Health Education Questions and Answers - Grade 7 Opener Exams Term 2 2023 Set 2

QUESTIONS

1. Health is the state of being physically. mentally and socially fit. State 6 practices that you can engage in to promote your good health. (6 mks)
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2. List 5 importance of health Education to Secondary school students. (5 mks)
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3. State 4 health concerns in your community that requires creation of awareness. (4mks)
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4. Identify any six challenges that may hinder health promotion in any community. (6 mks)
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5. Differentiate between macro and micro-nutrients needed for a healthy body. (4 mks)
6. The list given shows some macro and micro nutrients needed for a healthy body. State one function of each nutrient in the body. (4 mks)
   1. Fats
   2. Proteins
   3. Carbohydrates
   4. Iron
7. The table given shows signs and symptoms of certain deficiency diseases. Identify the diseases and two foods that should be given to prevent one from suffering. (6mks)
   

   Signs and symptoms	Diseases	Food
   a). - Pale gums - Dizziness
   b). - Swollen stomach - Sores at the corner of the mouth
   c).  - weak bones - Bow legged

8. Describe one main cause of constipation. (1 mk)
9. The diagram below shows a child suffering from a nutritional deficiency disease.
   
   
   1. Which nutritional disorder is the child suffering from? (1mk)
   2. Name one way of preventing the above condition. (1 mk)
   3. Identify any three observable signs of the above nutritional deficiency disease. (3mks)
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10. Identify the parts of the digestive system and the path followed from the mouth to the anus in the correct order. (6mks)
    
    
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11. List three uses of the skin. (3 mks)
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Marking Scheme

1.                    
   1. sleeping well
   2. eating enough balanced
   3. exercising
   4. Maintaining proper hygiene
2.                
   1. Improves individual physical, mental and environmental health
   2. Helps in building a healthy society
   3. Enables people to take good care of the environment
3.            
   1. Malnutrition
   2. Chronic diseases
   3. Drug and substance abuse
   4. Pollution of the environment
4.              
   1. Poverty
   2. Cultural and social practices
   3. Corruption
   4. Myths and misconceptions
   5. Lack of human resource
   6. Ignorance
5.                
   • Macro nutrients are those that the body in small amount 
   • Micro nutrients are required by the body require in large amounts
6.              
   1. Provides the body with energy
   2. Help in growth and development of the body
   3. Provide energy in the body
   4. Help in formation of the blood
7.                  
   1. Anaemia-green vegetables, liver
   2. Kwashiorkor-Beans, peas, meat
   3. Rickets
      • Whole grains
      • Milk
      • Omena
8. Not eating enough fibre food
9.              
   1. Marasmus
   2. Eating enough balanced diet
   3.                
      • Wrinkled face
      • Stunted growth
      • Protruding bonos
10.            
    • S-Food pipe
    • N- Stomach
    • R-Small intestine
    • P- Large intestine
    • U - Rectum
    • T-Anus
11.              
    • Protecting inner organs of the body
    • Manufacturing Vitamin D
    • Releasing waste