BECE 2024 Social Studies Questions & Answers for October Examination -Set 1

BECE 2024 Social Studies Questions and Answers for upcoming Examination: The 2024 Social Studies Questions cover examinable areas for this year’s BECE for Junior High School Candidates.

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1. Explain the term environment and name four components of it.
The environment is the social, physical, artificial and natural surroundings within which man dwells.

2. List six (6) constituents/components of the environment.
Air , water , mountains and valleys, living organisms, buildings, land

3. State five(5) components of the physical environment

i. Air which is mainly from trees (Oxygen).

ii. Weathered or broken down rocks (soil).

iii. Drainage features which include the sea, rivers, lakes and the like.

iv. Climate which is the average weather condition of a place for at least 30 years.

v. Relief features such as highlands or mountains and lowlands or valleys.

4. What is the social environment?

The social environment is the interpersonal relationship or interrelationship between human beings, their natural surroundings and the environment they create.

5. What is the physical environment?

The physical environment is the surroundings within which man, animals and plants dwell is termed the physical environment. Plants, animals, buildings are all found in the physical environment.

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6. Explain the term natural environment and give two reasons why we fail to protect our natural environment.

The natural environment is all free gifts of nature including land, things on, above and beneath the land which are made available to man. Examples of components of the natural environment are relief features, resources beneath the earth crust such as mineral deposits.

7. Explain the following environmental terms.
i. Pollution
ii. Desertification:
iii. Re-Afforestation

i. Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances into the atmosphere (thus into the air, land, or water).

ii. Desertification is the destruction of the natural vegetation cover leading to the exposure of the land to agents of erosion.

iii. Reforestation the restoration (replanting) or restocking of existing forests and woodlands which have been depleted by fire or tree cutting to rebuild the ecosystems.

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8. What is air pollution?

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to the atmosphere including living things.

9. State four (4) causes of air pollution or air degradation.

i. Fumes from the stacks of power plants, manufacturing facilities (factories) and waste incinerators, as well as furnaces and other types of fuel-burning heating devices.
ii. Bad odour from dead and decomposing animals left unattended to pollute the air greatly.

iii. Fumes from the exhaust of motor vehicles (Cars, trucks, jet airplanes
and) other combustion engine vehicles like marine vessels and aircrafts
cause air pollution.

iv. Waste deposition in landfills, which generate methane and smog.

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10. State four effects of air pollution.

i. Air pollution causes respiratory diseases which affect the lungs.

ii. Skin diseases such as rashes are caused by air pollution.

iii. Air pollution leads to the destruction of the vegetation cover of the land through acid rain.

iv. Each year people die from cardiopulmonary disease linked to breathing in of degraded air.

v. The health effects caused by air pollution include difficulty in breathing, wheezing, coughing and aggravation of existing respiratory and cardiac conditions.

vi. Global Warming.The earth traps more heat due to the presence of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. Consequently, the planet is getting warmer which may lead to drastic climatic changes such as disturbances in rainfall patterns, melting of ice and rise of sea levels.

vii. Depletion of Ozone Layer. The ozone layer absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation thereby protecting the surface of the earth from its exposure. Air pollutants called chlorofluorocarbons (or CFCs) deplete the ozone layer, allowing more ultraviolet radiation through to the surface of the planet.
viii. Acid rain, a direct result of pollutants, causes lakes and streams to be acidic. This poses a threat to aquatic life as well as the food chain in general. It is also harmful to plants and degrades buildings and monuments.

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Source: Ghana Education News