Health Education Paper 3 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2018

Question 8

     

  1.   List four food items that can undergo fermentation process.     [4 marks]
  2. Mention four notable features of food fermentation.    [4 marks]
  3. What is sedentary lifestyle?   [2 marks]

Observation

 

Many candidates attempted this question and their performance was fair. In part (a) majority of the students were able to list food items that can undergo fermentation process. In part (b) many candidates could not correctly mention notable features of food fermentation. In part (c) majority of the candidates could not explain sedentary lifestyle, some wrote; being non-challant about ones health, a way of living free from diseases, involve people in white collar job.

 

However, the expected answers are as follow:

 

(a)       FOOD ITEMS THAT CAN UNDERGO FERMENTATION PROCESS

  • fruit
  • cocoa
  • vegetable
  • cereals/named
  • cassava
  • yam
  • milk
  • meat/fish/poultry

(b)       NOTABLE FEATURES OF FERMENTED  FOOD

  • taste/flavor
  • colour
  • texture/nature
  • odour/smell
  • size                                

 (c)    SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
-    is a type of lifestyle with little or no regular physical activity
-    associated with prolonged inactivity/named examples

  -    that could lead to death/disease/disability.