Ghana BECE 2007 INTEGRATED SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) Which of the following properties is true about all matter? Matter has

2) The type of energy obtained when an electric bulb is connected to a battery is

3) A magnet can attract all these substances except

4) The process by which heat travels along a metal is called

5) The instrument used to measure temperature is

6) A stick placed in water appears to be bent because light travelling from the water to the air is

7) A plane mirror could be described as opaque because it

8) A suitable machine for loading drums of palm oil onto a truck is

9) The human forearm is an example of

10) The chemical substances which help in the digestion of food are known as

11) Digestion of proteins starts from the

12) A reflex action involves the

13) Which of the following structures is not part of the central nervous system?

14) When the testa of a soaked bean is removed, the seed is seen to be made up of

15) One function of the root system of plants is to

16) Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

17) The different types of teeth that an animal has gives an indication of the nature of its

18) Exchange of gases takes place in the respiratory system through the

19) Water that requires more soap in order to form lather is described as

20) One best way of making water safe for drinking is by

21) The process whereby a hot saturated solution is cooled to obtain the solute is called

22) If a mixture of water and powdered charcoal is allowed to stand for a long time, the charcoal

23) The chemical symbol of potassium is

24) The atom of an element is represented as 35 17 CI. How many electrons are in the atom?

25) Which of the following agricultural practices prevents loss of water from the soil?

26) Soil conservation is important because it prevents loss of

27) Footrot disease in animals is caused by

28) A patient with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting may be suffering from

Which of the following human activities pollutes the environment?
I. Release of cement dust into the atmosphere
II. Dumping of refuse into water bodies
III. Burning of rubbish

30) Which of the following features of a parent would not be inherited by the children?

31) Which of the following bodies is at the centre of the solar system?

32) The chemicals used in the preparation of ammonia in the laboratory are

33) Steel is an alloy of

34) The property of a metal that makes it possible for it to be beaten into different shapes is called

35) Movement of the particles of a gas from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration is known as

36) Oxygen in the blood finally reaches the part of the body through the

37) An aluminium cube with side measuring 2 m bas a mass of 24 kg. Calculate the density of the aluminium.

38) The force that opposes the motion of an object on another object is called

39) Water is prevented from passing through the tiny holes in an umbrella by

40) Which of the following methods of preserving food makes use of heat energy from the sun?