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THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
GHANA

Basic Education Certificate Examination

SCIENCE 2023

THEORY QUESTIONS

PART II
[60 marks]


Answer all of Question 1

      1. What is the importance of a fuse in an electrical appliance?

      2. State two household appliances that have a fuse.

      1. What is teenage pregnancy?

      2. State two causes of teenage pregnancy.

    1. State three precautions against hazards.

      1. State two practices that destroy water bodies.

      2. Give two methods of conserving water bodies.

      1. What is aerobic respiration?

      2. State the main difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration.

      1. Explain the term potential difference.

      2. The potential difference across the terminals of a 100 Ω resistor is 250 V. Calculate the current flowing through the resistor.

      1. Which crop is infected by the Swollen Shoot disease?

      2. State the causative organisms of the disease.

      3. State the method of spread of the disease.

      4. Give two ways of preventing the spread of the disease.

      1. Consider the given elements: 37 X and 209 Y

        1. Write the electronic configuration for Y;

        2. State the possible ion that could be formed by X to make it more stable.

    1. What is a neutralization reaction?

    2. State three physical properties of a soil.

      1. Define the term power.

      2. If a machine hauls a packing case of mass 50 kg up a building that is 10 m high in 30 s, calculate the power of the machine.

        [g = 10 m/s2]

    3. State three areas where technology is used for the benefit of humans.

    1. State three ways in which mulching restores soil resources.

      1. Name the two elements that combine to form ammonia gas.

      2. Write a balanced chemical equation for the formation of ammonia from the elements named in (i).

    2. The following information is on the feeding habits of some organisms:

      1. man feeds on grasscutter;

      2. toad feeds on grasshopper;

      3. snake feeds on toad;

      4. goat feeds on grass;

      5. man feeds on hawk;

      6. grasshopper feeds on grass;

      7. hawk feeds on snake;

      8. grasscutter feeds on grass.

      Use all the information given above to construct a food web.

      1. What is a galaxy?

      2. State the relationship between stars and galaxies.

      3. Explain briefly the term Milky Way.

      1. State three effects of soil erosion on the growth of crop plants.

      2. Mention one method of controlling soil erosion.

      1. Name two science-related businesses.

      2. State the principles underlying the operation of each of the businesses named in (i).

      1. Explain how the female Anopheles mosquito transmits malaria to humans.

      2. State one chemical method of controlling mosquitoes.

      1. Name two fundamental units of measurement.

      2. State the physical quantity that one of the units named in (i) measures.