MARKING SCHEME FOR JSS1 BASIC SCIENCE SECOND TERM CAT 1
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST
ALLOCATION OF MARKS: ¼ mark each = 5 marks
SECTION B: ESSAY
ALLOCATION OF MARKS: 5 marks each = 10 marks ÷ 2 = 5 marks
1.(a) Characteristics of Living Things
- Respiration
- Nutrition
- Irritability
- Growth
- Excretion
- Reproduction
- Competition
- Adaptation
- Life span/death
(Any four ½ mark for each = 2 marks)
1.(b) Uses of Plants
- Plants provide food.
- Provision of materials for shelter.
- Used in medicine, in production of drugs.
- Plant is used for beautifying our environment.
- Plant leaves serve as windbreaks and are also used to control soil erosion.
- Plants release oxygen to the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
- It serves as a source of income for the people and the nation.
(Any three at ½ mark each = 1½ marks)
Uses of Animals
- Animals serve as food for man.
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