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Grade 7 Health, Social and Environmental Responsibility
Life Orientation practice questions and a worked example
Grade 7 Health, Social and Environmental Responsibility covers substance abuse, environmental health, and common diseases — practical, real-world Life Orientation content rather than abstract theory. Practice questions here work through a real exam: matching drug and hormone terms, reasoning through a case study on vegetable farming and land pollution, and explaining diseases like diabetes and anorexia in your own words.
Worked example
3. Write true or false next to each statement. If the statement is false, correct the statement so that it is true.
1. Bacteria and viruses are the main organisms that cause diseases.
2. Certain bacteria are harmless and can be used to make foods, e.g. yoghurt.
3. When people are poor, it is easier to get diseases.
4. All diseases can be cured.
Answer & explanation
1. True. 2. True. 3. True. 4. False — not all diseases can be cured.
1. Bacteria and viruses are indeed the main organisms that cause diseases, so this statement is true.
2. Certain bacteria are harmless and beneficial, such as those used in making yoghurt, so this statement is true.
3. Poverty can lead to poor living conditions and limited access to healthcare, making it easier to get diseases, so this statement is true.
4. Not all diseases can be cured; some can only be managed or treated, so this statement is false. The correction is that not all diseases can be cured.
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- 2Read the case study carefully before you write your answers. Gardening for a healthier future Eating healthy food, especially fresh vegetables, is one way of improving people's general health, but buying vegetables in shops can be expensive. Organisations such as the Woolworths Trust Eduplant programme provide support to schools that want to start their own vegetable gardens. The Eduplant programme encourages permaculture, which is a system of natural, balanced gardening and farming with an emphasis on recycling waste and protecting the environment. Alwin Kgopa, a teacher at Toronto Primary School in Makweng, Limpopo, is a key example of the programme's success. In 2001, Kgopa entered the school's garden project into Eduplant and came second in the Emerging category. Eight years later he won many awards for the school's garden. More importantly, Kgopa has formed a group of 15 other local schools to encourage them to develop permaculture food production. 1. Explain in your own words what ‘permaculture’ is.
- 3Read the case study carefully before you write your answers. Gardening for a healthier future Eating healthy food, especially fresh vegetables, is one way of improving people's general health, but buying vegetables in shops can be expensive. Organisations such as the Woolworths Trust Eduplant programme provide support to schools that want to start their own vegetable gardens. The Eduplant programme encourages permaculture, which is a system of natural, balanced gardening and farming with an emphasis on recycling waste and protecting the environment. Alwin Kgopa, a teacher at Toronto Primary School in Makweng, Limpopo, is a key example of the programme's success. In 2001, Kgopa entered the school's garden project into Eduplant and came second in the Emerging category. Eight years later he won many awards for the school's garden. More importantly, Kgopa has formed a group of 15 other local schools to encourage them to develop permaculture food production. 2. “Vegetables can be very expensive” Why do you think this is so?
- 4Read the case study carefully before you write your answers. Gardening for a healthier future Eating healthy food, especially fresh vegetables, is one way of improving people's general health, but buying vegetables in shops can be expensive. Organisations such as the Woolworths Trust Eduplant programme provide support to schools that want to start their own vegetable gardens. The Eduplant programme encourages permaculture, which is a system of natural, balanced gardening and farming with an emphasis on recycling waste and protecting the environment. Alwin Kgopa, a teacher at Toronto Primary School in Makweng, Limpopo, is a key example of the programme's success. In 2001, Kgopa entered the school's garden project into Eduplant and came second in the Emerging category. Eight years later he won many awards for the school's garden. More importantly, Kgopa has formed a group of 15 other local schools to encourage them to develop permaculture food production. 3. What are some things that make vegetables unhealthy and even dangerous for people and animals to eat?
- 5Read the case study carefully before you write your answers. Gardening for a healthier future Eating healthy food, especially fresh vegetables, is one way of improving people's general health, but buying vegetables in shops can be expensive. Organisations such as the Woolworths Trust Eduplant programme provide support to schools that want to start their own vegetable gardens. The Eduplant programme encourages permaculture, which is a system of natural, balanced gardening and farming with an emphasis on recycling waste and protecting the environment. Alwin Kgopa, a teacher at Toronto Primary School in Makweng, Limpopo, is a key example of the programme's success. In 2001, Kgopa entered the school's garden project into Eduplant and came second in the Emerging category. Eight years later he won many awards for the school's garden. More importantly, Kgopa has formed a group of 15 other local schools to encourage them to develop permaculture food production. 4. Why do the farmers use these products (from answer 3)?
Common mistakes
- Confusing a symptom of a disease with its cause — e.g. listing tiredness or thirst as a cause of diabetes rather than a symptom of it. Also, when discussing environmental health, giving a vague answer like 'pollution is bad' instead of the specific mechanism the question asks for (e.g. how a lack of toilets leads to sewage contaminating water sources).
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