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Eccq 1213:Earth And Environment Science Question Paper

Eccq 1213:Earth And Environment Science

Course:Civil Engineering

Institution: Technical University Of Kenya question papers

Exam Year:2013

Answer Questions One and any other Two Questions of Your Choice in the Answer Booklet Provided, Start each Question in a Fresh Page.
QUESTION ONE
(a) Describe the following
i. Environmental pollution. (2marks)
ii. Euhedral minerals (2marks)
iii. Food chain and food web (4marks)
iv. Reverse fault and normal fault (4marks)
(a) Differentiate between a recumbent fold and over thrust fold (4marks)
i. Define geophysics (2marks)
ii. Explain the application of geophysics in the structural zoning of the earth (4marks)
(b) Differentiate between allotromorphic and panidiomorphic rocks. (4marks)
(c) Explain planetismal theory of the origin of the earth (4marks)

QUESTION TWO
(a) Describe the different types of biodiversity and their importance in national development (10marks)
(b) Highlight causes of biodiversity loss (10marks)

QUESTION THREE
(a) Based on the origin and lithological constituents, describe three types of rocks (20marks)

QUESTION FOUR
(a) Describe the impact of air pollution on man and environment (10marks)
(b) With a well labeled diagram, describe a waste (sewage) treatment plant (10marks)

QUESTION FIVE
(a) Explain The process of chemical weathering (10 marks) (b) Explain five preventive measures of denudation of the earth’s unconsolidated sediments (10marks)

Eccq 1213:Earth And Environment Science Question Paper

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