Chelsea Mock Examination

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Integrated Science
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CHELSEA KIDS SCHOOL

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BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
FOR SECOND SEMESTER: 2022/2023

JHS 3

MOCK EXAMINATION
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 2 & 1
INSTRUCTION:
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Read and observe all
instructions carefully and ensure that all answers are brief and properly
demonstrate your understanding of the concepts. Marks will be provided for clarity
of expression.
The booklet consists of two parts. Answer paper 2 which comes first, in your
answer booklet and paper 1 on your objective test answer sheet. Paper 2 will last
for 1 hour and 15 minutes and paper 1 will last for 45 minutes. Do not start paper
1 until you are told to do so.

TIME ALLOWED:
TWO (2) HOURS

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 PAPER 2
This paper is in two sections: A and B. Answer Question 1 in section A and any
four questions in section B.
Answer all the questions in your answer booklet.
SECTION A
[40 Marks]
Answer all of Question 1
1. a) Study the experimental set-up illustrated by diagrams I and II below and use
them to answer the following questions.

(i) State the major difference between the experimental set-ups illustrated by
diagrams I and II. [2 marks]
(ii) State the aim of the experiment being demonstrated as illustrated in diagrams I
and II. [2 marks]
(iii) (α) What will happen to the lime water at the end of the experiment illustrated by
diagrams I and II. [1 marks]
(β) Give reason(s) for your answer in c (i). [1 marks]
(iv) What conclusion could be derived from the experiment? [1 marks]
(v) Explain three ways in which your conclusion in (d) is important to the soil.
[3 marks]
b) The diagrams below shows an illustration of the human digestive system. Study the
diagrams carefully and answer the questions that follow.

(i) Name the parts labelled I to X. [5 marks]

(ii) Which of the parts above secretes the bile and state its function. [2 marks]
(iii) Name any two enzymes secreted the digestive system. [1 marks]
(iv) Give one function of the following parts:
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 (α) VII
(β) VIII [2 marks]
c) The diagram below illustrates a farmland on a sloppy area. Study the set-up carefully and
answer the questions that follow.

(i) What process is likely to occur on the farmland when it rains heavily? [2 marks]
(ii) State two farming practices that can also lead to the process mentioned in (i).
[2 marks]
(iii) List four farming practices that could be used to control the process mentioned in (i)
[4 marks]
(iv) Mention three soil resources that would be depleted from the farmland when it rains
heavily. [2 marks]

d) In the experiment below four nails are fixed with candle wax onto a metal bar and one end
of the bar is heated. Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow.

(i) What mode of heat transfer is demonstrated in the experiment? [2 marks]

(ii) State the observations that will be made about the nails 1, 2, 3 and 4. [2 marks]
(iii) Give a brief explanation to your observation made in (ii) above. [2 marks]
(iv) State the observations that will be made about thermometers 1,2,3 and 4? [2 marks]
(v) State the aim of the experiment? [2 marks]

SECTION B [60 Marks]

Answer four questions only from this section.
2. (a) (i) What is a disease? [2 marks]
(ii) List three (3) general causes of disease. [3 marks]
(b) Identify three substances that are highly flammable. [3 marks]
(c) Give two reasons why mosquito population needs to be controlled. [2 marks]
(d) Yaw has fallen through the ice of a frozen lake, can he be rescued by his friend Kofi when
Kofi crawls across the ice on his stomach rather than walking? Explain. . [5 marks]

3. (a) What is a force? [2 marks]

(b) State the type of forces involved in the following activities:
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 (i) A car negotiating a curve
(ii) A satellite in orbit
(iii) The path of a ball thrown upwards
(iv) The use of brake pads in a car [5 marks]
(c) If a cuboid of mass 5000g, has a base of sides 5cm by 10cm. Calculate the:
(i) Area of the cuboid
(ii) Pressure exerted by the cuboid when it lies on its base. [g = 10m/s2] [5 marks]
(d) Explain why a reversed biased light emitting diode will not emit light. [3 marks]

4. (a) (i) What is a disease vector? [2 marks]

(ii) Mention one method of controlling each of the following types of parasites in farm
animals:
(α) ectoparasite
(β) endoparasite [2 marks]
(b) Write the chemical formula of each of the following compounds:
(i) Iron (II) Sulphide
(ii) Carbon (II) Oxide
(iii) Copper (I) Oxide
(iv)Calcium Chloride
(v) Nitrogen (IV) Oxide
(vi) Ammonia [6 marks]
(c) Explain how an applied force can change the speed of an object? [2 marks]
(d) State three ways of demagnetizing a magnet. [3 marks]

