SMART STAR EXAMINATIONS BOARD

END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS - 2024

LITERACY 1A
PRIMARY THREE
Time Allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes

Name: ___________________________________________
School name: _______________________________
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Avoid unnecessary crossing of work.
2. Use very good handwriting.
SECTION A
1. Name one component of soil.
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2. Mention any one item used to promote sanitation.
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3. To which system of flowering plants do leaves and branches
belong?
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4. Give a reason why we should eliminate lice inour homes.
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The diagram below is of a leaf. Use it to answer questions that
follow.

5. Name part marked X.

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6. Which type of leaf venation does the above leaf have?

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7. Give one way a P.3 child can care for a poem with HIV/AIDS.
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8. Write down one way of controlling the spread of sleeping
sickness at home.
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9. Name the component of air used by plants during
photosynthesis.
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10. Mention one way of controlling soil erosion in the school
compound.
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11. The diagram below is of a granary.
Name part X.

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12. Give one natural source of light in our environment.
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13. Write down one product got from your school garden.
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14. Name one agent of pollination.
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15. State one way of making water safe for drinking.
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16. Give one example of natural change in our environment.
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17. Name the type of weather shown below.

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18. Identify one vaccine used for Immunisation.

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19. How do snakes in the wild move?
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20. State one role of a father at home.
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21. Mention one danger of poor personal hygiene to a P.3 boy.
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22. What is the importance of chlorophyll during photosynthesis?
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23. Give one reason why first aid is given to a casualty.
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24. The diagram below is of a leg of a bird. Name part
marked P. P

25. Name one process involved in a water cycle.

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26. Give one example of a material used for mulching.
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27. Name one source of proteins to our body.
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28. Mention one example of insects eaten by man.
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29. Name one disease spread by a Tsetse fly to man.

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30. Name the property of air shown below.

Empty glass

air bubbles

31. Give one example of a stem tuber.

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32. What are domestic animals?
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33. Name one process that helps in the formation of soil.
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34. Give one example of a non-flowering plant.
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35. State one danger of strong wind in our environment.
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36. Why is clay soil good for pottery?
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37. State the importance of the garden tool below to a
farmer.

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38. Mention the Immunisable disease that presents red eyes

and skin rash in children.
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39. State one way of caring for chicken in your school farm.
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40. Give one condition needed for seed germination.
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SECTION B

41a) What is air?

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b) Mention any one component of air.
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c) How is the property air exerts pressure useful in our daily life?
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d) Give one use of wind in our environment.
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[Link] diagram below is of a flower.

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 a) Name the parts marked N, P and M.
N ___________________________
P ___________________________
M ___________________________

b) Give a reason why part ‘K’ is brightly coloured?

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43a) What is personal hygiene?
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b) Give any two skills a P.3 child uses to keep clean.

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c) Mention any one area to be kept clean in a home.
i) _________________________________________________________
ii) _________________________________________________________

44. The diagram below shows part of a plant, use it to answer the
questions that follow.

a) Name the roots marked X. ___________________________________

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 b) Mention any one example of plants with such roots.

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c) Name the part of a plant labelled Z.

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d) Give any one importance of roots to man.
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45a) What is food preservation?

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b) Write down any two methods of food preservation.
i) _____________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________
c) Mention one way of promoting food security in a family.
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46a) What is chlorophyll?
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b) Identify any one requirement for photosynthesis to take place.
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c) How is the gas given out by photosynthesis useful to animals?

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d) Apart from leaves, name any other part of a plant that carries
out photosynthesis.

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47. The diagram below is of a bean seed. Use it to answer

questions that follow.

a) Name the parts marked X and Y.

X __________________________
Y __________________________

b) Give the importance of part Z to the seed.

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c) State one use of seeds to man.
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48.a) What are aquatic animals?
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b) Give any two examples of aquatic animals.

i) ___________________________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________________________
c) What food value do we get from eating some aquatic animals?
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49.a) Give any two examples of natural sources of water.

i) __________________________ ii) ______________________
b) Write down two uses of water to man.
i) __________________________________________________________
ii) __________________________________________________________
50a) What are vectors?
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b) Mention any two ways how vectors transmit germs.
i) _______________________________
ii) _______________________________
c) State one way of controlling vectors at home.

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51. The diagram below is of a mushroom. Use it to answer the

questions that follow.

a) Name the parts P and K.

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 P _____________________ K ______________________

b) Give the function of part L to a mushroom.

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c) Give one use of mushrooms to man.
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52a) Write down any two examples of common accidents at home.

i) ______________________________________________

ii) ______________________________________________

b) Mention any one cause of accidents at home.

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c) State one effect of accidents to people.
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53a) Identify any two properties of soil.

i) _______________________________________
ii) _______________________________________

b) Name any two items made out of clay soil.

i) ___________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________
54a) What are clouds?
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b) Write down any two uses of clouds to man.

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 i) _____________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________

c) Name one weather instrument kept in a weather station,

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55. The diagram below shows parts of a shadow.

a) Name the parts marked K and P

K _____________________
P _____________________

b) Write one use of shadows to man.

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c) Give one example of an opaque object.
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HAPPY HOLIDAY

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