Third Term Examination Basic Science JSS 1 (Basic 7) – Exam Questions

BASIC SCIENCE

THIRD TERM EXAMINATION

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

JSS 1 (BASIC 7)

SECTION A

Answer all questions. 

1. ____________ is transmitted from humans to humans.

(a) VID

(b) HIV

(c) malaria

(d) rabies

2. Pollutants are materials and energy that causes ____________.

(a) corrosion

(b) vaporisation

(c) pollution

(d) pollen grain

 

3. There are ____________ types of satellite.

(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 3

(d) 5

4. The letter ‘E’ in ‘MR NIGER ADC’ means ____________.

(a) exhalation

(b) excretion

(c) exposure

(d) escalate

5. HIV is not ____________.

(a) transferable

(b) curable

(c) preventable

(d) viable

6. All are states of matter except ____________.

(a) gel

(b) solid

(c) liquid

(d) gas

7. ____________ energy produces great energy used to operate aircraft.

(a) Nuclear

(b) Solar

(c) Electrical

(d) Mechanical

8. Another name for womb is called ____________.

(a) sack

(b) uterus

(c) container

(d) tank

9. Yuri Gagarin travelled to the space in ____________.

(a) 1956

(b) 1958

(c) 1959

(d) 1957

10. ____________ means ‘no weight’.

(a) Gravity

(b) Force

(c) Weightlessness

(d) Friction

11. ____________ is the monthly flow of blood in a matured female .

(a) Menses

(b) Menstruation

(c) Fertilization

(d) Gestation

12. All are characteristics of living things except ____________.

(a) movement

(b) feeding

(c) death

(d) flying

13. It takes ____________ days for the earth to revolve round the sun.

(a) 365

(b) 365½

(c) 365¾

(d) 364²

14. All are types of satellite except ____________.

(a) weather satellite

(b) reconnaissance satellite

(c) communication satellite

(d) DSTV Satellite

15. The period taken for a foetus to be in his/her mother’s womb is called ____________ period.

(a) ovulation

(b) gestation

(c) fertilization

(d) menstruation

16. ____________ is the keeping of germs away from our surrounding.

(a) Dirtiness

(b) Cleanliness

(c) Vectors

(d) Carriers

17. ____________ orbits the earth.

(a) Sun

(b) Moon

(c) Stars

(d) Alien

18. The voice of a boy tends to be deeper during puberty.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) No idea

(d) All of the above

19. ____________ multiplies rapidly within the first three months.

(a) Malaria

(b) Typhoid

(c) HIV

(d) STI

20. ____________ is the first planet in the solar system.

(a) Mercury

(b) Venus

(c) Earth

(d) Mars

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SECTION B

Answer all questions.

 

QUESTION 1 

A. What is the meaning of space travel?

B. State four types of satellites.

QUESTION 2

A. What is force?

B. List two benefits of space travel.

QUESTION 3

A. Write four seasons in the northern and southern zones of the world.

B. State two types of season in West Africa

QUESTION 4

A. State (i) contact and (ii) non-contact force.

B. List all the planets in the solar system.

QUESTION 5

A. A man of mass 50kg runs up a set of step of total height 3m. find the work done against gravity.

B. Mention three signs of puberty in females or males.