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Geography Form 2 Question Paper

Geography Form 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

PARKLANDS BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
END TERM EXAM - MARCH 2010
GEOGRAPHY FORM 2

1
a. Apart from the sun, name other heavenly bodies in the solar system. (4mks)

b. State four effects of the rotation of the earth (4mks)

c. Name two layers of external structure of the earth (2mks)

d. Give two discontinuities that form part of the internal structure of the earth (2mks)

2
a. State the factors that determine the amount of solar radiation which reaches the earth's surface (4mks)

b. Name three processes in which the atmosphere is heated (3mks)

3
a. How does sea breeze occur (3mks)

b. Name four layers of the earth's atmosphere (4mks)

c. State three factors that influence climate (3mks)

d. Give reasons why the recording of data at a school weather station may be inaccurate (3mks)

4
a. Identify four characteristics of convectional rainfall (4mks)

b. What is weather forecasting (2mks)

c. Name four elements of weather (2mks)

d. Give reasons why Stevenson Screen is:-

i. Painted white (2mks)
ii. Has spaces on the sides (2mks)

5
a. Write down two types of questionnaires (2mks)

b. State four advantages of using questionnaires in collecting statistical data (4mks)

6. You intend to carry out field study on population in the local open air market.

i. State three reasons why it would be necessary for you to visit the market before the actual study (3mks)

ii. Give four methods you would use to collect information on pollution (4mks)

iii. State three follow up activities necessary for the study (3mks)

7
a. State with examples three classes of mechanically formed sedimentary rocks (6mks)

b. Give two classifications of chemically formed sedimentary rocks (2mks)

8
a. Define mining (2mks)

b. Name four ways in which minerals occur (4mks)

9
a. Explain four ways in which mining contributes to the economy of Kenya (8mks)

b. State four negative effects of mining on the environment (4mks)

10
a. Name the two major types of earth movements that occur within the earth's crust (2mks)

b. Name four causes of earth movements (4mks)

c. Give three plate boundaries (3mks)

11. Draw a simple fold and on it mark and name:-
a. Anticline (1mk)
b. A limb (1mk)
c. A syncline (1mk)

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