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TERM 1 MID TERM EXAMS 2014
GEOGRAPHY FORM 2
NAME............................................................................ADM NO................CLASS..........
Answer all questions in the spaces provided
1(a) what is a mineral?
(1mk)
(b) Name four examples of minerals.
(4mks)
© State four characteristics of minerals.
(4mks)
2(a) Define the term `Rock’
(b)Distinguish between plutonic rocks and volcanic rocks.
(2mks)
(4mks)
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3(a) Describe the following categories of sedimentary rocks and give an example of each
(i)Mechanically formed sedimentary rocks
(3mks)
(ii) Chemically formed sedimentary rocks
(3mks)
(iii)Organically formed sedimentary rocks
(3mks)
4(a) what’s a metamorphic rock
(2mks)
(b) Give three main types of metamorphism.
(3mks)
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©Identify three factors that determine the rate of metamorphism in a rock.
5(i) Give three methods of collecting data during fieldwork.
(ii) Identify two methods of recording data during field work
(3mks)
(3mks)
(2mks)
6(a) Identify two theories that explain the origin of the earth.
(2mks)
(b)Identify two types of scales used in topographical maps.
(2mks)
7(a) The following diagrams represents the flow of air current. Use them to answer the
questions that follow.
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(i) Name the air current marked
F
E
(ii)What time of the day does the air current marked E below?
(2mks)
(1mk)
(b) Give three characteristics of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
(3mks)
8 Give three significance of rocks.
(3mks)
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