Creation Responsibility
15 Grade 7 Religious Education (CRE) questions on Creation Responsibility, with worked marking schemes. 15 questions are available on this topic in full.
Question 1
4 marksIn a community near a Grade 7 learner's home, people have been cutting down trees carelessly, dumping waste in the river and killing wild animals for no good reason. The learner remembered that God gave human beings responsibility over creation. Explain four ways in which Christians can fulfil their God-given responsibility to take care of the environment.
(4 marks)
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Four ways Christians can take care of the environment (caring for creation as commanded in Genesis 1:28 and Genesis 2:15): (i) Planting trees and protecting forests to prevent deforestation. (ii) Keeping the environment clean by proper disposal of waste and avoiding pollution of rivers and the air. (iii) Protecting wild animals and not killing or harming them carelessly, conserving wildlife. (iv) Using natural resources such as water, soil and minerals wisely and avoiding wastage. (Other valid points: educating others on conservation; obeying environmental laws; avoiding bush fires.) Award any four well-explained points.
Question 2
1 markA factory pours untreated waste into a river, killing fish and making the water unsafe. From a Christian view on creation responsibility, this action is wrong mainly because it:
A. Reduces the profits of the factory owner
B. Encourages people to fish elsewhere
C. Destroys God's creation and harms other people
D. Makes the river too full of water
(1 mark)
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1 markAccording to Genesis, God gave human beings authority to rule over the fish, birds and animals. Christians best understand this authority as a call to:
A. Sell all animals for personal profit
B. Exploit natural resources without limit
C. Destroy any animals that are not useful
D. Care for and protect God's creation responsibly
(1 mark)
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4 marksExplain why Christians should regard themselves as stewards rather than owners of the environment.
(4 marks)
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Any four (1 mark each): God is the true owner/creator of everything; humans were given the environment to look after on God's behalf; stewards will one day account to God for how they used creation; caring for creation shows obedience and gratitude to God; God commanded humans to till and keep the earth; abusing creation is disobeying God's command; caring for creation preserves it for future generations.
Question 5
3 marksGive three consequences of human beings failing to take care of God's creation.
(3 marks)
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1 markAfter learning that God placed human beings in charge of creation, a Grade 7 learner wanted to know the responsibility God gave to human beings over the rest of creation. According to Genesis 1:28, what did God instruct human beings to do?
A. To worship the animals and plants
B. To destroy any creatures they did not like
C. To rule over and take care of all living creatures
D. To leave creation untouched forever
(1 mark)
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1 markChristians believe that human beings were created in the image of God. One implication of this teaching for how people treat creation is that they should:
A. Take everything they want from nature
B. Ignore the needs of other creatures
C. Manage the earth wisely as God would
D. Believe they are equal to God in power
(1 mark)
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1 markAfter learning about creation, Grade 7 pupils decide to plant trees around their school compound. Which Christian responsibility toward creation are they practising?
A. Being good stewards of God's creation
B. Proving that humans created the environment
C. Rejecting the biblical account of creation
D. Worshipping the trees they have planted
(1 mark)
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3 marksState three ways in which Christians can care for the environment in their local community.
(3 marks)
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Any three (1 mark each): planting trees/afforestation; proper disposal and recycling of waste; conserving water (harvesting rainwater, avoiding wastage); protecting animals and wildlife; avoiding pollution of air, water and soil; educating others on conservation; participating in clean-up activities.
Question 10
1 markDuring a CRE lesson, the teacher explained that God gave human beings a special role over creation. According to Genesis 1:28, God commanded human beings to:
A. Worship the animals they were given
B. Fill the earth, subdue it and have dominion over it
C. Avoid touching any of the plants
D. Destroy all the wild animals
(1 mark)
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6 marksIn a school assembly, a teacher told learners that God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden and gave him work to do.
(a) State the responsibility God gave to the human being in the Garden of Eden. (2 marks)
(b) Give two ways in which Grade 7 learners today can carry out the responsibility God gave to humans over creation. (4 marks)
(6 marks)
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(a) God put the human being in the Garden of Eden to till it / work it and to take care of / keep it (Genesis 2:15). Humans were also given dominion/stewardship over creation to rule over the fish, birds and every living creature (Genesis 1:28). (2 marks) (b) Any two, well explained (2 marks each): - Planting trees and caring for the environment to prevent destruction of God's creation. - Keeping the environment clean by proper disposal of litter and avoiding pollution. - Conserving water and using natural resources wisely without wastage. - Protecting and caring for animals and not being cruel to them. - Avoiding deforestation and harmful activities that destroy God's creation. (4 marks)
Question 12
1 markIn the biblical account, God placed human beings in the Garden of Eden and told them to 'till it and keep it'. This instruction teaches Christians to:
A. Leave the land completely untouched
B. Sell the garden for money
C. Fence off nature from all people
D. Work on and take care of the environment
(1 mark)
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1 markWhich of the following is the MOST direct way a Christian youth can conserve the environment at home?
A. Burning plastics in the compound
B. Separating and recycling household waste
C. Leaving taps running the whole day
D. Cutting down all trees for firewood
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1 markWhich activity below shows IRRESPONSIBLE use of God's creation?
A. Overgrazing land until it becomes bare and eroded
B. Harvesting rainwater for household use
C. Practising crop rotation to keep soil fertile
D. Planting cover crops to prevent erosion
(1 mark)
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1 markA group of learners forms an environmental club that fences off a wetland to protect the birds and frogs living there. This is an example of Christians promoting:
A. Conservation of biodiversity
B. Overfishing in wetlands
C. Deforestation for farming
D. Pollution of the environment
(1 mark)
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