Ghana BECE 2010 INTEGRATED SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) Water that forms lather readily with soap is said to be

Which of the following life activities are common to both plants and animals?
I. Feeding
II. Locomotion
III. Respiration

3) A suitable instrument that could be used to measure the internal diameter of a bamboo flute is

4) The ability of soils to supply the right amounts of essential nutrients to plants is known as

5) The simplest way of making well water suitable for laundry purposes is by

6) Washing down of soil nutrients beyond the reach of roots of plants is referred to as

Which of the following statements explain(s) why an object floats in water?
A floating object
I. is less dense than water
II. is denser than water
III. has the same density as water

8) An example of leafy vegetable crops is

9) The structure in the respiratory system of humans where gaseous exchange occurs is

10) The gas produced when glucose is oxidized during internal respiration is

11) The farm animal which has crop as part of its digestive system is the

12) A beneficial effect of wind on the environment is

13) The chemical solution that can be used to test for the presence of protein in food substances is

Which of the following statements about bush fires is/are true?
I.They cause air pollution
II. They deplete vegetation cover
III. They contribute to global warming

15) The most effective method of controlling soil erosion on steep slopes is

16) Which of the following agencies is responsible for providing information on the weather and climatic conditions of an area?

17) The farming system which involves the growing of one type of crop on the same piece of land every season is known as

18) The fifth planet from the sun in the solar system is

19) The process that takes place when the sperm and the egg of humans fuse together is referred to as

20) The process by which water vapour moves through the stomata of leaves into the atmosphere is known as

21) An example of intensive system of poultry keeping is the

22) The part of the diagram labelled I has

23)

The symbol represents

24) The part of the diagram labelled I has

A spot made on a whitepaper with a given food substance turned the spot on the paper translucent.
The food substance is likely to contain

26) Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?

Which of the following farm animals is / are housed in a hutch?
I. Goats
II. Pigs
III. Rabbits

28) Which of the following blood vessels carries deoxygenated blood?

29) The energy transformation that takes place in a car battery is

30) The type of liquid suitable to construct a thermometer to read temperatures of about 150°C is

31) Amino acids are the end-products of the digestion of

32) The type of teeth used by mammals to cut food materials is

33) Fishponds are often stocked using

Which of the following processes result(s)in the formation of anew substance?
I. Burning of wood
II. Rusting of iron nail
III. Heating water into vapour

35) The use of resistant breeds of farm animals in controlling diseases is a

36) A load of 10 N is moved through a distance of 2m. Calculate the work done.

37) Which of the following components of human blood is dissolved in the plasma?

38) An atom of carbon is represented as ¹²C₆. How many neutrons are in the nucleus of the carbon atom?

39) In agribusiness, middlemen operate within the

40) The human sex cells are produced in the