GEOGRAPHY TOPICAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - ATIKA SCHOOL

Name the two types of earth movements that occur within the earth’s crust

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KCSE Geography Paper 1 2007 Section A Question 5.

(a) Name the two types of earth movements that occur within the earth’s crust

Horizontal earth movement/ original/lateral
Vertical earth movement/epeirogenesis

(b) Describe the origin of the continents according to the Theory of continental Drift

There was one land mass called pangea. surrounded by an enormous sea called pantalassa. The Norther hemisphere was called laurasia and southern Godwana land . Due to crustal forces led pangea to break into the present six continents drifting apart

(a) Name the two types of earth movements that occur within the earth’s crust (b) Describe the origin of the continents according to the Theory of continental Drift

The diagram below represents the structure of the earth. Use it to answer question

18/2/2021

KCSE Geography Paper 1 2007 Section A Question 4.

The diagram below represents the structure of the earth. Use it to answer question

The diagram below represents the structure of the earth. Use it to answer question (a) Name (i) The parts marked P and Q (ii) The discontinuity marked R (b) State three characteristics of the mantle

(a) Name
(i) The parts marked P and Q

p- hydrosphere
Q- Core

(ii) The discontinuity marked R

Gutenberg discontinuity

(b) State three characteristics of the mantle

It’s made up of liquid rock.
It has very high temperature
It has a light density

The diagram below represents a barchan. Use it to answer questions (a)

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KCSE Geography Paper 1 2007 Section A Question 3.

The diagram below represents a barchan. Use it to answer questions (a)

The diagram below represents a barchan. Use it to answer questions (a) (a) Name (i) the feature marked X (ii) The air current marked Y (iii) The slope marked Z (b) Give two ways in which wind transports its load

(a) Name
(i) the feature marked X

horns

(ii) The air current marked Y

eddy currents

Name two types of the coastal deltas

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KCSE Geography Paper 1 2007 Section A Question 2.

(a) Name two types of the coastal deltas

Arcuate delta
Birds foot delta
Estuary/estuaries

(b) State two conditions that lead to deposition of silt at the mouth of a river

Overloading
Loss of velocity
Freezing of the stream
Slow moving bodies of water
Decrease of stream volume
Reduction of stream gradient
Present of barriers

(a) Name two types of the coastal deltas (b) State two conditions that lead to deposition of silt at the mouth of a river

State two effects of the rotation of the earth

18/2/2021

KCSE Geography Paper 1 2007 Section A Question 1.

(a) State two effects of the rotation of the earth

Causes day and night
Causes the deflation of winds and ocean currents.
Causes the difference of an hour between two longitudes.

(b) Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow

(a) State two effects of the rotation of the earth (b) Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow (i) Which movement of the earth is represented by the diagram? (ii) Give two effects of the movement represented by the diagram

(i) Which movement of the earth is represented by the diagram?

Revolution

(ii) Give two effects of the movement represented by the diagram

creation of seasons
Causes varying lengths of day and night of different year.
Causes changes in the altitude of the mid-day sun at different seasons
Causes lunar eclipse