Answer all questions.

1. The diagram below is an experiment performed by Basic 7 students in a school. Use it to answer the
questions that follow.

a. Suggest an appropriate title for the experiment above.

b. What happens if the middle board is shifted?
c. What conclusion can the students draw from the result of the experiment?
d. State two applications of the experiment demonstrated above.

2. The diagrams below are illustrations of some farm tools. Study them carefully and use them to answer
the questions that follow:

a. Identify each of the tools labeled A, B, C, D and E.

b. Mention one use of each of the tools labeled A, B, C, D and E.

3. The diagrams below are illustrations of devices used to do work easily. Study the diagrams and answer
the questions that follow.
a. Give a general name for the devices.
b. Identify each of the devices labelled A, B, C and D.
c. Name the parts labelled I, II and III of device A when it is considered as a lever.
d. What does the arrow represent in the device labelled B?
e. Name the type of work done with each of the devices labelled:
(α) C;
(β) D;

4. a. i. What is a simple machine? ii. Give two examples of simple machines.

i. Give one example each of the following.

-first class-lever

-second class-lever

-third class-lever

b. Classify the following under first class, second class and third-class levers. Sugar tong, bottle opener,
paper cutter, a pair of scissors, shears, fishing rod, forceps, egg beater.

c. A horizontal force of 250N is applied to pull a piece of wood lying on a smooth surface through a
distance of 20m. Calculate the work done.

d. State three ways of caring for simple machines.

e. Explain the following.

i. work input

ii. work output

iii. efficiency

f. Why is the efficiency of a machine less than 100%

1. Which of the following tools is used for C. Iron
transplanting seedlings?
D. Plastic
A. Hoe
B. Sickle
5. A second-class lever has the
C. Dibber
A. effort between the load and the fulcrum
D. Pickaxe
B. load between the effort and the fulcrum
C. fulcrum between the load and the effort
2. The unit of force in the SI system is
D. load and effort on the same side of the
A. Joule fulcrum
B. Newton
C. Watt 6. What type of force causes a fruit to fall from a
tree?
D. Pascal
A. Frictional force
B. Gravitational force
3. A machine that increases force and changes
the direction of force is called a C. Electrostatic force
A. motor D. Magnetic force
B. pulley
C. screw 7. Which of the following farm tools is used
mainly for harvesting crops?
D. engine
A. Hoe
B. Axe
4. The tool used to apply liquid chemicals on
crops is C. Sickle
A. watering can D. Trowel
B. dibber
C. knapsack sprayer 8. When opposite poles of a magnet are brought
together, they
D. sickle
A. repel
B. attract
5. Which of the following substances is
magnetic? C. spin
A. Copper D. melt
B. Aluminium
9. What is the mechanical advantage of a D. Applied force
machine with load 60 N and effort 20 N?
A. 2
14. The direction of water flow in a distillation
B. 3 set-up should not be reversed because
C. 4 A. it will cool faster
D. 5 B. the process will be delayed
C. it allows proper condensation
10. A cutlass is mainly used for D. it prevents explosion
A. planting seeds
B. watering plants 15. Which of the following machines is used to
lift heavy objects with little effort?
C. weeding the farm
A. Screw
D. harvesting maize
B. Wedge
C. Lever
11. Which of the following is a first-class lever?
D. Pulley
A. Nutcracker
B. Bottle opener
16. The bending of a cutlass handle is an
C. Crowbar
example of
D. Wheelbarrow
A. pulling force
B. magnetic force
12. The energy that makes a magnet work is
C. twisting force
called
D. bending force
A. gravitational energy
B. magnetic energy
17. A watering can is used for
C. mechanical energy
A. spraying pesticides
D. electrical energy
B. watering plants
C. harvesting cassava
13. Which force opposes motion between two
surfaces? D. planting seeds
A. Gravitational force
B. Magnetic force 18. The part of a magnet that attracts most is the
C. Frictional force A. centre
B. base 23. A magnet loses its magnetism when
C. pole A. heated strongly
D. edge B. cooled in water
C. placed in oil
19. Which of the following machines makes use D. used frequently
of a wheel and rope?
A. Pulley
24. Which of these tools is used for tilling soil?
B. Screw
A. Harrow
C. Wedge
B. Pruner
D. Gear
C. Rake
D. Secateurs
20. What do we call a tool used to dig holes for
planting?
25. Which of the following is not a function of
A. Cutlass
simple machines?
B. Trowel
A. Changing direction of force
C. Dibber
B. Reducing amount of work done
D. Harrow
C. Increasing the speed of work
D. Making work easier
21. An example of a compound machine is
A. lever
26. A man pushing a stalled car is an example of
B. pulley
A. gravitational force
C. wheelbarrow
B. magnetic force
D. axe
C. applied force
D. frictional force
22. Which of the following is used to attract iron
nails?
27. Which device uses magnetism to show
A. Copper
direction?
B. Battery
A. Thermometer
C. Magnet
B. Clock
D. Plastic
C. Barometer
D. Compass
 B. efficiency
28. The correct order of force, mass and C. work input
acceleration is given by
D. mechanical advantage
A. Newton’s first law
B. Newton’s second law
33. A knapsack sprayer is used to
C. Law of friction
A. spray weedicides
D. Hooke’s law
B. harvest crops
C. dig holes
29. The strength of a magnet can be increased by
D. till the land
A. heating it
B. cooling it
34. The pull that attracts magnetic materials to a
C. using it frequently magnet is strongest at the
D. coiling it around a soft iron A. centre
B. poles
30. Which machine consists of an inclined plane C. back
wound around a cylinder?
D. sides
A. Lever
B. Pulley
35. The tool that looks like a spoon and is used
C. Screw in nurseries is
D. Gear A. dibber
B. hoe
31. A hammer pulling out a nail from wood is an C. trowel
example of
D. harrow
A. first-class lever
B. second-class lever
36. What is the function of an inclined plane?
C. third-class lever
A. Increases friction
D. wedge
B. Stores energy
C. Lifts heavy loads with less effort
32. The distance moved by a machine divided by
D. Reduces load
the distance moved by load gives
A. velocity ratio
37. Which of these is a magnetic material?
A. Rubber
B. Iron
C. Silver
D. Glass

38. When a force causes a body to move, the

body is said to
A. spin
B. stop
C. accelerate
D. deform

39. The use of wedge is best seen in

A. scissors
B. bottle opener
C. nutcracker
D. spade
40. Which of the following is a natural magnet?
A. Bar magnet
B. Electromagnet
C. Horseshoe magnet
D. Lodestone