5. (a) Explain why teapots are usually made of or having bright shiny surfaces. [2 marks]
(b) (i) Describe side dressing as a method of fertilizer application. [2 marks]
(ii) State two symptoms of nitrogen deficiency in a tomato plant. [2 marks]
(c) (i) A nurse when sterilizing a clinical thermometer dipped it into boiling water. Why is the
nurse’s action not good? [3 marks]
(ii) Name what part or special feature of the clinical thermometer ensures:
(α) the recording of maximum or accurate temperature
(β) high sensitivity [2 marks]
(d) (i) State two factors that affect pressure in fluids. [2 marks]
(ii) Give two applications of pressure. [2 marks]

6. (a) A pulley system is used to raise a 48N load of earth (sand) from an excavation
by the application of an effort of 20N. If the applied effort is 33 cm from the axis
and the radius of the pulley used to raise the load is 11 cm. Find
(i) the velocity ratio
(ii) the mechanical advantage
(iii) the efficiency of the pulley system
(iv) explain why no machine can be 100% efficient [9 marks]
(b) Explain the term convection as applied to heat transfer. [2 marks]
(c) Give two applications of convection in real life. [2 marks]

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(d) State two characteristics of magnetic lines of force. [2 marks]

SECTION A [40 Marks]

Answer ALL questions

1. The periodic table is an arrangement of c. a compound

elements according to increasing …… d. a molecule
a. atomic number 7. Which of the following methods of
b. mass number treating water makes it soft?
c. nucleon number a. Addition of alum
d. neutron number b. Addition of sodium carbonate
2. Which of the following statements c. Chlorination
about clayey soil is not true? It …….. d. Filtration
a. swells when dry and shrinks when 8. The process of boiling is considered to
wet. be a
b. has high water retention a. chemical change, because a new
substance is formed
c. is difficult to plough when dry
b. chemical change, because a new
d. is compact when dry substance is not formed
3. The removal of extra seedlings from a c. physical change, because a new
stand after total seed germination is substance is formed
referred to as ………. d. physical change, because a new
a. mulching substance is not formed
b. pruning 9. A net force of one newton will
c. supplying-in a. accelerate a 1-kg mass at 1.0 m/s2
d. thinning-out b. accelerate a 1-kg mass at 9.8 m/s2
c. lift a l-kg mass vertically at a
4. If a lever was constructed to lift a 100-
constant speed of 4.0m/s
newton (N) weight. If the distance
d. lift a 1-kg mass vertically at a
between the weight and the fulcrum is 1
constant speed of 9.8 m/s
meter (m). How many meters from the
10. The presence of chlorophyll in green
fulcrum to the applied force would allow
this weight to be lifted using only 10 N plants is a necessary condition for
of applied force? photosynthesis because it ……..
a. 1 b. 10 a. absorbs oxygen
c. 100 d. 1000 b. absorbs solar energy
5. Benedict’s solution was added to a c. produces carbon dioxide
mixture in a test tube and it turned d. produces water vapor
brick-red when it heated. The mixture is 11. Free movement of the bowels is aided
likely to contain ………. by ………
a. Protein a. Sleeping at least 6 hours a day
b. Vitamins b. Washing one’s body at least once a
c. Starch day
d. Glucose c. Eating fatty foods
6. Chlorine gas is an example of ……… d. Eating foods containing fiber
a. an atom 12. The strength of force is expressed by its
b. an element a. Weight
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 b. Mass b. Carbon (II) Oxide
c. Magnitude c. Carbon dioxide
d. longitudinal force d. Carbon (IV) Oxide
13. Warm air rising in the atmosphere is an
20. Why does the Sun generally appear to
example of heat being transferred by
rise in the east, move across the sky, and
a. Wind movements
set in the west each day?
b. convection
a. Earth rotates on its axis.
c. conduction
b. Earth revolves around the Sun.
d. radiation
c. The Sun rotates on its axis.
14. One characteristic that salt water and
d. The Sun revolves around Earth.
sugar-water have in common is, at room
21. Which of the following instruments is
temperature, they are
a. liquids connected in parallel across a resistor
b. mixtures in an electrical circuit?
c. solids a. Ammeter
d. compounds b. Voltmeter
15. A lunar eclipse may occur when the c. Ohmmeter
a. Moon is between the earth and the d. Galvanometer
sun 22. Which process results in the formation
b. Sun is between the earth and the of water on the outside of a cold glass
