Describe the following process of weathering.
i)Alternate wetting and drying.
ii)Carbonation.(Answered)
A part from alternate wetting and drying, name three processes of mechanical weathering.(Answered)
State five factors that influence mass wasting.(Answered)
State four indicators of occurrence of soil creep in an area.(Answered)
Give two processes of rapid mass movement.(Answered)
Explain three physical factors that enhance movement of materials along a slope due to gravity.(Answered)
Explain the following processes of weathering.
i)Hydration
ii)Oxidation
iii)Frost action.(Answered)
Give three factors that influence the rate of weathering.(Answered)
Explain the effects of mass wasting on the following.
i)Tourism
ii)Soil fertility(Answered)
Describe the following process of mass wasting.
i)Rock fall.
ii)Subsidence.
iii)Mud flows.(Answered)
State two physical conditions that may influence landslides.(Answered)
Give two process of slow mass movement.(Answered)
Explain four effects of mass wasting on the environment.(Answered)
Explain three factors that cause soil creep.(Answered)
List two types of mass wasting other the soil creep.(Answered)
Explain two ways in which plants cause weathering.(Answered)
Apart from plants give three other factors that influence the rate of weathering(Answered)
What is the difference between weathering and mass wasting?(Answered)
Give two processes involved in each of the following types of weathering
a)Physical weathering
b)Chemical weathering(Answered)
The diagram below shows mass movement on a slope Name the:
i)Type of mass movement shown
ii) Features marked P and Q(Answered)
State two conditions which may influence the occurrence of landslides.(Answered)
How is an exfoliation dome formed?(Answered)
What is mechanical weathering?(Answered)
State four efforts that have been made to improve transport in Africa.(Answered)
Give two reasons why it is difficult to transport goods from Mombasa to Lagos by road.(Answered)
Explain four advantages of rail transport over road transport.(Answered)
State four problems facing communication in Kenya.(Answered)
Name three modes of transport in Kenya.(Answered)
Explain four reasons why horticulture farming is more developed in the Netherlands than in Kenya.(Answered)
State five reasons for growing flowers under green houses.(Answered)
Name three vegetable horticultural crops grown in Kenya.(Answered)
Name four horticulture farms in Kenya.(Answered)
Name three main types of agriculture.(Answered)
What is sedentary farming?(Answered)
Compare forestry in Kenya and Canada under the following headings:-
(i) Transportation of the logs.
(ii) Felling of trees.
(iii) Tree species.(Answered)
Explain three problems which hinder the Kenya government’s effort to manage and conserve her forests.(Answered)
State five characteristics of softwood forests in Canada.(Answered)
Name two main exotic softwood trees grown in Kenya.(Answered)
State four reasons why afforestation should be encouraged in Kenya.(Answered)
What is reafforestation?(Answered)
State three reasons for reclaiming swamps in Kenya.(Answered)
Name two main reclamation projects in the Netherlands.(Answered)
Give three reasons why the government of Kenya encourages the establishment of Jua Kali Industries(Answered)
What is a cottage industry?(Answered)
State five factors which influence nucleated settlement pattern.(Answered)
State three characteristics of nomadic pastoralism.(Answered)
Define the term transhumance.(Answered)
State four positive effects of deserts features to man.(Answered)
Apart from barchan state three depositional features.(Answered)
Using well labelled diagram(s) explain how Barchan is formed.(Answered)
Describe how wind transport materials on the desert surface using the following processes.
(i) Surface creep.
(ii) Saltation(Answered)
Name two types of deserts landscapes.(Answered)
Give two reasons why sedimentary rocks are dominant along the Kenyan Coasts.(Answered)
State three changes that occur in rocks during metamorphism.(Answered)
Describe how sedimentary rocks are formed through physical processes.(Answered)
Name one example at each of the following types of sedimentary rocks.
-Chlorides.
-Arenaceous.
-Carbonaceous.(Answered)
Give three ways in which rocks can be classified.(Answered)
Differentiate between rocks and minerals.(Answered)
Identify two reasons why most lakes within the Rift Valley are salty?(Answered)
State three effects of climate change.(Answered)
State one feature formed when the plates move away from each other at the boundary(Answered)
State one feature formed when tectonic plates move towards each other.(Answered)
State the plate tectonic theory.(Answered)
The diagram below show the formation of some type of rainfall. Use it to answer question
Name the type of rainfall shown by this diagram.
Name the type of cloud marked A
List three weather conditions associated with the above name type of rainfall.(Answered)
What are the benefits of coral reefs in the areas they have developed?(Answered)
Name three types of coral reefs(Answered)
Name the three main layers at the atmosphere from the earth’s surface upwards.(Answered)
What is the relationship between Geography and Physics.(Answered)
You intend to carry out a field study on soils within school vicinity, name three properties of soil you are likely to identify.
(Answered)
You intend to carry out a field study on soils within school vicinity, state three methods of data collection you would use
(Answered)
Outline the characteristics of Chernozen and Latosols
(Answered)
State three types of intrazonal soils(Answered)
State three factors that contribute to soil leaching(Answered)
You plan to carry a field study on a river in its youthful stage, list two problems you may experience during the study
(Answered)
You plan to carry a field study on a river in its youthful stage, list two features you are likely to identify during the study(Answered)
You plan to carry a field study on a river in its youthful stage, state two reasons why you would need to prepare a working schedule
(Answered)
Describe the following drainage patterns
i)Trellis drainage
ii) Dendritic drainage pattern(Answered)
State three factors the determine the rate of river erosion
(Answered)
List three types of river erosion
(Answered)
State two benefits of the hydrological cycle.(Answered)
Draw a well labelled diagram of the hydrological cycle(Answered)
Suppose you were to carry a field study on vegetation on mt. Kenya, give two uses of mountain vegetation you are likely to study about.(Answered)
Suppose you were to carry a field study on vegetation on mt. Kenya, list two methods you would use to record data(Answered)
Suppose you were to carry a field study on vegetation on mt. Kenya, state threes objectives you would formulate for the study
(Answered)
State two problems associated with exploitation of tropical rain forest(Answered)
Describe three characteristics of tropical vegetation(Answered)
State two major vegetation regions or zones of Kenya.(Answered)
Explain three factors influencing the distribution of vegetation in Kenya.(Answered)
You intend to go for a field study to a region where folding has occurred identify two methods you would use to record the data.
(Answered)
You intend to go for a field study to a region where folding has occurred
State three reasons why you would conduct a pre-visit
(Answered)
Explain three positive effects of folding on the physical and human environment(Answered)
With the aid of a well labelled diagrams, describe how a fold mountain is formed.
(Answered)
Name two fold mountains in the alpine Orogeny(Answered)
Using well labelled diagrams, distinguish between a simple symmetrical fold and an asymmetrical fold(Answered)