LYCEUM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Monthly Test – January 2019

Paper / 95%
Subject : Science Handwriting / 05%
Total /100%
Class : 6 ...........
Duration : 2 periods Date : .........................................
Candidate's name : ........................................................... Admission no : ..........................

Part ­ I
Underline the most suitable answer.
1. The excess of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ is responsible for global warming.
(i) nitrogen (ii) oxygen (iii) carbon dioxide (iv) hydrogen

2. What is the factor that makes food chains differ from one to the other?
(i) producer (ii) habitats (iii) climates (iv) consumer

3. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ is not an important factor for photosynthesis.

(i) Water (ii) Oxygen (iii) Sunlight (iv) Carbon dioxide

4. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ is an example for a reversible change.

(i) Cooking (ii) Photosynthesis (iii) Burning (iv) Evaporation

5. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ are effects of air pollution on human health.

(i) Heart attacks and diabeties. (ii) Asthma and bronchitis.
(iii) Kidney stones and urine infections. (iv) Diarrhoea and dehydration.

6. The environment can not be kept clean and green by

(i) protecting wildlife.
(ii) recycling raw materials.
(iii) using environment ­ friendly technology.
(iv) dumping garbage.

7. Which of the following graphs correctly shows the intensity of the damage caused to leaves
by acid rain ?
damage of

damage of

damage of
damage of
the leaf

the leaf

the leaf
the leaf

acidity of acidity of acidity of acidity of

the rain the rain the rain the rain
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
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8. Which food chain correctly describes who is eaten by whom?
(i) leaf grasshopper lizard
(ii) worm leaf hen
(iii) grass deer python
(iv) grass fox deer

9. Petroliom jelly tests were conducted to check for dirt particles in four different areas to check
which area was most suitable to build a hospitals.
dirt particles dirt particles

glass
slide

glass
slide

petroleum petroleum
jelly jelly
(a) (b) (c) (d)
According to the results, Which do you think is the best area to build a hospital for heart patients ?
(i) Area (a) (ii) Area (b) (iii) Area (c) (iv) Area (d)

10. Underline the incorrect answer.

(i) Every consumer is a herbivore, an omnivore or a carnivore.
(ii) Every consumer is a prey to a predator.
(iii) Every consumer is a predator.
(iv) Every consumer depends on plants or on other animals for its food.
[Total = 10 marks]
Part ­ II
1.

(i) Name this habitat.

c
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(1 mark)
(ii) Identify the layers in the picture.
b a ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
b ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
c ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(3 marks)
a

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The following food web can be observed in the above habitat.
parrot eagle

plants lizard

mouse snake leopard

insects monkey
Examine the food web and answer questions (iii) and (iv).
(iii) Select an animal for each layer in the habitat above.
Layer a ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
Layer b ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
Layer c ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(3 marks)
(iv) Write a food chain with a producer and four consumers.
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
(v) Using the food chain you stated in (iv), name
a) the producer, ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
b) the consumers, ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
c) the preys, ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
d) the predators. ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(11 marks)
[Total = 20 marks]
2. (i) What is meant by 'deforestation' ?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(1 mark)
(ii) Write three human needs cause deforestation.
(a) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(b) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(c) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(3 marks)
(iii) Complete the following paragraph by using the words within brackets.
( forests, preventing, carbon dioxide, water cycle, favourable, habitat, soil )
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ play a great role in balancing life and the environment by
regulating the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­, maintaining­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ fertility,
providing a ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ for animals, providing oxygen, removing excess
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­, regulating environmental temperature, ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ soil
erosion and many more. By cutting down trees in forests, we disrupt all the
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ activities stated above. (7 marks)
(iv) Write two negative effects of deforestation on wild animals.
(a) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(b) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
[Total = 13 marks]
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3. (i) Name a poisonous gas emitted by vehicles.
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(1 mark)
(ii) Write two alternate sources of energy that do not cause pollution.
(a) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ (b) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
(iii) Read the story and answer the questions.
In a town not too far away, there was a beautiful park that all the children loved
to play in. The park had many plants, wildlife and a lake full of colourful fish.
After a while, people built a factory next to the park. As a result, a lot of vehicles
entered this park. Pollution from vehicles and the factory caused acid rain.

(a) Name two gases dissolved in rain water that caused acid rain.
(i) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ (ii)
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
(b) Children noticed that the lake was also polluted.
Write two observations the children may have made.
(i) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii)
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(4 marks)
[Total = 9 marks]
4. Kate carried out an experiment to find out the quantity of recyclable materials they used for a
week.
The following graph provides some of the materials collected and their quantities.

100
Percentage of the material

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 Material
Aluminium

Paper
Plastic
Glass

Other

(i) a) Write the percentages of

i) plastic. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ii) paper. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
iii) glass. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ iv) aluminium. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(4 marks)
b) Write two ways in which we could minimize the most common material (Qu 4.i.a)
when we do marketing.
(i) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
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c) Write two advantages each of recycling paper and plastic used as wrapping or
containers.
(i) Paper
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) Plastic
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(4 marks)
(ii) a) Number the following steps in order to make compost at home.
(i) Leave it at a warm place for a few weeks. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) Add little water ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(iii) Put the waste into a bin. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(iv) Collect the compost. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(4 marks)

b) What is the benifit of turning garden waste into compost?

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
[Total = 16 marks]

5. (i) a) Complete the following reversible changes of water.

C

A. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ B. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
liquid solid

(2 marks)
D

b) What causes the changes in the state of water at C and D ?

C. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ D. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
c) Write two examples of irreversible reactions.
(i) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
(ii) a) From where do we obtain :
(i) oxygen ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) water ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(iii) food ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(iv) shelter ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(v) warmth ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(vi) natural light ­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(12 marks)

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b) How could we carefully conserve the available resources in our homes and
school for longer use ?
Give two examples for each.
(i) At home :
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) At school :
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(4 marks)
(iii) Draw a poster for a competition using the pencil only. Your picture shold not contain
colours or words.
Your topic should be "How to keep the environment clean" in any one of the following
places.
eg ­: road, park, bus stop, railway station, public transport

Place ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(5 marks)
[Total = 27 marks]
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