THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

FORM TWO SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, 2003

0013 GEOGRAPHY

TIME: 2½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A and B.

2. Answer ALL questions in section A and ONLY two questions from Section B.

3. Write your examination number on every page.

4. ALL answers in both sections must be written in this paper.

5. Cellphones and electronic calculators are not allowed in the examination room.

6. ALL writing must be in black or blue pen.

SECTION A

1.Read the following statements carefully and then write the letter of the most correct answer.

(i)The time when the sun is overhead on latitude 23½⁰S or 3½⁰N is called:

1. Solstice
2. Aphelion
3. Equinox 
4. Tropic of Cancer

(ii)The second nearest planet from the sun is:

1. Mercury 
2. Earth
3. Venus 
4. Jupiter

(iii)Which of the following is the largest scale?

1. 1:100,000
2. 1:10,000
3. 1:50,000
4. 1:1,000,000

(iv)Wind blows from:

1. highlands to lowlands
2. lowlands to highlands
3. low pressure areas to high pressure areas 
4. high pressure areas to low pressure areas

(v)......... causes the difference between the length of day and night.

1. Rotation of earth
2. Distribution oflongitudes
3. Inclination of the earth's axis
4. Revolution of the earth

(vi)Which of the following type of mountains result from the eruption of molten rocks from the earth's interior?

1. Block mountains
2. Volcanic mountains 
3. Residual mountains
4. Fold mountains

(vii)If it is 3.00 p.m. at Mwanza 33 ⁰ E in Tanzania, what will be the time at Bangladesh 50⁰E?

1. 10.00 a.m.
2. 4.32 p.m. 
3. 10.00 p.m.
4. 4.08 p.m.

(viii)Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

1. Water 
2. Air
3. Mineral 
4. Forest

(ix) The relative humidity of a region is low when:

1. The wet and dry bulb thermometers read the same
2. The difference between the readings of wet and dry bulb thermometers is large
3. The temperatures are high 
4. The temperatures are low

(x) The practice of seasonal movement to the mountains and to the valleys is called:

1. Agriculture 
2. Pastoralism
3. Transhumance
4. Hunting