PSLE Science 2024 — Past Paper

The Botswana PSLE Science paper for 2024, 60 questions, 60 minutes. Sit it question by question in AcePSLE and see the answer and an explanation after each one.

What this paper covers

• Living Things (1-2)
• Air & Water (3-5)
• Space & Energy (6-7)
• Forces (8)
• Electricity & Materials (9-13)
• Nutrition & Health (14-20)
• Science in Society (21-25)
• Solutions & Water (26-29)
• Heat & Light (30-32)
• Sound (33)
• Acids & Alkalis (34)
• Forces & Air Resistance (35-36)
• Circuits (37-38)
• Data Interpretation (39)
• Human Body (40-41)
• Technology & Environment (42-45)
• Plants & Water (46-48)
• Energy Sources (49)
• Human Senses (50-51)
• Safety & Combustion (52-53)
• Simple Machines (54-55)
• Nutrition (56)
• Nervous System & Disease (57-60)

Sample questions

1. Which part of a fish allows it to breathe under water?

• A. Fins
• B. Gills
• C. Mouth
• D. Tail

2. Which of the following classes of animals is not a vertebrate?

• A. Amphibians
• B. Insects
• C. Mammals
• D. Reptiles

3. Which of the following is a property of air?

• A. It is a mixture of gases.
• B. It is multi-coloured.
• C. It has no volume.
• D. It has no mass.

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