Question 1
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Define the following terms
(i) Settlement
(ii) Urbanization
- State three effects of urbanization
Answer
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(i) Settlement – is a place with housing units where a group of people live together
(ii) Urbanization – refers to the process in which a population is transformed from a rural-based agricultural lifestyle to an urban-based non-agricultural lifestyle
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- Urbanization encourages national unity as people of different ethnic backgrounds come together and interact.
- It promotes links between countries as communication networks tend to focus on and are more developed in urban centres.
- It creates employment opportunities through the establishment of commercial and industrial activities.
Question 2
- Apart from polders, name two other reclaimed areas in the Netherlands.
- Apart from irrigation, name three methods of land reclamation used in Kenya
Answer
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- Draining rivers and marshlands
- Sandy and barren areas. -
- Draining swamps
- Tsetsefly control
- filling quarries
Question 3
- Distinguish between a game sanctuary and a national park
- Give three factors that favour establishment of natural parks in the semi-arid areas of East Africa
Answer
- Game sanctuary is an area set aside to protect specific plants and animals threatened with extinction while a national park is an area designated by the government in order to protect and conserve its special natural featuring
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- Small human settlement in semi-arid areas.
- The vastness of the semi-arid areas.
- To utilize the otherwise less useful semi-arid areas.
Question 4
- Distinguish between fish farming and fisheries
- State three characteristics of equatorial rain forest
Answer
- Fish farming is the breeding of fish in ponds while fisheries are water bodies that contain fish and other related resources (fishing grounds).
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- Narrow continental shelf / small surface area for fish breeding.
- The water is relatively warm for the growth of plankton on which fish feed.
- The coastline is fairly straight with few indentations hence less areas for building sea ports.
Question 5
- Name two forest reserves in Kenya
- State three characteristics of equatorial rain forest
Answer
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- Arabuko Sokoke.
- Witu. -
- The forests have a variety of species.
- The trees are huge and have buttress roots.
- The trees are mostly hardwoods.