KWAHU WEST MUNICIPAL EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

2023 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS QUIZ

Semi-final 3
Round one (A)

1. Lungs are respiratory organs for human beings while tracheas are respiratory
organs for ………ANS: Insects eg mosquitoes, cockroaches.
2. The flap of tissue that prevents food and fluid from entering the air passage
is called.....ANS: Epiglottis
3. The fluid that protects the embryo from injury by acting as a shock absorber
is... ANS: The Amnion or the Amniotic fluid.
4. Haemoglobin and Oxygen combine to form a compound known as..
ANSS: Oxyhaemoglobin
Round one (B)
1
1. Solve for ϰ, if 2 ϰ - 4ϰ > 20
5
ANS: ϰ < -5 7
14 4
2. If y = k + aϰ2 , find y when k = 5 , a = 5 and ϰ = 2
ANS: ϰ =6
1 2 3
3. Simplify : 2 - 3 + 4
7
ANS: 12
0.036
4. Evaluate 0.02
ANS: 1.8
Round one (C)
1. Non-metals normally break into pieces when hammered because they are
ANS: Brittle
2. What happens when the p-n junction of a transistor is reverse biased
ANS: No current flows from the p-type to the n-type
3. The arrow in the circuit symbol of either n-p-n or p-n-p transistor is always
on the ………………Ans: Emitter lead
4. In the pin-hole camera, when the size of the pin-hole is increased, the image
formed is................ ANS: Blurred
Round one (D)
1. The perimeter of a rectangle is 24 cm. if the breadth of the rectangle is 4cm,
find the area of the rectangle
ANS:
 2. Find the circumference of a circle with radius 3.5cm ( take π= 22/7)
ANS: 22cm
3. A tank holds 240litres of water. How much water is in the tank when it is
4/5 full?
ANS: 192 litres
4. Calculate the area of a rectangular field with perimeter 54cm and length
18cm
ANS: 54 cm2

Round one (E)

1. The process of removing unproductive poultry birds from a flock is referred
to as ………………….ANS: Culling
2. When living organism die, the mineral salts in their bodies become available
to the soil through the process of ………………… ANS: Decay
3. A fruit in which the pappus has been modified into a parachute structure is
dispersed by…….. ANS: Wind
4. The farming system that makes effective use of available soil nutrients in a
growing season is ………….
ANS: Crop rotation
End of round two

Round two (speed race)

Preamble to all schools
1. Explain why it is difficult to separate iron and Sulphur mixture after strong
heating
ANS: this is because after heating, a chemical change occurred and hence it
is no longer a mixture /compound is formed
2. Briefly explain the term circulatory system in humans
ANS: This is an organ system responsible for transporting materials
throughout the entire body.
3. Explain briefly why it is advisable to wash clothes with soft water.
ANS: This is because it lathers better with soap, since it does not contain
dissolved salts such as calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide and
calcium sulphate. There is no production of scum, therefore it makes
washing easier and faster
4. Simplify 200 × 0.01 × 372, leaving your answer in standard form
ANS: 7.44 × 102
4 ϰ−3 8 ϰ−10 3
5. Solve 2
= 8
+2 4
ANS: ϰ = 3
6. A rectangular box has length 20 cm, width 6 cm and height 2cm. find how
many cubes of side 2cm that will fit the box
ANS: 60 cubes

Round three (Problem of the day)

1. a. State the role of the following embryonic membranes

i. Amniotic acid(1 mark)
ii. Chorion(1 mark)
iii. Yolk sac(1 mark)
iv. b. Explain how menstruation occurs(3 marks)
1. A cylindrical container has a radius of 7cm and height of 50cm. find the
total surface area of the tin when it is
v. Closed(3 marks)
vi. Opened at one end(3 marks)
22
vii. Volume of the container { take π = 7 }(3 marks)
End of round three

Round four (True/ False)

State whether the following statements is/are true or false
1. Glucose is a by-product of photosynthesis……………. False
2. Grasshopper has piercing and sucking mouthparts………. False
3. The type of image formed in a plane mirror is always virtual…… True
4. Transistor, Inductor and capacitor are electronic components used to
produce oscillator circuits………. True
5. The use of resistant varieties of crop in controlling diseases is described as
chemical control method……………. False
6. In modern electrical wirings the colour code for the live wire is brown.
………..True
7. A material that allows a small amount of light energy to pass through it but
cannot easily be seen through is a translucent material………… True
8. Light emitting diode (LED) is used to indicate the presence and absence of
currents
………..True
9. The part of the flower that contains nectar is the sepal…………… False
10.The type of management system which allows farm animals to roam about
freely is the extensive system………….. True
11.The name given to a triangle which has all its sides equal is known as
scalene triangle
……………..False

12.An angle with a measure greater than 180 but less than 360 is called an
obtuse angle
……………….False
13.A parallelogram has three lines of symmetry
………….. False
14.The diameter is the longest line segment found inside a circle
……………….True
15.Set A is called the union of set B when all the members of set A are also
members of set B……………… False
16.Given that M = {a, b, c, d}, then the number of subsets of M is 6
………….. False
17.The other two angles other than the perpendicular angle in a right- angled
triangle are complementary to each other
……….True
18.Two sets which do not have any common members are known as empty sets
…………..False (disjoint sets)
19.In constructing a perpendicular line to a line at a point on the line, two
intersecting lines must be drawn either above or below the given point.
…………..True
20.Two- right angled triangles can be derived from both a square and a
rectangle
…………..True

