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Geography test – Term 3
Grade 10
INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY
COLLEGIATE
GEOGRAPHY TEST
TERM 3
GRADE 10
OCTOBER 2020
DURATION: 1HR
MARKS: 60
EXAMINER: G A ACHUMBA
MODERATOR: C MANNUEL
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PAGES
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Geography test – Term 3
Grade 10
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write neatly and legibly.
3. Number the questions as they are numbered on this paper.
1.1 SHORT QUESTIONS
Match the concept/term in COLUMN A with the description in COLUMN B.
Write the question number (1.1 - 1.8) and the letter A - I next to in the answer
book. e.g. 1.1.9=J
COLUMN A
1.1.1 Birth rate
1.1.2 Block Mountain
1.1.3 Richter Scale
1.1.4 Life expectancy
1.1.5 Infant mortality
rate
1.1.6 Syncline
1.1.7 Fold Mountain
COLUMN B
A mountains formed by the compression of sedimentary
rock strata.
B the trough or bottom part of a folded rock .
C Number of children who die before they reach age 5
D The number of babies born per 1000 population per
year
E The instrument used to measure Earthquakes.
F Land that has moved upwards along fault lines..
G The instrument used to measure the severity of
earthquakes
1.1.8 Siesmograph
H Average number of years a person can expect to live
I The top part of a folded rock strata.
(1x8)(8)
1.2
SHORT QUSTIONS
Select the correct answer from the list provided below to match the
statements 1.2.1 – 1.2.7. Write only the correct word next to each question
number, for example 1.2.8 pyramid.
(Asymmetrical fold, Symmetrical fold, metamorphic rock, Lacolith, Batholith,
igneous intrusions, Geomorphology)
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4
1.2.5
1.2.6
The Largest and deepest of all igneous intrusions.
Formed by magma within the earth’s crust.
When the folded limbs are equal or balanced.
Rocks that have been altered by extreme heat and pressure.
The study of landforms and processes that form them.
When the limbs of the fold are not equal or balanced.
(6x1)(6)
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Geography test – Term 3
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Grade 10
About 300,000 people were injured in the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
The Haitian Government put the death toll at 230,000 people.
300,000 houses were destroyed.
1,500,000 people were still living in tents months after the earthquake.
More than 800 orphans are going through the process of being adopted.
1.3 EARTHQUAKES
Devastation caused by earthquake.
1.3.1 Decide if the Earthquake happened in a more developed Country or a less
developed country ?
(1x2)(2)
1.3.2 Describe any two destruction that resulted from the Earthquake.
(2x2)(4)
1.3.3 Give two reasons why less developed countries are less able to cope with
Earthquakes than more developed countries? Write your answers under
these headings : Settlement, Planning.
(2x2)(4)
1.3.4 Describe these terms associated with Earthquakes
(i) Epicentre (ii) Focus (iii) P waves
(3x2)(6)
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Geography test – Term 3
Grade 10
1. 4
. Examine CARTOON 2.3 showing the MOVEMENT OF THE CONTINENTS
OVER TIME. Answer the following questions.
CARTOON 2.3: MOVEMENT OF CONTINENTS OVER TIME
1.4.1 Name the theory that is described in the cartoon.
(1x2)(2)
1.4.2. Name the super continent that the two continents in the cartoon belonged to
50 million years ago.
(1x2)(2)
1.4.3. Explain the difference between divergent and convergent plate
boundaries.
(2x2)(4)
1.4.4. In a paragraph of no more than 8 lines, discuss FOUR pieces of EVIDENCE
to prove that the continents were once joined.
(4x2)(8)
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Geography test – Term 3
Grade 10
2.0
Study FIGURE 2.5 showing a COMPOSITE VOLCANO. Answer the questions.
FIGURE 2.5: COMPOSITE VOLCANO
2.1.1. What is the difference between an active and a dormant volcano?
(2x2)(4)
2.1.2. Briefly explain how a composite volcano is formed.
(1x2)(2)
2.1.3. In a paragraph of no more than 8 lines, describe the POSITIVE and
NEGATVE impact of volcanoes.
(4x2)(8)
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TOTAL:60
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