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Science in the Home

Junior High 8 questions
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What science in the home means

You learn how science explains things you meet at home every day. It helps you understand why food keeps better in the cold, how soap removes grease, and how a fuse can protect a circuit.

What you will practise

  • Explain why refrigerators slow food spoilage
  • Match soap action to its water-loving and grease-loving parts
  • Describe how a fuse breaks a circuit during excess current
  • Connect home examples to simple science ideas

Before you start

You should already know basic ideas about heat, cleanliness, and electricity. It also helps if you can read simple cause-and-effect statements.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

Food is kept in a refrigerator because low temperatures:

  • Kill all bacteria instantly
  • Slow the growth of microorganisms
  • Add nutrients
  • Remove water completely
Answer: Slow the growth of microorganisms

Working: Cooling slows microbial growth and enzyme action, delaying spoilage.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Thinking a refrigerator kills all germs, instead of slowing their growth
  • Saying soap only washes dirt away, without explaining how it lifts grease
  • Describing a fuse as adding power, when it actually stops dangerous current
  • Mixing up cleaning by water alone with cleaning done by soap and water

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 7 to 9 syllabusBECE

This topic usually appears in Junior High School science as part of everyday applications of scientific ideas. It supports BECE-style questions that ask you to explain common home situations using simple science.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other Everyday Science & Technology skills in Science, at the same point in the course.

Other Science topics

My WorldLiving Things Around UsSHS SciencesUniversity ScienceBiologyChemistry

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Exams that assess science in the home

Junior High work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the Science topics that appear on it.

BECEBECE practice questionsFree BECE practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.

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