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The document is a marking scheme for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Geography Paper 1 for November 2024, consisting of 19 pages. It includes questions on various geographical concepts, factors affecting natural environments, and methods for data collection in field studies. The scheme provides guidelines for assessing student responses on topics such as the relationship between humans and the environment, pollution, and geological features.
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The document is a marking scheme for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Geography Paper 1 for November 2024, consisting of 19 pages. It includes questions on various geographical concepts, factors affecting natural environments, and methods for data collection in field studies. The scheme provides guidelines for assessing student responses on topics such as the relationship between humans and the environment, pollution, and geological features.
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312/11 MS
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 1
MARKING SCHEME
November 2024
2 KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 1
MARKING SCHEME
(CONFIDENTIAL)
THIS MARKING SCHEME IS THE PROPERTY OF THE KENYA NATIONAL
EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL AND IT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE KENY
NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL AT THE END OF MARKING
‘This marking scheme consists of 19 printed pages.
2024 The Kenya National Examinations Council
Turnover SECTION A
[No | Marking Scheme Marks
[
3) | What is Geography?
|
| Geography y study of the relationship between human beings and the
ceavironment{fhe study of the distribution and interdependence between
| nature and human aspects on the earth surtace/-shidy og tre Bh
oe 0 heme oF borrare kind, ‘ ao Qmarkey
‘ways in which Geography is related to Mathematics.
= Geographical information can be analysed through application of oe
Mathematical techni ger 8
= Mathematical principles/formulae are used in Geography to calculate eo nr
aredf distance/ population density. ips yet
= Geographical concepts are applied in calculating direction/bearing in |<
‘mathematics. .
- eae ‘can be presented by applying mathematical
techniques. Any Sabo (Smarks}
a)
y 3]3
State five factors that have led (o the decline of natural grasslands in [| ©5)
LY
Kenya.
= Human encroachment and replacement by settlements’! for Agriculture.
= Frequent bush fire outbreaks that destroys gras ie i
= Pests such as army worms and locusts destroy grasW/
4E Wild and domestic animals ov‘ 1g and destroying
ee ne a
= Feleard dusught/ desuetifeation
+ Sefdigmentin A ~
| stny StS mis)
2 ‘A Form One Class visited newrbry weather station. While there, one of
the students asked ihre importance of the Stevenson's sereen.
Give four responses that the weather
for accurate temperature reading
= ttensures afsafety ofthe delicate instruments kept ini.
1 rays of the —
+ It provides shade/ shelter from the rain/di
+ It is raised from the ground protecting the instruments from contact
with direct radiation from the earth's sets
Mesersom prevides tke
wee teat ee ~ ee beeeslie ee
ta)
(b)
the two types of ocean movements’
- vse
+ Horizontal movement.
Ate pollu an Teale fF add mins)”
‘Oceans,
State four causes of pollution in the Ini
= Deposition of silt and sediments from the hinterland. ¥
= Deposition of industrial wastes from industries into the oceans ¥
= Solid wastes are dumped at the beaches and find their way to the oceah.
+ Herbicides and pesticides from agricultural farms carried by rivers from
himertands tothe ocean, ¥/ age caltien! tenes
= Discharge of warm water used to cool machines/industrial plants,
= Spillage of from oil ships/tankers into the ocean waters.’
Rave Senys. de
petal Tab th cea
A 3. (@) | Name two types of deserts by the nature of their surfaces.
sna f oer
Stony'fcs Sqtee/ Sai
RockyfHamada),
Badlands.
(b) | Give three features associated with inland drainage basins in arid
areas.
ni ol cones
+ Phayasifs, Mehas
+ Salinag{Sa law
ye er
fe aeeeehale,
etal. ether: / strona: SECTION B
Answer question 6 and any other two questions from this section.
‘Study the map of Tambach (150,000) (sheet 90/3) and answer the
6.
following questions.
(a) (i) | What is the bearing of Air photo principal point at grid square 0180
aw from the Trigonometrical station 90S5 at grid square 04757.
Vf te ow f°
3258 B24 EL / Nse@w tf
(323) 325°) A asw— Nava) Gren
(i
Identify two physical features found in grid square 9581
Gently slope
oe
Valley. J
= Seasonal swamp.
oso
= scattied tress 4 2) Anya -2marks|
Calculate the area of the planted forest at Kapchemutwa. Give your
answer in square kilometers.
he tos [7-Blan? — 9-5 he) | (2marks)_. (iv) | Name three types of vegetation found in the area West of
Fasting 88,
= Serb
= Woodland
Forest. if,
ttered trees!
(o) | Using a seale of Lem to represent 40,metres draw a cross
Section from grid reference 830650 in-910650
On it mark and name the following
(i) | Dry weather road.
(ii) | Gentle stops.
(iii) | Seasonal swamp,
tis) | River Kerio. GRID
aah
Dry weather Road, T mark
Gentle slope. T Lm / Log 1 mark
(iit) Seasonal swamp. | mark
(iv) River Kerio, | mark
(¥) Correct trend. 1 mark
(vi) Title. 1 mark
(viiy Start and end point. | mark
Total (7 marks) fas influenced the distribution of
settlement in the area covered by the map.
There are many settlements in the Nomthwest and Southwest
because the land is gently sloping.
‘There [Link] settlements on some of the [Link] the,
Fastem side/North Eastern side because they are steep. "7
There ate few settlements gn Elgsyo escarpment because the
area has steep slopes. ¥ W
= There are few settlements on the floor of Kerio Valley
Y
because it is low lying. 77
= There are settlements at the foot of some of the hills on the
| Eastem side of the area because they are gently sloping. */
= There are no settlements on the hills on the North Eastern
day Bx 2—(6marks)
side because they are steep. Ae ,
Citing evidence from the map, give three economic activities
carried out in the area covered by the map
Activity Evide
- Trading shops to pooh
= Cattle rearing Cattle dips!
een
= Transportation
- Lumbering Saw mills.
‘The diagram below represents features formed through mate yUseit to answer
question a()) and (ii) Fermatien cenaptsstienal :
= Fhe coke Gf ie emu an sub Fisted. eamabonaet
= Wits bed & feimattin
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