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Geography F3 PP2 QS

This document is an examination paper for Form Three Geography, covering various topics such as forests, minerals, crop production, and tourism statistics. It includes instructions for candidates, a variety of questions requiring both short answers and explanations, and tasks involving data representation. The paper is structured to assess students' understanding of geographical concepts and their ability to analyze and interpret data.

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Geography F3 PP2 QS

This document is an examination paper for Form Three Geography, covering various topics such as forests, minerals, crop production, and tourism statistics. It includes instructions for candidates, a variety of questions requiring both short answers and explanations, and tasks involving data representation. The paper is structured to assess students' understanding of geographical concepts and their ability to analyze and interpret data.

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Name: _____________________________________________ Adm No: ____________Class: _____

Candidate’s Signature: ________________________ Date: __________________________

FORM THREE
GEOGRAPHY (312/2)
PAPER 2
END TERM 3 2024
Time: 2hrs 45 mins

Instructions to Candidates

Answer All Questions (100mks)


1. (a) (i) Distinguish between a forest and forestry. (2Marks)
(ii) Name two indigenous softwood trees species found in Kenya. (2Marks)
(b) (i) Mention three characteristics of planted forests. (3Marks)

(ii) Name two forest reserves in West of the Rift valley of Kenya. (2 Marks)
c) (i) State four characteristics of temperate hardwood forests. (4Marks)
(ii) Explain any three problems which have limited exploitation of tropical hardwood forests in
Africa (6Marks)
d) Give the difference between exploitation of softwood forests in Kenya and Canada under the
following headings:
i) Trees species (2Marks)
(ii) Mode of exploitation (2Marks)
(iii) Marketing of products (2Marks)
2. (a) Define the term mineral (2Marks)
b) (i) Name two areas in South Africa where diamond is mined. (2Marks)
(ii) Give four ways in which minerals occur. (4Marks)
c) (i) Explain Three negative effects of mining on the environment. (6Marks)
(ii) Identify any two main methods of mining. (2Marks)
(iii) Name a port through which minerals in East Africa are exported. (I Mark)

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d) Explain four ways in which soda ash contributes to the economy of Kenya. (8Marks)

3. Study the photograph below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

a) What type of a photograph is this? (2marks)


b) Name the economic activity taking place in the above photograph. (1mk)
c) Name the type of the economic activity mentioned in (b) above. (1mk)
d) If the photograph was taken with the camera facing north, what time of the day was
photograph taken? Explain your answer. (3marks)
e) (i)What was the weather at the time when the photograph was taken? (1mk)
(ii) give three reasons for your answer in (e)(i) above. (3marks)
f) Give three limitations of using photographs to represent data. (3mks)
g) Give the three main parts of a photograph. (3mks)
h) Name two types of aerial photograph. (2mks)

4. The table below shows crop production in Kenya in tones for a period of five years.
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Crop/Year 2007 2008 2009 2010
Maize 600 800 700 800
Peas 400 600 400 700
Onions 300 400 300 600
Cabbages 100 200 200 400

a) i) Using a vertical scale of 1cm represent 200 tones present the above data using a compound
bar graph. (9marks)
ii) State three advantages of using compound bar graph as a method of data presentation.
(3marks)
b ) calculate the percentage increase in maize production between 2009 and 2010. (2mks)
c) calculate the difference in total crops produced between 2007 and 2008. (2mks)
d) Apart from text books, give two sources of secondary data. (2mks)

5. The table below shows the number of tourists who visited Kenya from 2010 to 2012. Use it to
answer question.
COUNTRY NUMBER OF TOURISTS
Canada 90,000
Germany 150,000
Italy 60,000
U.S.A 100,000
France 110,000
TOTAL 510,000

(i) Apart from pie charts, name three other statistical methods that can be used to represent
the data in the table. (3marks)
(ii) Using a radius of 5cm, draw a pie chart to represent the data in the table above. Show
your calculations. (10marks)

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