ETHIO NATIONAL SCHOOL

2019/20 G.C 3RD QUARTER SOCIAL STUDIES SPECIAL WORKSHEET 1 FOR GRADE 8

Name ______________________________ Grade and Section No

I. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and black the letter of the answer on the
answer sheet.
1. Which one of the following statements is not correct about ecosystem?
A. It is an interaction between the living and non-living things.
B. Water and air are biotic elements.
C. Herbivores depend on plants and plants depend on soil.
D. All elements of ecosystem are interdependent and interrelated
2. A type of greenhouse gases that is released from fertilizers of farm lands into the atmosphere is
.
A. Chloroflourocarbon C. Methane
B. Carbondioxide D. Nitrous oxide
3. Which one of the following factors is not a major and direct cause of flooding?
A. Melting of the polar Ice C. movements of wave and storms
B. Excessive amount of rainfall D. Depletion of ozone layer
4. Which one of the following terms refers to gender category?
A. Male B. Female C. Masculine D. Woman
5. All of the following are the effect of global warming, Except
A. Rise of sea level C. Decrease of the incoming solar radiation
B. Acidic rain D. Submerge the coastal Ice lands
6. As a grade 8th student, what you should to do to combat HIV/AIDS?
A. Involving myself in risk behavior activities
B. Ignoring HIV/AIDS victims
C. Participating in anti HIV/AIDS clubs at school
D. Promoting stigma and discrimination
7. Which one of the following is not the role of youth for combating HIV/AIDS?
A. Using available preventive mechanism
B. supporting and treating HIV/AIDS victims
C. Introducing work place based programs
D. None of the above
8. Which one of the following countries has a pro-natalist population policy?
A. Ethiopia B. Netherlands C. Somalia D. Nigeria
9. is the average number of children that would be born alive to a woman
during her fertile time.
A. mortality B. migration C. fertility D. death
10. The following are significant indicators of Ethiopia’s state of underdevelopment, Except