End of the contest

 KWAHU WEST MUNICIPAL EDUCATION DIRECTORATE
2023 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS QUIZ
Semi-final 4
Round one (A)
1. In the digestive system of ruminants, vitamins are synthesized in the
ANS: Rumen
2. The non-living components of the ecosystem are called ANS:
…………………..abiotic factors
3. The mammalian foetus obtains oxygen and nutrients from the ………
ANS: Placenta
4. The organ in the female reproductive system that holds the baby after
fertilization is the ………….. ANS: uterus/ womb

Round one (B)

1. The mean of three numbers is 12. If two of the numbers are 14 and 16, find
the third number
ANS: 6
2. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 5400. Find the number
of sides of the polygon
ANS: 5
3. The bearing of X from Y is 1960. What is the bearing of Y from X?
ANS: 0160
4. A man travelled a distance of 1.5km in 30 minutes. What distance can he
cover in 50 minutes, travelling at the same speed?
ANS: 2.5 km

Round one (C)

1. The mirror is used to direct the sun’s rays unto the classroom wall by
ANS: Reflection
 2. Which of the following colours refracts the least when white light is passed
through a glass prism?
ANS: Red
3. A resisting force that keeps a body in a state of rest or uniform motion in a
straight line unless acted on by external forces is .....................ANS: Inertia
4. Why is the efficiency of a machine always less than 100%?
ANS: Because part of the energy input is used to overcome friction

Round one (D)

1. The circumference of a circle is 440 m. find the area of the circle
ANS: 15,400 cm2
2. The hypotenuse and a side of a right-angled triangle are 13 cm and 5 cm
respectively. Find the length of the third side
ANS: 12 cm
3. John sold a car for Gh₵ 60,000.00 and a profit of 20%. What is the cost
price of the car
ANS: Gh₵50,000.00
4. A man invested Gh₵ 800.00 in a bank at a rate of 5% per annum. Find his
total amount in the bank at the end of the year.
ANS: Gh₵840.00

Round one (E)

Name the following compounds by their common names
1. Mg (NO3)2 …………………….ANS: Magnesium nitrate
2. KMnO4 ……………………….. ANS: Potassium permanganate
3. Al2(CO3)3 ……………………. ANS: Aluminum Carbonate
4. Na2SO4 ……………………. ANS: Sodium sulphate
End of round one
Round two (speed race)
Preamble to all schools
2ϰ +1 6 9
1. If m =﴾ 2−3 y ﴿, n = ﴾ −8 ﴿ and m + n =﴾ −12 ﴿ find the values of ϰ and y
ANS: ϰ = 1 and y = 2
3 1
2. Solve the inequality : 4 ﴾ϰ + 1﴿ +1 ≤ 2 ﴾ϰ - 2﴿ + 5
ANS: ϰ ≤ 9
3. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 6: 8: 10. If the perimeter of the triangle
is 288 cm, find the longest side
ANS: 120 cm
4. When heat is added to a substance, what happens to the kinetic energy of
that substance
ANS: the kinetic energy of the substance increase and the temperature of the
substance also increase
5. Briefly explain why diffusion occurs in only fluids( gas or liquid)
ANS: this is because the molecules of liquids or gas are in constant, random
motion and they tend to spread through any available space until they are
evenly distributed
6. What is Ohm’s Law ……………. ANS: is states that, the current through
a metallic conductor is proportional to the potential difference between
the ends of a conductor provided the temperature of the conductor
remains constant
End of round two

Round three (Problem of the day)

1. a. the diagram below is an illustration of a longitudinal section of a canine
tooth in humans
Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow

i. Name each of the parts labeled I, II, III, IV and V(5marks)

ii. What is the function of each of the parts labeled I, and III(2marks)
 iii. Which of the labeled parts could be affected by tooth decay?(1mark)
iv. State three ways by which tooth decay may be prevented (3marks)
1 2 1
2. A man spent 4 of his pocket monthly salary on rent, 5 on food and 6 on
books. If he still had Gh₵5,500.00 left, what was his monthly salary?
(5marks)

Round four (True/ False)

State whether the following statements is/are true or false
1. Set A is equivalent to set B when all members in set A are the same as
members in set B………………. True
2. The distance from the center of a circle to any part of the circumference of
the circle is called the diameter.
False (radius)
3. Two vectors are said to be equal if they have the same magnitude and
direction…………… True
4. The exterior angle of a regular polygon with nine sides is equal to
400…………. True
5. If a scale factor (k) is greater than 1 or less than 1, the enlargement is a
magnification i.e the image is larger than the object…………. True
6. Rotation through 2700 anticlockwise about the origin is the same as 900
clockwise…………. True
7. The total surface area of a closed cylinder is given as 2πrh + 2πr2+ h2
…………….
False
8. If two angles have a common arm, common vertex and the non-common
arms on the opposite sides of the common arms, then they are called
adjacent angles………… True
9. The instrument used to measure the angle between two lines that meet at a
point is known as a protractor
…………….True
10.The name given to a triangle which has all its sides equal is known as
scalene triangle
……….. False
11.The process by which a hot saturated solution is cooled to obtain some of the
solute is called neutralization
…………False
12.In a food chain, organisms at the last stage of the chain receive the highest
energy. …………False
13.The use of resistant varieties of crop in controlling diseases is described as
chemical control method…………. False
14.A material that allows a small amount of light energy to pass through it but
cannot easily be seen through is a translucent material. ………………True
15.Leaching of nutrients from the soil leads to soil acidity……………… True
16.External respiration in living organisms is also known as gaseous exchange.
…………..True
17.Magnesium produces a gas when placed in lime juice. ………………..True
18.The reason why gaps are left in the joints of railway lines is to allow for
contraction………………… False
19.A place where an organism can live and interbreed successfully is called
environment. ……………..False.
20.The best way of protecting oneself from high blood pressure is to eat high
carbohydrate diets. …………….False
End of the contest