2023 BECE Integrated Science Mock Section B Questions (February Mock)

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The 2023 BECE Integrated Science Mock Section B Questions (February Mock)

SECTION B [60 marks] –  Answer only four questions from this section.

QUESTION 2

(a) (i) State two differences between ecosystem and habitat. [2 marks]
(ii) State two external features of the weaver bird that adapt it to live successfully in the environment. [2 marks]
(b) (i) Explain the term hazard? [1 mark]
(ii) List three safety precautions against hazards in the teaching and learning of science. [3 marks]
(c) A body of mass 12.0 kg is placed on an orange tree 20.0 metres above the ground.
(i) Calculate its potential energy with respect to the ground. [2 marks]
(ii) If the body is released from this height, what will be its kinetic energy just before it hits the ground? [g=10ms-2] [2 marks]
(d) List separately the vegetative parts and reproductive parts of a flowering plant. [3 marks]

QUESTION 3

(a) Explain each of the following farming systems;
Pastoral farming;
Ecological farming. [4 marks]

(b) (i) What is a transistor? [1 mark]
Give two uses of a transistor. [2 marks]
(c) Describe an experiment to show that there is a change in heat energy when a new substance is formed. [5 marks]
(d) (i) What is respiratory organ? [1 mark]
(ii) Name two structures of the respiratory system of humans. [2 marks]

QUESTION 4

(a) Mention four cultural practice is vegetable crop production. [4 marks]
(b) (i) What is recycling? [1 mark]
(ii) Give two advantages of recycling of materials. [2 marks]
(c) Mention one danger involved in each of the following activities in the laboratory.
(i) eating or drinking water in the laboratory; [1 mark]
(ii) washing hands with unknown liquid in a beaker; [1 mark]
Walking barefooted. [1 mark]
(d) (i) What is refraction of light? [1 mark]
(ii) Sketch a diagram to show the path of a light ray when it travels from air to glass.
[4 marks]

QUESTION 5

(a) Name the organs used by the following organisms for respiration;
Tilapia;
Toad. [2 marks]

(b) (i) State two steps used by scientists in doing their work. [2 marks]
(ii) Give two subjects that may be considered applied science. [2 marks]
(c) (i) Explain why gases are more compressible than solids. [4 marks]
(ii) Give two areas where the compressible nature of a gas is applied. [2 marks]
(d) A boy throws a stone vertically up into the air. What are the energy changes that take place as the stone falls to the ground? [3 marks]

QUESTION 6
(a) (i) State two ways in which crop rotation is important in crop production. [2 marks]
(ii) Name two crops that are deep-rooted. [2 marks]
(b) (i) Explain the term forward bias of a p-n junction diode. [2 marks]
(ii) What is the role of a capacitor in a circuit? [2 marks]
(c) (i) What is air pollution? [1 mark]
(ii) Mention two ways to reduce air pollution. [2 marks]
(d) (i) Explain how the fish takes in oxygen. [2 marks]
(ii) For each of the following animals name one part which helps it to live in its environment.
α. bird;
β. fish. [2 marks]

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