A. Low productivity C. High dependency ratio

B. Low life expectancy D. Low maternal mortality
11. Which one of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
A. Carbondioxide B. Methane C. Nitrogen D. Nitrousoxide
12. Which one of the following is not the effect of acidic rain?
A. Increases acidity of lakes C. Decreases crop productivity
B. Increases acidity of soil D. Fishes won’t be damaged
13. The part of Africa that was affected by HIV/AIDS is Africa.
A. East B. South C. North D. West
14. Which one of the following is not an impact of HIV AIDS?
A. decreases productivity C. Affect the labour force
B. create social problems D. Decrease poverty
15. The highest point of Africa is found in .
A. Eritrea B. Ethiopia C. Tanzania D. Mozambique
16. Which one of the following minerals is used for making ornaments?
A. Coal B. phosphate C. Diamond D. potash
17. A volcano which will never erupt again is known as a(an) volcano.
A. active B. dormant C. extinct D. none
18. Earthquakes are measured by .
A. Baro meter B. Thermometer C. seismograph D. Anemometer
19. The great east African rift valley was formed through
A. folding B. volcanism C. faulting D. Bending
20. The distance between two villages on a map is 7cm, what will be the ground distance
between the two villages if the scale of the map is 1cm to 10km?
A. 70cm B. 70km C. 700km D. 350km
21. The largest tropical hot desert in the world is .
A. Sahara B. Australia C. Namib D. Kalahari
22. Which gas is protecting the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays?
A. O2 B. CO2 C. N D. O3
23. What is ecosystem? It is the .
A. name given to all living things
B. name given to all non-living things
C. interaction among the biotic components
D. interaction among the biotic and abiotic things
24. Trees that typically grow in region of Mediterranean climate are
A. Ebong B. Maquis C. Acacia D. Kerero
25. Planting trees in an area where there were no original forest is
A. afforestation C. Social forestery
B. deforestation D. Shifting cultivation
26. Which one of the following is true?
A. Deserts are expanding due to deforestation.
B. Problem of forest destruction is a serious problem in developing countries.
C. The accumulation of CO2 in the air results in increasing heat in the atmosphere.
D. All of the above
27. The direct impact of destruction of forest resource is .
A. soil degradation C. drought
B. global warming D. lack of wood for construction
28. All can help to reduce soil erosion, except .
A. control grazing C. using chemical fertilizers
B. afforestation D. contour ploughing
29. Xerophytes are .
A. Mediterranean vegetations C. Desert plants
B. Having with board leaves D. Equatorial rainforest
30. A (an) is the result of the sudden release of stored energy in the earth’s
crust that creates seismic waves.
A. Volcano B. Folding C. Earthquake D. Faulting
31. 1cm to 12.5km expressed in R.F is
A. 1:12,500 B. 1:125,000 C. 1:1,250,000 D. 1:12.5
32. Which of the following is the objective of the population on policy of Ethiopia?
A. Reducing the rate of rural tourban migration
B. Improving the socio-economic status of women
C. Closing the gap between population growth and productivity
D. All of the above
33. Which one of the following is not the cause of air and water pollutions?
A. Farming B. Power stations C. Forests D. Industries
34. The major sources of CFCS are
A. animal durgs B. fertilizers C. refrigerators D. industries
35. Which one of the following is not the effect of global warming?
A. The rise of world’s temperature C. The rise of sea level
B. The melting of Ice D. None of the above
36. A types of rock which is formed and solidified within the interior of the earth are rocks.
A. extrusive Igneous C. metamorphic
B. plutonic Igneous D. sedimentary
37. The highland vegetations that grow from 2000meters to 2500meters are
A. coniferous B. Afromontane C. Afro Alpine D. Bamboo forests
38. The methods of preventing air pollution are .
A. Government laws C. altering exhaust systems
B. Filtering systems D. All of the above
39. The reasons for countries to be less developed includes .
A. rapid population growth
B. lack of money to be invested
C. Insufficient money to develop infrastructures
D. All of the above
39. is the misuse of public power for private gain.
A. Good governance B. Corruption C. Degradation D. Transparency
40. was founded to achieve “collective self-sufficiency” for the member states
of western African countries.
A. COMESA B. ECOWAS C. PTA D. IGAD
41. are rocks which are derived from existing rocks by the process of weathering and
erosion.
A. Igneous rocks C. Sedimentary rocks
B. Metamorphic rocks D. All of the above
42. The largest layer of the earth is .
A. core B. crust C. mantle D. upper core
43. Which one of the following is not a physical factor for population distribution?
A. Economic development B. Topography C. Water supply D. Climate
44. The southern most point of Africa is called .
A. Cape verde B. Cape Agulhas C. Ras ben Sakka D. Cape Guardafui
45. The Empire of Mali achieved the highest stage of political power and culture development
during the regime of .
A. Mansa Musa B. Shilluk C. Amara Dunkas D. Sedirata Guttama
 46. Waterfalls and V-shaped valley and formed at courses of rivers
A. upper B. middle C. lower D. none
47. Deserts are hot during daytime and very cold during nighttimes due to
A. clear sky B. GHGS C. Cloud cover D. lowlands
48. Mediterranean types of climate is characterized by .
A. hot winters B. wet summers C. wet winters D. Cold summer s
49. The major concentration of Ozone layer is concentrated in the
A. troposphere B. stratosphere C. thermosphere D. mesosphere
50. What do we call the process by which molten rock is forced out to the surface of the earth?
A. Lava B. Faulting C. Folding D. Volcanism
51. is the universal ways of expressing linear scale.
A. Graphic scale B. Scale statement C. RF D. None
52. The local mean time at 450W is 12:00 noon. what will be the local mean time at 900E?
A. 9:00AM B. 3:00AM C. 9:00PM D. 3:00PM
53. As Songhay is to Nilo Saharan, Bantu is to
A. Afro – Asiatic B. Niger – Congo C. Kholisan D. None
54. The Oromo muslim merchants in south of Western Ethiopia were called .
A. Negadras B. Jabarti C. Atkala D. Caravan
55. According to the major indicators of health status in Ethiopia, which one of the following
reveals the highest rate?
A. Child mortality rate C. Maternal mortality
B. Infant mortality rate D. Crude death Rate
56. Which one of the following countries does not belong to Southern Africa Development
Community (SADC)?
A. Togo B. Swaziland C. Lesotho D. Malawi
57. As Nile is to Africa, Missippi is to .
A. South America B. Europe C. Asia D. North America
58. The frequency of deaths in the population is known as .
A. expectancy rate B. mortality rate C. fertility rate D. migration rate
59. Which one of the following political parties fought for the independence of Tunisia
A. Wafd B. Neo – Datsur C. ANC D. Young Kikuyu
60. Which one of the following is not categorized as linear scale?
A. Scale statement C. Representative fraction
B. Graphic scale D. Areal scale

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