moon of iced tea on a warm day?
c. Earth is between the sun and the a. boiling
moon b. condensation
d. Moon is positioned far away from c. freezing
the earth d. evaporation
16. A student correctly determined the 23. When food is being mechanically
density of two rocks. If the volumes of digested, it is being
the two rocks are equal, the rock with the a. changed into another substance
greater density has a …………… b. made smaller in size
a. rounder shape c. converted into energy
b. smoother surface d. excreted from the body
c. greater mass 24. The yellow coloration of leaves of
d. smaller size plants is a major symptom of
17. A student viewing a cell with a deficiency of
microscope observes a cell wall, a cell
a. Calcium
membrane, and a nucleus. The presence
of these structures indicates that the b. Nitrogen
student is looking at a cell from a c. Potassium
a. rabbit b. worm d. Phosphorus
c. carrot d. fly 25. The movement of the liquid in a
18. The length of one day on Earth is thermometer shows changes in
determined by how long it takes temperature. An increase in temperature
a. the Moon to revolve once indicates the molecules in the liquid
b. the Moon to rotate once a. moved slower and closer together
c. Earth to rotate once b. contracted in size when heated
d. Earth to revolve once c. moved faster and spread farther apart
19. What is the systematic name of the d. expanded in size when heated
compound CO? 26. Which factor is most likely to cause the
a. Carbon (I) Oxide number of rabbits living in an area to
increase?
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 a. less water 33. Low soil temperature results in the
b. lack of shelter …….
c. fewer predators a. Decrease of metabolic activities
d. limited food b. Increase in metabolic activities
27. When testing for proteins in a food c. Increase of air content
substance using Fehling’s solution, the d. Promotion of root growth
expected colour change is …….. 34. A mixture of alcohol and water could
a. blue best be separated by ………….
b. purple a. Sedimentation and evaporation
c. blue-black b. Evaporation and filtration
d. brick-red c. Evaporation and cooling
28. The current flowing through a resistor d. Decanting an evaporating
of resistance 5Ω is 2.5 A. What is the 35. Millions reagent is used to test for
potential difference between the two a. carbohydrates
terminals of the resistor? b. fats
a. 5 V b. 12.5 V c. proteins
c. 25 V d. 60 V d. vitamins
29. Which of the following planets are 36. Competition within a pack of wolves
closer to the sun than the Earth? may increase if there is an increase in the
a. Venus and Mars a. amount of food available
b. Venus and Mercury b. amount of oxygen available
c. Mercury and Mars c. size of their population
d. Venus and Saturn d. size of the area they inhabit
A student writes in a laboratory 37. The process used in separating tea from
notebook: tea leaves is …………….
I placed a piece of iron in a beaker of water a. Distillation
and the iron sank to the bottom of the b. Evaporation
beaker. c. Filtration
d. Magnetization
30. What the student wrote in the laboratory 38. Two boys A and B are applying force on
notebook is an example of a(n) a block. If the block moves towards the
a. observation b. inference boy A, which one of the following
c. prediction d. hypothesis statements is correct?
31. The gas evolved when a small piece of a. Magnitude of force applied by A is
sodium is dropped into a beaker greater than that of B.
containing water is ……….. b. Magnitude of force applied by A is
a. hydroxide smaller than that of B.
c. Net force on the block is towards B.
b. hydrogen
d. Magnitude of force applied by A is
c. oxygen equal to that of B.
d. sodium gas The diagrams below represent four simple
32. When two forces act in opposite machines. The arrows in each diagram
directions, then net force acting is the indicate the direction of the force being
a. sum of two forces
applied.
b. difference between two forces
c. both of these 39. Which machine is changing the
d. none of these direction of the force being applied by
the person?

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 a. b.

c. d.

40. Snowflakes are seen melting as they fall

through the air. This melting occurs
because the snowflakes………
a. lose heat and the surrounding air loses
heat
b. lose heat and the surrounding air
gains heat
c. gain heat and the surrounding air
gains heat
d. gain heat and the surrounding air
loses

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