THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION       

05E SCIENCE

Time: 1:30 Hours Wednesday, 11^th September 2013 a.m.

Instructions

1. This paper consists of fifty (50) questions.
2. Answer all the questions.
3. Read all the given instructions in the special answer sheet (OMR)and fill in all therequired information.
4. Write your Examination Number and then shade the digitsof the number in the respective place in your answer sheet.
5. Shade the letter of the correct answer for each question in the answer sheet provided, forexample, if the correct answer is A shade as follows:
6. If you have to change your answer, you must rub out the shading very neatly beforeshading the new one. Use a clean rubber.
7. Use HE pencil only.
8. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

Choose the correct answer andshade its letter beside each question in the answer sheetprovided.

1. Which among the following body parts are responsible for excreting waste products?

1.  Skin and kidney 
2.  Stomach and kidney 
3.  Pancreas and liver
4.  Liver and gland 
5.  Lungs and heart.

2. Which of the following is a classification of animals with back bone?

1.  Snails, lizard and monitor lizard 
2.  Tick, grasshopper and tsetse fly
3.  Toad, crocodile and ants
4.  Hen, bat and duck
5.  Snake, grasshopper and goat.

3. If rivers and dams get dry, which of the following living things will be mostly affected?

1.  Frogs 
2.  Fish 
3.  Crocodiles 
4.  Mosquitoes 
5.  Snakes.

4. is a dicotyledonous plant.

1.  Sugarcane
2.  Maize 
3.  Rice 
4.  Millet 
5.  Groundnut.

5. Which part of the flower receives the male gametes?

1.  Stigma 
2.  Style
3.  Testa
4.  Ovule
5.  Petal.

6. The relationship between living things and non living things in the environment is called

1.  interdependence 
2.  food web 
3.  ecology
4.  food chain 
5.  balance of nature.

7. Which of the following living things use chlorophyll to manufacture their food?

1.  Insects
2.  Plants 
3.  Animals 
4.  Viruses 
5.  Birds.

8. The gland responsible for controlling body growth and protecting the body against diseases is called

1.  Pancreas 
2.  Adrenaline 
3.  Pituitary 
4.  Thyroid 
5.  Gonad.

9.Animals which are adapted to living in water and terrestrial environment belong to a group of

1.  birds 
2.  amphibians 
3.  reptiles 
4.  fish 
5.  mammals.

10. Clean and safe water refers to water which

1.  has no color
2. is cooled in the pot
3.  is obtained from the tap
4. is obtained from the well
5.  has been boiled and filtered.

11. Cholera is a dangerous disease to human beings because

1.  it is spread by air 
2.  it occurs during rainy season only
3.  it makes the body lose a lot of water 
4.  it has no cure and cannot be prevented
5.  its real cause is not known.

12. A standard six student breath air into a test tube containing a clear solution, then he/she shook the test tube. After shaking the test tube, the colour of the solution became white.Which chemical was in the clear solution?

1.  Hydrochloric acid 
2.  Sulphur 
3.  Sulphuric acid
4.  Hydrogen 
5.  Calcium hydroxide.

12. A standard six student breath air into a test tube containing a clear solution, then he/she shook the test tube. After shaking the test tube, the colour of the solution became white.Which chemical was in the clear solution?

1.  Hydrochloric acid 
2.  Sulphur 
3.  Sulphuric acid
4.  Hydrogen 
5.  Calcium hydroxide.

14. What is the function of haemoglobin in the red blood cells?

1.  To fight against bacteria 
2.  To transport oxygen in the body
3.  To transport body waste products 
4.  To carry digestive enzymes
5. To distribute information in the body.

15. For the proper growth of bones and teeth, the child requires

1.  calcium, sodium and iron 
2.  starch, fats and protein
3.  vitamin A, starch and fruits 
4.  vitamin A, calcium and phosphorus
5. eggs, fruits and starch.

16. The disease caused by bacteria known as bacilli which attacks human lungs is known as

1.  whooping cough 
2.  measles 
3.  bilharzias
4. poliomyelitis 
5.  tuberculosis.

17. Which of the following are communicable diseases?

1.  Measles, poliomyelitis and whooping cough
2.  Tuberculosis, diabetes and cancer
3.  Measles, elephantiasis and AIDS
4. Whooping cough, asthma and severe cough
5.  Measles, malaria and diabetes.

18. The chemical used to identify the presence of starch is known as

1.  base 
2.  acid 
3.  spirit 
4.  iodine
5.  salt.

19. Although animals inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, neither oxygen decrease norcarbon dioxide increase is significantly felt in the atmosphere because

1.  there is plenty of oxygen in the atmosphere
2. carbon dioxide is changed into oxygen
3.  plants use carbon dioxide and release oxygen
4. carbon dioxide affects ozone layer
5. oxygen and carbon dioxide are regulated by ozone.

20. What is the importance of food substances rich in fats in the body?

1.  To build thebody 
2.  To protect the body
3.  To prevent diseases 
4.  To provide energy to the body
5. To provide heat to the body.