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Educ 224: Environmental Education Question Paper

Educ 224: Environmental Education

Course:Bachelor Of Education Science

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2009

COURSE CODE: EDUC 224
COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL
STREAM: SESSION II

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions

QUESTION ONE
(a) What is the difference between the following terms as used in environmental education?
i) Ecosphere and Ecological niche (1 Mrks)
ii) Habitat and Ecology (1 Mrks)
iii) Population and Community (1 Mrks)
iv) Inertia and Resilience (1 Mrks)
v) Biosphere and Atmosphere (1 Mrks)
(b) i) What is environmental education (2 Mrks)
ii) Discuss the four (4) values of environmental education (4 Mrks)
iii) Explain the two (2) approaches used in the development of environmental education
curriculum in Kenya. (4 Mrks)
(c) Examine four (4) reasons why there is need for environmental laws in Kenya and the
world over (8 Mrks)
(d) i) Discuss the two types of diseases (5 Mrks)
ii) Explain the two categories of drugs (2 Mrks)

QUESTION TWO
(a) Discuss any four (4) principles of sustainable environment and society (4 Mrks)
(b) Elaborate on the properties of a mature natural ecosystem and a simplified human system.
(6 Mrks)
(d) Critically examine the activities that contribute to depletion of forest cover in Kenya
today. (6 Mrks)
(c) Identify and briefly explain any four (4) ways of controlling the world population growth
rate. (4 Mrks)

QUESTION THREE
(a) Critically examine five (5) approaches used by the world community in an attempt to
provide environmental protection. (10 Mrks)
(b) Define and show using a diagram the “green house effect”. (6 Mrks)
(c) i) Explain the meaning of ozone layer? (2 Mrks)
ii) Give two main causes of ozone depletion (2 Mrks)

QUESTION FOUR
(a) Define biodiversity and list three (3) types of biodiversity (2 Mrks)
(b) Clearly explain how the ecosystem functions (2 Mrks)
(c) Critically examine three (3) effects of environmental stress on a population. (6 Mrks)
(d) ) Discuss any five (5) causes of land degradation in Kenya today. (10 Mrks)

Educ 224: Environmental Education Question Paper

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