THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

013 GEOGRAPHY

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

TIME: 3 Hours   Thursday afternoon 11/10/2007

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D.

2. Answer all questions in sections A, B and C and one (1) question from each part of section D.

3. Map extract of Kigoma sheet 92/3 is provided.

4. Credit will be given for the use of relevant sketch maps and diagrams.

5. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

6. Electronic calculators are not allowed in the examination room.

7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)

SECTION A (25 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number.

(i) Clay as a parent rock can be classified as __________ rock.

1. pervious
2. porous
3. permiable
4. impermiable
5. permiable and impermiable

(ii) Circular depressions which are formed by glaciations in the highlands are

1. caldera
2. craters
3. cirques
4. hanging valleys 
5. aretes.

(iii) A drainage pattern, which looks like a tree with its branches is called

1. trellised
2. dendritic
3. radial
4. centripetal 
5. annular.

(iv) The second layer of the earth’s crust is known as

1. sial
2. sima
3. mantle
4. core
5. gotenburg gap.

(v) Wadis, Bajada, Buttes and Mesa are examples of __________ features.

1. wind erosion and deposition
2. glacial erosion and deposition
3. wave erosion and deposition
4. desert water erosion and deposition
5. river erosion and deposition

(vi) Which one of the following combinations form chemical weathering?

1. Organic acid and weak carbonic acid.
2. Temperature change and frost action.
3. Exfoliation and carbonation.
4. Mud flow and land slides.
5. Organic acid and temperature change.

(vii) A vertical feature formed out of the solidification of magma within the earth’s crust is called

1. phacolith
2. sill
3. dyke
4. lopolith
5. lacolith.

(viii) A coral reef with a circular elliptical shape enclosing a lagoon is called

1. fringing reef
2. barrier reef
3. lagoon
4. atoll
5. planktons.

(ix) If the temperature at 500 metres where the tourists start climbing mount Kilimanjaro is 20°C. What will be the temperature when they reach 2,000 metres above sea level?

1. 10°C.
2. 5°C.
3. 11°C
4. 12°C
5. 15°C.

(x) The process in which a river renews its erosion in its valley is called

1. regime
2. rejuvenation
3. capture
4. cavitation
5. abrasion.