Grade 6 Assessment Test - Integrated Science (CBC)

Science & Technology

  • Physical Changes in Girls: Breast appearance, shoulder and chest broadening, increase in weight and height are physical changes. Menstrual flow beginning is also a physical change. Therefore, the answer related to physical changes must be considered in this context.

  • Air Pollution: Burning tires and vehicle fumes are ways of polluting the air. Smelling drainage, while unpleasant, is not a direct form of air pollution in the same way. Eye irritation could be a symptom of air pollution, but not the direct cause.

  • Reproductive System: Urethra - Passage of sperms, Ovary - Produce ova, Glands - Produce seminal fluids. Penis does not Produce sperms (testes do).

  • Composition of Air: Gas used in photosynthesis is carbon dioxide.

  • Characteristics of Living Things: They grow, move and remove waste. They eventually die.

  • Water Conservation: Overhead irrigation is not a method of conserving water.

  • Changes of State: Deposition process is when gas changes directly to a solid.

  • Clouds: Nimbus clouds bring heavy rainfall.

  • Experiment: Expansion and contraction in gases is demonstrated with balloon, bottle, rubber band, hot water, and basin.

  • Decomposition: Plastic bottles do not decompose.

  • Reasons for Conserving Water: To reduce pollution, ensure constant supply of water and conserve energy. Increasing money spent on bill is not a reason for conserving water.

  • Waterborne Diseases: Dysentery, Bilharzia and Cholera are waterborne diseases. Tuberculosis is not a waterborne disease.

  • Bread Mould: Black patches on bread are mould.

  • Useful Friction: Erasing, writing. Wear and tear is an effect of friction, not a useful application of it. Skating is a use of friction.

  • Root System: The diagram shows fibrous root system. Wheat and rice have this type of root system.

Agriculture

  • Gardening Practices: Thinning is used for congested seedlings in a nursery bed.

  • Controlling Wild Animals: Moles can be controlled by using smelly and bitter tasting plants.

  • Innovative Gardening: Innovative gardening can be practised horizontally and vertically, help to solve problem of food shortage in families and can be done at home and at school. It does not require a large farm to be effective.

  • Classification of Vegetables: Pepper, tomato are fruit vegetables.

  • Farm Tool: The farm tool is best used for digging out weeds.

  • Domestic Animals: Guinea pig provide meat and fur.

  • Planting Materials: Water melon does not use vine roots; it uses seeds for planting.

  • Soil Erosion: Sheet soil erosion is when the top layer is removed uniformly on a flat surface.

  • Legumes: Ground nuts, Pigeon peas and Labbab beans are legumes. Coconuts are not legumes.

  • Soil: Soil R is the best for growing rice.

Home Science

  • Communicable Diseases: Dirty environment, Contamination from an infected person, sharing of personal hygiene causes communicable diseases. Observing personal hygiene does not cause diseases.

  • Safety Measures When Stewing: Stacy: be carefull when using knives, Joel Hold hot sufurias using a holder, Denis Switch off cooking equipment after use. It is wrong to leave food that is cooking unattended

  • Cooking Methods: Foods with high fat can be best cooked using deep frying, dry fat frying or shallow frying.

  • Preserving Meat Using Smoking Method: Flavour of meat is improved, it enhance aroma and appearance and Smoke keep off bacteria and fungi. It doesn't require close attention and monitoring

  • Cleaning Cooking Equipment: They were cleaning a gas cooker.

  • Uses of Iodine: Helps to develop brain, Improves body's defence and Makes thyroid hormones. It does not help transport oxygen

  • Shopping Importances: Save money, Saves time and Know the amount of money needed. It does not increase weakage

  • Fragile Kitchen Utensils: Ceramic cups are fragile.

  • Safety Measures During Needlework: Always use a thimble when sewing, When using a needle have enough working space and Never put needles in your mouth. It is wrong to keep your fingers toward the blade when cutting using scissors.

Physical Health Education

  • Physical Changes in Boys and Girls: Growth of hair under the armpits, Pimples may appear and Increase in body size are common physical changes.

  • Handball: Continuous bouncing of the ball with the hands closely controlled by the player in the game of handball is called dribbling.

  • Bunch Start: Terry quick start is another name for bunch start.

  • Effects of Drug Abuse: Body become weak, Failure of kidneys and Families break down. Working hard is not an effect of drug abuse.

  • Balanced Diet: Chapati, rice, sukumawiki; Rice, meat, oranges; Ugali, beef, pawpaw are balanced diet.

  • Types of Games: A spear-shaped implement is used in javelin.

  • Football: They played for 45 minutes.

  • Netball: Played in a rectangular field, A non-contact game and An outdoor game. It is not Played by girls only.

  • Games: The game completed in the court is netball.

  • Softball: Number of players in softball is 9.

  • First Aid Kit: Bandages, Plastoplast, Eyewash are items in the first aid kit.

  • Gymnastic Balances: Shoulder roll, Cartwheel are gymnastic balances. Breaststroke is not a gymnastic balance.

  • Tag Rugby Ball:

  • Games with Goal Posts: Rugby use goal posts.

  • Food Before Game: Boiled potatoes are the best food to take before a game.

  • Digital Media: Computer, Laptop and Projector are digital media. Newspaper is not a digital media.