Grade 9 Life Orientation Exam Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the Grade 9 Life Orientation exam scope including lifestyle choices, health, time management, and post-Grade 9 options.

Influences on personal lifestyle choices

Factors including Media, Environment, Friends and peers, Family, Culture, Religion, and Community.

Informed decision-making skills

An appropriate response to influences on lifestyle choices that involves evaluating positive and negative influences.

Assertiveness skills

A response to personal lifestyle influences characterized by confident and firm decision-making.

Unwanted results of unhealthy sexual behaviour

Consequences such as teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, low self-esteem, and emotional scars.

Strategies for unhealthy sexual behaviour

Methods to address risk factors, specifically abstinence and change of behaviour.

Protective factors

Community structures that offer protection or resilience against high-risk behaviour.

Time-management skills

Accountability in carrying out responsibilities and knowing how to use time effectively and efficiently.

Reading and writing for different purposes

Skills used for activities like keeping a journal and summarising to improve literacy.

National and international days of celebration

Includes Human Rights Day, Freedom Day, Heritage Day, Reconciliation Day, Youth Day, Worker’s Day, Women’s Day, Africa Day, Nelson Mandela Day, and World Refugees’ Day.

Constitutional values

Values as stated in the South African Constitution that are applied in daily life.

Role models

Parents and leaders in the community/society who may be positive or negative in upholding constitutional values.

National Senior Certificate (NSC)

The qualification available for Grades 10–12 after completing Grade 9.

National Certificate Vocational (NCV)

A qualification option available through TVET colleges after completing Grade 9.

Knowledge of the world of work

Understanding the rights, responsibilities and opportunities available in the workplace.