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Grade 6 Environmental science model exam, 2017 E.C. (2025)

A model exam set in 2017 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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  • 2017 E.C. model exam

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Question 1

በመሬት ላይ የሚገኙ ነገሮችን በሙሉ ወይም በከፊል ዝርግ በሆነ ወርቀት ላይ በመስፈርት አማካይነት ተመጥነው የሚታዩበት ስዕላዊ መግለጫ ምን ይባላል?

  1. A.ኮምፓስ
  2. B.ካርታ
  3. C.ጂ.ፒ.ኤስ
  4. D.ሉል
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Answer: B ካርታ

Why

A map shows things on the ground drawn to scale on flat paper. A compass only shows direction and a globe is a round model, not flat paper.

Question 2

ኢትዮጵያን በስተደቡብ አቅጣጫ የሚያዋስናት ሀገር የቱ ነው?

  1. A.ኤርትራ
  2. B.ደቡብ ሱዳን
  3. C.ኬንያ
  4. D.ሱዳን
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Answer: C ኬንያ

Why

Kenya lies to the south of Ethiopia. Eritrea is to the north, and Sudan and South Sudan are to the west.

Question 3

የጥያ ትክል ድንጋይ ፍፁማዊ መገኛው የቱ ነው?

  1. A.80 25' 58"ሰሜን ኬክሮስ እና 350 36' 35" ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ
  2. B.90 21' 56" ደቡብ ኬክሮስ እና 350 35' 36" ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ
  3. C.70 25 '57"ደቡብ ኬክሮስ እና 400 35' 37" ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ
  4. D.80 25 '58"ሰሜን ኬክሮስ እና 380 36' 35" ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ
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Answer: D 80 25 '58"ሰሜን ኬክሮስ እና 380 36' 35" ምስራቅ ኬንትሮስ

Why

The Tiya standing stones are in central Ethiopia, about 8 degrees north of the equator and 38 degrees east.

Question 4

ከሚከተለት ውስጥ የጎግሌ ካርታ ጥቅም ያልሆነው የቱ ነው?

  1. A.መረጃን ማከማቸት
  2. B.የአየር ላይ ፎቶ ግራፍ ለማንሳት
  3. C.ከሳተላይት ምስልችን ለመውሰድ
  4. D.የገበያ ትስስር ለመፍጠር
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Answer: D የገበያ ትስስር ለመፍጠር

Why

Google Maps stores information and shows satellite and aerial pictures of places. Creating a market link between traders is not something a map does.

Question 5

ከሚከተለት ውስጥ ሀይድሮ ክሎሪክ አሲድ የሚይዘው የስርአተ ልመት አካል ክፍል የቱ ነው?

  1. A.ጨጓራ
  2. B.አፍ
  3. C.ትንሹ አንጀት
  4. D.ትልቁ አንጀት
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Answer: A ጨጓራ

Why

The stomach makes hydrochloric acid, which helps break food down and kills germs in it.

Question 6

ቋሚ ስሪት ያላቸው ንፁህ ልይ ቁሶች ፣ ከአንድ አይነት አቶም ብቻ የተሰሩ ስለሆኑ በአካላዊም ሆነ በኬሚካዊ ሂደት ወደ ሌላ ቁስ አካል የማይፈራርሱ ልዩ ቁሶች የትኞቹ ናቸው?

  1. A.ውህዶች
  2. B.ድብልቆች
  3. C.ንጥረ-ነገሮች
  4. D.ኦክሳይዶች
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Answer: C ንጥረ-ነገሮች

Why

Elements are made of just one kind of atom, so they cannot be broken into any simpler substance.

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Is this the real Grade 6 ministry exam?

No. It is a model exam set in 2017 E.C. (2025) to prepare students for the ministry exam, in the same format. Our set holds 33 of its questions, each with its answer and a worked explanation.

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