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Water and carbon cycles

Junior High 6 questions
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What water and carbon cycles means

You learn how water and carbon move through plants, air, soil and living things. This helps you understand rainfall, plant life, climate and how nature keeps materials moving in cycles.

What you will practise

  • Identify changes in the water cycle, such as evaporation and condensation.
  • Link rain, snow and hail to precipitation.
  • Recognise how plants release water vapour through leaves.
  • Follow carbon as it moves through plants, animals and the air.

Before you start

You should already know basic states of matter, especially liquid, gas and solid. It also helps if you can name common plant parts and simple weather terms.

Worked example

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

Question

In the water cycle, water vapour turning into liquid droplets is called…

  • evaporation
  • condensation
  • precipitation
  • transpiration
Answer: condensation

Working: Condensation is the change from gas (vapour) to liquid, forming clouds.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Mixing up evaporation and condensation; remember vapour becomes liquid during condensation.
  • Calling every kind of rain water vapour; precipitation is water falling from clouds.
  • Forgetting that transpiration comes from plant leaves, not from the whole plant.
  • Thinking cycles stop at one step; trace the full path through nature.

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 7 to 9 syllabusBECE

This topic usually appears in Junior High School science under cycles, systems and environmental processes. It supports BECE preparation by building understanding of common cycle questions and scientific vocabulary.

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 JHS Cycles & Systems skills in Science, at the same point in the course.

Other Science topics

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Exams that assess water and carbon cycles

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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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