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Geography Form 1 Question Paper

Geography Form 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2006

IGUNGA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

GEOGRAPHY FORM 1 CAT II TERM II

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all the questions in this paper

SECTION A (20mks)

1.
a. Give two major branches of Geography (1mk)

b. Agriculture, Industrial and transport geography is referred to as ______ geography (1mk)

c. How is the study of Geography important to tourism here in Kenya? (2mks)

2.
a. A cluster of stars is known as? (1mk)

b. What is the name given to the planet with flattened poles, rotates very fast and is surrounded by methane gas (1mk)

c. Define the term orbit (1mk)

3.
a. What do you understand by the term 'equinox' (2mks)

b. What causes days and nights (1mk)

c. What seasons are there in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere when the sun is overhead at the tropic of cancer on 21st June (1mk)

4.
a. Give scientific names for the following layers of the earth (4mks)

i. Earth crust
ii. Mantle
iii. Outer core
iv. Water surfaces/layers

c. The time at station A is noon. The time at station B is 11.00 am. On what longitude is A located if B is on longitude 15 degree East? (3mks)

SECTION B (30MKS)

5.
a. Give two major differences between mesophere and thermosphere (2mks)

b. Name th instruments used to measure the following (3mks)
i. Wind speed
ii. Sunshine intensity
iii. Sunshine duration

c. Outline four factors which determine the amount of solar radiation which reaches the earth's surface (4mks)

d. Draw a well labelled diagram of a mercury thermometer (3mks)

e. Explain how the following affects temperature. (3mks)
i. Latitude
ii. Altitude
iii. Cloud cover

6.
a. The temperature at which air becomes saturated is referred to as? (1mk)

b. Define the word absolute humidity (2mks)

c. Identify two areas in Kenya where you expect high humidity. Give reasons for this weather phenomenon. (3mks)

d. Give one importance of moisture in the atmosphere (1mk)

7.
a. Give two conditions necessary for dew to form (2mks)

b. Using a fair diagram, explain how orographic rainfall forms (6mks)

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