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MARKAZ ISLAMIC SEMINARY

FORM THREE MIDTERM EXAMINATION

013-GEOGRAPHY

April 2024-Time: 3:00 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11)questions.

2. Answer all questions in A, B and only two (2) questions in section C.

3. All drawings should be in pencil.

4. Cellular phones and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your name on every page of your answer sheet(s).

SECTION A (16 Marks)

Answer all questions from these sections.

1. For each of the following items (I-X) choose the most correct answer from the given alternatives by writing the letter of the correct answer in the booklet given.

   1. Which of the following is true regarding planets? A. All planets revolve around the sun.

2. They take 364 days to complete one revolution.

3. All planets revolve around the sun in the same orbit.

4. The planet temperature increases with the increasing distance from the sun.

5. All planets rotate around the moon.

2. What is the time of Bujumbura at 29⁰E when it is noon in Brazzaville at 14⁰E?

1. 1:00 pm

2. 1:00 am.

3. 11:00 am.

4. 10:00 am.

5. 11:00 am.

3. Dormant volcanic mountains are those which

A. Have never experienced an eruption.

2. Have erupted once but are no longer active.

3. Continue to erupt occasionally.

4. Erupt only when there is an earthquake.

5. Erupts every year.

4. If the temperature of Dar es salaam 100m above the sea level is 30⁰C, what will be the height of Moshi if the temperature is 10.8⁰C?

1. 1,600m.

2. 6,400m

3. 160m.

4. 4,800m.

5. 3,200m

5. Lines drawn on weather maps joining places with equal amounts of rainfall are called

1. Latitudes.

2. Isolines.

3. Longitudes.

4. Isobars.

5. Isohyets.

6. The process by which water is taken up by plants and released into the atmosphere is called

Condensation. Evaporation. Transpiration Evapotranspiration Precipitation.

7. Is the method of mining of minerals found very deep below the earth’s surface is called

Surface mining. Alluvial mining. Shaft mining Sizing mining In-situ mining. viii. Another name of mantle is
SIMA. Crust. Barysphere. Mesosphere Centric zone.

ix. Organically formed sedimentary rocks occur

1. Heat and pressure.

2. Solidification of molten Materials.

3. Eroded rock materials.

4. Chemical precipitation.

5. Animal and plant remains.

x. Is the middle value of the ordered data

1. Median.

2. Modal class.

3. Mode.

4. Arithmetic.

5. Mean.

2. Match each statement in Column A with the correct phrase in Column B in order to make a clear statement.

COLUMN A

COLUMN B

A type of agriculture involving growing cash crops on a large area of land. Agriculture is confined to the production of food crops for consumption by household members. iii. The system of keeping animals alongside cultivation. Another name for shifting cultivation. Beverage crops produced in plantations Tanzania. vi. Rearing of livestock with the main aim of producing milk, meat, wool and hides for Commercial purposes.

Mixed farming. Commercial livestock keeping. Plantation agriculture. Coffee and tea Subsistence agriculture. Slash and burn. Small-scale agriculture. Tea. Cocoa and coffee.

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions from these sections.

3. Explain the meaning of the following terminologies.

1. Alluvial mining.

2. Opencast mining.

3. Shaft mining.

4. Identify three types of rocks and their salient features.

5. With the aid of diagrams, draw and label the features of the ocean floor.

6. Read the following table below then answer the following questions.

Age	Frequency
0-4	10
5-9	15
10-14	40
15-19	15
20-24	12
25-29	8

1. Compute the mode of data given.

2. Find the median.

3. Present the data by using a simple bar graph.

7. With aid of examples, identify and define the four types of mountains as identified in geography.

8. Compare and contrast between photograph and map. (3 points each)

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer only two (2) questions from this section.

9. We use rocks in our daily life either directly or indirectly. What do you think are the economic impacts of rocks to man?

10. Although Tanzania is the one among the countries with low economic levels, still our government tries to manage the Rufiji Water Basin which is highly expensive. How can Tanzanians benefit from this project?

11. “Transport can raise or lower the economy of any country, that's why we need it indeed”. Explain the challenges facing transport in East African countries.

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