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Grade 7 Life Orientation Term 3 Test 1 + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for their Term 3 Life Orientation assessment with this comprehensive 70-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 90 minutes and focuses on substance abuse, career choices and challenges, environmental health and pollution.

The test covers:

  • Substance abuse
  • Different forms of substance abuse
  • Alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs
  • THC and marijuana
  • Ecstasy (MDMA)
  • Heroin
  • Nicotine and cigarettes
  • Caffeine
  • Addiction
  • Physical symptoms of substance abuse
  • Emotional symptoms of substance abuse
  • Behavioural symptoms of substance abuse
  • Intrapersonal factors contributing to substance abuse
  • Interpersonal factors contributing to substance abuse
  • Low self-esteem and poor coping skills
  • Protective factors
  • Positive self-esteem and support systems
  • Positive role models and healthy hobbies
  • Preventing substance abuse
  • Drug-awareness campaigns
  • Healthy alternatives to substance use
  • Career choices
  • Personal interests and career goals
  • Personality traits and career suitability
  • Challenges when pursuing a career
  • Academic and resource-related barriers
  • Career guidance and mentorship
  • Alternative career paths
  • Environmental health
  • Recycling
  • Pollution
  • Air, water and land pollution
  • Industrial pollution
  • Domestic pollution
  • Factory emissions
  • Effects of pollution on human health
  • Effects of pollution on plants and animals
  • Water contamination
  • Ways to reduce environmental pollution
  • Community environmental projects

Total: 70 marks | Duration: 90 minutes | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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