Geography paper 2

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GEOGRAPHY

PAPER 2

TIME: 2 ¾ HRS

TOP GRADE PREDICTOR EXAMINATION

FORM 4 OPENER TERM 1 2015

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

  1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
  2. This paper has TWO sections: A and B.
  3. Answer ALL the questions in section A. In section B answer QUESTION6 and any other TWO questions from the section.
  4. ALL answers MUST be written on the answer booklet provided.
  5. Do not remove any pages from this booklet
  6. This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing

Section A

Answer all questions in this section

  1. (a). Name two areas of study in practical geography (2marks)

(b). Give three reasons why it is important to study geography (3marks)

  1. (a). Define the term mining (2marks)

(b). List three types of underground mining methods (3marks)

  1. (a.) Name three major forests found in the coastal region of Kenya (3marks)

(b). Give three reasons why agro-forestry is being encouraged in Kenya (3marks)

  1. State four physical factors favouring Cocoa growing in Ghana (4marks)
  1. (a). What is arable farming (2marks)

(b).Outline three human factors that influence agriculture in Kenya (3marks)

SECTION B

Answer question 6 and any other two questions from this section.

  1. The table below shows the quantity of some minerals produced in Kenya in thousand tonnes (1,000tonnes) between years 2007 and 2010. Use it to answer questions (a) and (b)

Mineral/Years / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010
Soda ash
Fluorspar
Salt / 387
85
12 / 503
130
24 / 405
6
24 / 474
41
6
Total / 484 / 657 / 435 / 521

(a). Calculate

(i). The percentage increase in Soda ash production between 2007 and 2008 (2marks)

(ii). The percentage decrease in Fluorspar production between 2008 and 2009(2marks)

(b)(i). Using a radius of 5cm, draw pie chart to represent the production data for the three minerals in 2010 (5marks)

(ii) Apart from a pie chart, name two other statistical methods that can be used to represent the data in

the table (2marks)

(iii) Give three advantages of using a pie chart to represent statistical data(3marks)

(c). Give three uses of Soda ash (2marks)

(d). Explain how the following factors influence mineral exploitation

(i). Size of mineral deposit (2marks)

(ii). Mode of occurrence of minerals (2marks)

(iii). The value of the mineral (2marks)

  1. Study the map below and use it to answer the question that follow.

(a). Identify the minerals mined in the areas marked W, X, Y and Z.(4marks)

(b). (i) Describe the extraction and processing of Trona at lake Magadi(6marks)

(ii). Name two areas where gold is mined in South Africa(2marks)

(c). Explain four ways in which open cast mining method affects the environment(8marks)

(d). Students of a school in Makindu District went for a field study at the oil refinery in Mombasa

(i). List three advantages of studying geography through fieldwork(3marks)

(ii). Give two problems that the researchers were likely to face during the field study (2marks)

  1. (a).Differentiate between afforestation and agro-forestry (2marks)

(b). State three factors influencing the growth and distribution of forests (5marks)

(c). (i). Name any two major forests in Kenya outside the Coastal region (2marks)

(ii). Give three characteristics of planted softwoods in Kenya(3marks)

(d). (i). Name any three valuable indigenous hardwoods in Kenya (3marks)

(ii). List four characteristics of equatorial rain forests (4marks)

(e). Explain three problems facing forestry in Canada (6marks)

  1. (a). (i). List four physical conditions necessary for the growing of tea in Kenya(4marks)

(ii). Give four roles of the Kenya Tea Development Agency in the management of tea farming in

Kenya today (4marks)

(b). Describe coffee growing in Kenya from planting to harvesting (2marks)

(c). (i). Differentiate between horticulture and market gardening (2marks)

(ii). Name three types of flowers grown under horticulture (3marks)

(d). Explain three factors that favour horticulture farming in the Netherlands (6marks)

  1. (a). (i). Differentiate between nomadism and pastoralism (2marks)

(ii). Give two characteristic of nomadic pastoralism (2marks)

(b). (i). Name three types of dairy animal breeds reared in Denmark (3marks)

(ii). State four differences between dairy farming in Kenya and Denmark (8marks)

(c). Explain three factors favouring beef farming in Argentina (6marks)

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