Question 1
- What is a Stevenson screen
- State any two qualities that make Stevenson Screen suitable for its work
Answer
- It is a wooden levered box that contains the instrument of weather measurement
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- Louvered to allow free air circulation
- Coated white to reflect light
Question 2
State two effects of earth quakes on built up areas.
Answer
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- Collapsing/cracking of building
- Loss of life (human animal plant)
Question 3
- What is a lake
- State any two ways in which lakes influence natural environment.
Answer
- It is a large mass of water occupying a depression.
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- It act as a receivour in water cycle.
- Support biodiversity/support both Flora and Fauna
Question 4
Outline any three characteristics of Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
Answer
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- It is an area of low-pressure belt/doldrums.
- The region receives heavy convectional rainfall and thunderstorms.
- It is characterised with high temperature/associated with high temperature.
Question 5
- Name any three agents of erosion
- State any three characteristics of sedimentary rocks.
Answer
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- Wind
- Running water
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- They are delivered from pre existing rocks
- They are laid down in layers called strata;
- Contains fossils/inorganic matter (Fauna and flora)