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ST MARYS SECONDARYS SCHOOL

2021 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION
GEOGRAPHY
Subject Number: M073/1
Time Allowed: 2Hours 30 Min
Tuesday 03 August 2021
PAPER 1
(110 marks)
MAP READING AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Instructions 8. In the table provided on this page

1. This paper contains 12 pages. Please tick against the number of question
check you have answered.
2. The paper has five questions. Question Tick if Do not write
3. There are two sections A and B Number answered in these
4. Section A comprises of three columns
questions and candidates must 1
answer all the three questions. 2
5. Section B comprises of two 3
questions and candidates must 4
answer one question only. 5
6. All written maps and drawings
should be neatly drawn in pencil.
7. Write your name at the top of the
page of this question paper.

PLEASE DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

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SECTION A (85 marks)

Answer All the questions
Study the 1: 50 000 map extract of Dowa and answer the questions that follow:
1. a. i. Identify the human made feature found at grid reference 045867.
_________________________________________________________________(1mark)
ii. Give the six – figure grid reference for the trigonometrical station 29/NYP on Dowa
Hills Forest Reserve.
________________________________________________________________ (2marks)
iii. Describe the drainage pattern displayed by rivers between Northing 87 and Northing
89, east of Easting 06.
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________________________________________________________________(2 marks)
b. i. State any two land use activities on the map.
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________________________________________________________________(2 marks)
ii. Calculate the bearing of the trigonometrical station 268/MWT in grid square 0489
from Lichape Village in grid square 0786.
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________________________________________________________________(3 marks)
iii. In what other two ways has relief been represented on the map apart from use of
trigonometrical stations?
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c. i. State whether Kamtumbo Village in grid square 0185 and Mchikhola Village in grid
square 0288 are intervisible.
_________________________________________________________________(1 mark)
ii. Give a reason for your answer in (c.i.) above.
________________________________________________________________(2 marks)
iii. Calculate the area of land covered by Dowa Hills Forest Reserve. Show your working.
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(4marks)
d. i. Name the commonest settlement pattern found on the map.
_________________________________________________________________(1 mark)
ii. Measure the length of S31 road from Easting 08 to where it crosses Northing 87.
________________________________________________________________(2 marks)
iii. Express the scale used on the map to simple statement.
________________________________________________________________(2 marks)
e. i. Calculate the new scale if the map of Dowa reduced to half its original size. show
your working.

(3marks)

ii. Enrage the map from north of Northing 85 to Northing 88 and from Easting 01 to
Easting 03, to twice its original size. Use the graph paper provided. (4 marks)
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iii On the enlarged map, Show the following.

a) Dowa Hills Forest Reserve (2 marks)
b) The New Scale (1 mark)
c) S31 road (1 mark)
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2. Figure 1 is the graph showing atmospheric pressure for different places. Use it to answer
questions that follow

a. i. Which of the marked places A, B and C has the highest air pressure? Give a reason.
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ii. What is the barometer reading at the level marked J? Give a reason for your answer.
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iii. Mention any three factors that affect air pressure.
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iv. Describe what happens to air pressure from A to C.

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_____________________________________________________________________(2marks)
b. i. Define the term “dew point”
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_______________________________________________________________________(1mark)
ii. Identify the type of cloud with a thin white sheet that causes the sun and the moon to have
haloes.
_______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)
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c. i. Give two reasons why Pluto was removed from being a planet.
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ii. Explain two ways how the position of the earth contributes to life and human activities.
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iii. Explain two effects of the shape of the earth
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iv. Apart from causing Seasonal changes such as summer, winter, spring and autumn, give the
two other effects of the revolution of the earth.
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3. a. i. What are local winds?

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ii. Distinguish prevailing winds from local winds
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iii. Explain how prevailing winds are influenced by air pressure belts

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iv. Using a well labeled diagram illustrate how wind direction is affected using rotating globes

(6marks)
b. i. Mention two elements of weather and instrument used to measure them.
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iii. List down two qualities of a place to locate weather station.

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______________________________________________________________________(2 marks)

c. Study the climatic data below and use it to answer questions that follow

i. Calculate total annual rainfall for the station.

(2marks)
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ii. In which hemisphere is the station located

________________________________________________________________(1mark)
iii. Identify any two vegetation characteristics of this climatic region
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________(2 marks)
iv. Mention any two wildlife that can be found in this climatic region.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________(2marks)

SECTION B (25 marks)

Answer one question only
4. Study the figure below showing a map of Southern Africa. Use it to answer questions that
follow.

a. i. Describe the variations in cloud cover in the region.

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ii. Explain two reasons why there are these variations in cloud cover in the region.
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b. i. Explain two main processes of mountain building that are related to plate tectonics
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ii. Using a diagram describe how mountain of accumulations are formed.

(6 marks)
c. Study the figure below showing an instrument for measuring an element of weather.
Use it to answer questions that follow.

i. Identify the instrument above.

_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)
ii. Which element of weather does the instrument measure?
_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)
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iii. What happens to the alcohol in the right arm of the instrument above when
temperature rises?
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iv. Interpret the data that has been collected by this weather instrument in terms of
Maximum and Minimum temperatures
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d. Figure 2 shows the relief rainfall. Use it to answer questions that follow.

i. What term is used to refer to side Marked M

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ii. Why does side K receive little or no rain
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iii. Apart from the rain type shown above name any two types of rainfall.
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5. a. Draw a well labeled diagram to show how cyclones move in the southern hemisphere.

(4marks)
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Study the map below and answer the questions that follow

b. i. Name the ocean currents marked X and Y.

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ii. Why do deserts exist in areas adjacent to cold ocean currents?
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iii. Explain two uses of lines of longitudes
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iv. Describe how was Lake Chilwa formed?

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c. i. Using the diagrams below describe how an oxbow lake is formed.

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ii. Identify three social and economic activities that can take place along a river with oxbow

lakes
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d. Study the picture of Mississippi Delta on the Mississippi river below and answer the questions
that follow

i. What type of delta is Mississippi Delta

____________________________________________________________(1 mark)
ii. Explain how deltas are formed.
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iii. Explain two reasons why the inner core is solid.
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