?
A. Bandage
B. Thermometer
C. Pain killers
D. X-ray machine
Use the diagram below to answer questions 46.
46. What name is given to the system above?
A. Nervous system
B. Reproductive system
C. Digestive system
D. Respiratory system
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47. What does it mean to invent something?
A. To make a story
B. To make something for the first time
C. To discover something that was made a long time ago
D. To find something for the first time
48. The food chain always begins with a ___________
A. Carnivore
B. Producer
C. Omnivore
D. Herbivore
Use the diagram below to answer question 49.
49. Which property of air is demonstrated above?
A. Air exerts pressure
B. Air supports combustion
C. Air occupies space
D. Air can be compressed
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50. In which container below, will the bean seed germinate first?
51. The law of magnetism states that ______________.
A. like poles stick to each other
B. like poles attract each other
C. unlike poles attract each other
D. poles do not repel or attract each other
52. Which of the following energy sources is renewable?
A. Coal
B. Solar power
C. Petrol
D. Cooking gas
53. The diagram below shows the first four planets closest to the Sun. Which plane is
earth?
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54. Which of the following is a source of underground water?
A. Lake
B. River
C. Sea
D. Borehole
55. Which of the following methods can transmit HIV?
56. Which of the following is an example of an amphibian?
A. Bird
B. Dog
C. Frog
D. Crocodile
57. What scientific contribution did Alexander Fleming make?
A. pasteurization
B. penicillin
C. telephone
D. reading
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58. Which instrument is used to measure force?
A. Stop watch
B. Ruler
C. Rain gauge
D. Spring balance
59. In a lunar eclipse
A. the Moon is exactly between the Sun and the Earth
B. the Earth is exactly between the Sun and the Moon
C. the stars are between the Sun and the Moon
D. the Moon is between the stars and the Earth
60. Which of the following process takes place at different temperatures for a sample
of water?
A. Boiling
B. evaporation
C. freezing
D. melting
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