SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of these is NOT a characteristics of D. Cow

living things?

A. Death
5. ______ are plants or animals products that
B. Irritability can be grown and harvested

C. Static A. Livestock

D. Respiration B. Timber

C. Crop

2. The people who study weather are called? D. Firewood

A. Scientists

B. Weather foretellers 6. Crops need all these to grow EXCEPT

C. Meteorologists A. Fertile soil

D. Metrologists B. Sunlight

C. Inadequate water

3. Which of these is a living thing? D. Manure

A. Pen

B. Dog 7. ________ is the reddish fluid that flows

through the human body.
C. Table
A. Water
D. Duster
B. Alcohol

C. Blood
4. ______ is an example of a non living thing.
D. Juice
A. Pen

B. Human
8. All of these are attributes of non living
C. Goat things EXCEPT
 A. They don't respire

B. They don't move 12. The unit for measuring length is _______

C. They don't respond to stimuli A. Second

D. They reproduce and grow B. Milliliter

C. Minute

9. One of these is NOT an example of a living D. Metre

thing

A. Rock
13. The instrument used to measure
B. Mountains temperature is

C. Oceans A. Weighing balance

D. Animals B. Thermometer

C. Thermostat

10. What is the first step in growing crops? D. Thermoplast

A. Clear the land and stump it

B. After deciding what to grow, till the 14. ________ is the amount of liquid a
ground by loosening the soil container can hold.

C. Create ridges or make mounts depending A. Capacity

on what you want to plant
B. Mass
D. Mixing in fertilizers in the soil to make it
rich C. Litre

D. Length

11. _______ is an instrument used for

measuring the direction of air 15. The unit for measuring mass is _______
A. Rain guage A. Second
B. Parachute B. Metre
C. Wind vane C. Centimeters
D. Barometer D. Kilogram
16. Small amounts of liquid are measured in 20. What tool is used to measure the speed of
_______ the wind?

A. Kilogram A. Satellite

B. Litres B. Barometer

C. Gram C. Hygrometer

D. Millilitres D. Anemometer

17. Second is the unit for measuring? 21. What tool is used to measure air pressure?

A. Capacity A. Hygrometer

B. Length B. Barometer

C. Time C. Anemometer

D. Mass D. Thermostat

18. A clock is used to measure which of the 22. What tool is used to measure the amount
following? of rainfall?

A. Capacity A. Rainometer

B. Mass B. Hydrometer

C. Length C. Satellite

D. Time D. Rain guage

19. What tool is used to measure how hot or 23. Weather is determined by all of these
how cold the air is? EXCEPT

A. Thermometer A. Cloudiness

B. Barometer B. Time

C. Hygrometer C. Temperature

D. Rain guage D. Moisture

 B. Winter

24. ________ is NOT an element of weather. C. Weather

A. Ice cube D. Rain

B. Sun

C. Wind 28. The unit for measuring time is?

D. Rain A. Microhours

B. Seconds

25. Which of the following units is used to C. Season

measure the volume of liquid?
D. Period
A. L

B. m2
29. The instruments used for measuring length
C. ml3 includes all the following EXCEPT

D. cm2 A. Ruler

B. Measuring tape

26. ________ is the state of the atmosphere at C. Speedometer

a given time.
D. Builder's measuring tape
A. Temperature

B. Rainfall
30. Tools used to measure mass includes all the
C. Sunshine following EXCEPT

D. Weather A. Weighing scale

B. Hanging scale

27. A moving air is called? C. Balancing scale

A. Wind D. See - saw

 SECTION B: THEORY
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer 4 questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks.

1. (a) What is weather?

(b) State four weather instruments and their uses.

(c) State 3 elements of weather that you know.

(d) List 2 factors that can determine weather.

2. (a) What are living things?

(b) State 3 examples each of living and non living things.

(c) Mention 3 attributes of living things.

3. (a) Mention 3 Instruments used to measure time.

(b) List 4 uses of time.

(c) Name the 2 types of clock.

(d) The symbol representing the unit for time is denoted as?

4. (a) List any four instruments that can be used for the measurement of mass.

(b) Define irritability as a characteristic of living things.

(c) What are non- living things?

(d) Mention four tools used for measuring length.

5. (a) Mention the 3 standard units of measuring time.

(b) List the 2 metric units of mass.

(c) Define reproduction as a characteristic of living things.

 (d) List four characteristics of non living things.

6. (a) Define crops.

(b) State 4 conditions for growing crops.

(c) Mention the two types of fertilizers.

(d) State the first 3 steps in the growing of crops.