Question 1
ከሚከተሉት ዉስጥ ኢትዮጲያ የምትገኝበት የአፍሪካ ቀጠና የቱ ነዉ?
- A.ሰሜናዊ አፍሪካ
- B.መካከለኛዉ አፍሪካ
- C.ምዕራባዊ አፍሪካ
- D.ምስራቃዊ አፍሪካ
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Answer: D ምስራቃዊ አፍሪካ
Why
Ethiopia is in East Africa, together with Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea.
Exam papers
Grade 6 Environmental science model exam, 2015 E.C. (2023)
A model exam set in 2015 E.C. to prepare Grade 6 students for the Environmental science ministry exam, in the same format. It is practice, and it is not the ministry paper itself. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.
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Question 2
ስለምስራቅ አፍሪካ ቀጠና ትክክል የሆነዉ የቱ ነዉ?
- A.ፍፁማዊ መገኛዉ በአፍሪካ ካርታ ላይ ከ18°ሰሜን እስከ 27° ደቡብ ኬንትሮስ ይገኛል
- B.ፍፁማዊ መገኛዉ በአፍሪካ ካርታ ላይ ከ22°ምስራቅ እስከ 51°28’ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ ይገኛል
- C.ፍፁማዊ መገኛዉ በአፍሪካ ካርታ ላይ ከ18°ደቡብ እስከ 27° ሰሜን ኬክሮስ ይገኛል
- D.በአፍሪካ አህጉር መካከለኛዉ ክልል ይገኛል
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Answer: B ፍፁማዊ መገኛዉ በአፍሪካ ካርታ ላይ ከ22°ምስራቅ እስከ 51°28’ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ ይገኛል
Why
East Africa stretches from about 22 degrees east to 51 degrees 28 minutes east, so option B pairs the right numbers with the right kind of line.
Question 3
የአንድን ሀገር መገኛ በልዩ ልዩ አቅጣጫ ከሚያዋስኑ ነገሮች ጋር በማነፃፀር የምንጠቀምበት ዘዴ የቱ ነዉ?
- A.ኬንትሮስ
- B.ፍፁማዊ መገኛ
- C.ኬክሮስ
- D.አንፃራዊ መገኛ
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Answer: D አንፃራዊ መገኛ
Why
When you say where a country is by naming its neighbours in each direction, you are giving its relative location.
Question 4
ከሚከተሉት ዉስጥ አንፃራዊ መገኛ የማይገለፅበት የቱ ነዉ?
- A.ደቡብ
- B.በዲግሪ
- C.ምዕራብ
- D.ሰሜን
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Answer: B በዲግሪ
Why
Relative location uses directions like north, south and west, never degrees. Degrees are used for absolute location.
Question 5
ከሚከተሉት ዉስጥ አግድም መስመሮችን የሚገልፃዉ የቱ ነዉ?
- A.መሬትን በሰሜናዊና በደቡባዊ ንፍቀ ክበብ ይከፍላሉ
- B.መሬትን በምስራቅና በምዕራብ እኩል ይከፍላል
- C.መነሻቸዉ ግሪንዊች ሜሪዲያን ነዉ
- D.ከሰሜን ወደ ደቡብ የተሰመሩ የሐሳብ መስመሮች ናቸዉ
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Answer: A መሬትን በሰሜናዊና በደቡባዊ ንፍቀ ክበብ ይከፍላሉ
Why
Lines of latitude run across the globe and split the Earth into a northern half and a southern half.
Question 6
በካርታ ወይም በሉል ላይ ከሚታዩ ዐብይ ትይዩ መስመሮች በትክክል ከዲግሪዉ ጋር የተጣመረዉ የቱ ነዉ?
- A.የካንሳር መስመር - 231/2°ደቡብ
- B.የካፕሪኮርን መስመር - 231/2°ደቡብ
- C.የምድር ወገብ - 90°
- D.የአርክቲክ ክበብ - 661/2°ደቡብ
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Answer: B የካፕሪኮርን መስመር - 231/2°ደቡብ
Why
The Tropic of Capricorn really is at 23 and a half degrees south, so that is the only correct match.
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