Question 1
- Define the term game sanctuary
- List any three significance of wildlife in Kenya
Answer
- Game sanctuary - Is an area that has been set aside for the protection of birds and other kinds of animals
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- Attract tourists within and outside earns revenue /foreign exchange
- Offer employment opportunities thus raising the living standard
- Preservation of flora e.g. forests helps to preserve and protect water catchment areas
Question 2
- Name two middle East countries which produce large quantities of petroleum
- State three problems facing petroleum exploitation in middle East countries
Answer
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- Kuwait
- Qatar -
- Domination of oil exploitation by foreign based companies reduces profit margin
- The Arab Israel political crisis since 1948 hinder exploitation
- Disputes on territorial boundaries between certain middle East countries , limits expoitation e.g Iraq and Kuwait
Question 3
- What is energy crisis?
- State three benefits of rural electrification in Kenya
Answer
- It is a situation whereby the demand for oil is higher than the amount hat is being supplied leading to high oil prices
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- Encourage setting of industries in rural areas hence curbing down rural urban migration
- Reduces de-forestation in rural areas as people may rely on it for energy at home . over reliance on wood fuel
- Attract social amenities in rural areas avoid rural – urban migration
Question 4
- Differentiate between forests and forestry
- Give any three characteristics of softwood forests in Canada
Answer
- A forest is a collection of trees , shrubs ,grasses,herbs , mosses , fungi or large piece of a land covered by either one or more specimen of trees that grow naturally or planted while forestry is the science of developing, managing and protecting existing forests , in an effort to conserve them in their original form
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- The trees are conical in shape
- They occur in pure stands
- They grow tall and straight
Question 5
Study the table below of coffee production in Kenya and answer question (a) and (b) Production in‘000 tonnes of coffee in Kenya
- State three physical factors favouring coffee growing in Kenya
- List any two role of coffee in the economies of Kenya and Brazil
Answer
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- Growth in high altitude range between 910 - 2100m
- Red volcanic soil of medium loams which are deep well drained
- High rainfall of between 1000mm to 2030 mm
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- Coffee is exported to other countries hence earns foreign exchange improve other sectors of the economy
- The export earning helps in the balance of trade in both countries