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THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
GHANA

Basic Education Certificate Examination

SCIENCE 2006

Objective Test

Question 1

The property of a rock that makes it different from water is that it has





Question 2

A plane mirror can be described as opaque because it





Question 3

Wood is used to make the handles of cooking utensils because it is a





Question 4

Ventilation holes are made at the upper part of a door to allow air to rise by





Question 5

When the north poles of two magnets are brought together they





Question 6

A fuse is used in an electrical circuit to





Question 7

The angle between an incident ray and a reflecting surface is 20°. Determine the angle of reflection.





Question 8

A screw is a machine which works in the same way as





Question 9

Power is defined as the rate at which





Question 10

An example of a lever in which the effort is applied at the middle is a





Question 11

A simpler way of maintaining the efficiency of a machine is by





Question 12

The part of a seed which grows to become the shoot of a plant is the





Question 13

One disease that affects the nervous system of humans is





Question 14

Which of the following life processes leads to the release of energy?





Question 15

Mineral salts in dead organisms are released into the soil by a process called





Question 16

Spectacles fitted with concave lenses are worn by people suffering from





Question 17

Which of these organs in humans releases carbon dioxide as a waste product?





Question 18

Farmers do not plant the stems of maize because the stems





Question 19

Which of the following ways of treating water makes the water soft?





Question 20

Water that needs a small amount of soap to form lather is described as





Question 21

Common salt (sodium chloride) is obtained from seawater by





Question 22

The chemical formula of a compound describes the





Question 23

Which of the following solvents can be used to remove grease from the hand?





Question 24

How many different elements are present in the compound H2SO4?





Question 25

Producers in an ecosystem are plants that





Question 26

The disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite is





Question 27

Vaccination is carried out to





Question 28

Which of the following farming practices is likely to make the soil poor in nutrients?





Question 29

The type of cloud found closest to the earth’s surface is





Question 30

The amount of water vapour in the atmosphere is called





Question 31

The planet which is farthest away from the sun is





Question 32

Which of the following gases is involved in the process of rusting?





Question 33

A non-reactive metal can be identified from other metals because its surface is





Question 34

The property to a metal that makes it possible for it to be drawn into a wire is called





Question 35

The main reason why food is processed is to make it





Question 36

The process by which kerosene rises up in the wick of a lantern is known as





Question 37

Which of the following statements about friction is not true?





Question 38

Arteries are blood vessels which carry





Question 39

Which of the following structures is not involved in blood circulation?





Question 40

A substance of mass 10 kg has a density of 2.0 kgm-3. Calculate its volume.