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COMPETENCE BASED

7
CURRICULUM

202
JUNIOR SCHOOL
SOCIAL STUDIES
4 MARKING SCHEME
Please Note:

Facilitators are advised to go through the marking scheme as answers given

could not be exhaustive.

1. State two components of social studies? (3 mks)


a) History
b) Geography
c) Citizenship
d) Life skills
2. Study the diagram on structure of the earth (internal and external) below
and answer the questions that follow.

A Core
C Crust

D. Atmosphere
B Mantle
a. Name the regions marked A,B,C and D. (4 mks)
3. Write two effects of rotation and revolution of the earth. (4 mks)

Rotation of the Earth Revolution of the Earth


Causes day and night Causes seasons
Causes winds and ocean currents to Causes varying lengths of days and
change direction nights
Causes rising and falling of ocean Causes changes in position of the
tides midday sun

4. Identify the following weather measuring instruments. (3 mks)

Windsock Windvane Raingauge

5. Give one example of Communities in each of the groups below. (5 mks)

Bantu Nilotes Cushites Europeans Asians


Kikuyu Maasai Somali Americans Indians
Ameru Kipsigis Borana British Chinese
Abagusii etc Jemps etc Rendile etc Italians etc Arabs etc
6. The total number of people living in an area if referred to as Population
(1 mk)

7. Name the places in Kenya where the following minerals are mined ;(3
mks)

Mineral Place mined


Soda ash Lake Magadi in Magadi
Fluorspar Kimwarer In Kerio
Valley
Diatomite Kariandusi Near Gilgil
8. State two factors to consider when siting a weather station.(2 mks)
a. The area should be flat and away from tall buildings and trees.
b. The area should be accessible
c. The area should have good security etc
9. An area with high population is said to be densely populated whereas an
area with low population is said to be sparsely populated. (2 mks)
10. The way of life and doing thing in a community is known as Culture.
(1 mk)
11. List two aspects of culture in most of our communities; (2 mks)
a. Greeting
b. Food
c. Dressing
d. House
e. Gender Roles
f. Economic Activity
g. Animals kept Etc
12. List four elements of weather; (4 mks)
a. Sunshine
b. C. Wind
c. Temperature
d. Rainfall/Precipitation Any Other Correct
13. Monuments, museums, historic buildings and cultural centres are
referred to as
Historic Built Environments (1 mk)
14. Large carvings and models that remind us of our past heroes like Jomo
Kenyatta are known as Monuments/statutes (1 mk)
15. Name the capital cities of the following African countries.(2 mks)
a. Burundi Bujumbura
b. Morocco Rabat
16. Write the meaning of the following road signs.(3 mks)

Proceed with
No entry Bumps ahead
caution
Danger ahead

17. Name any two facts about planet earth.(2 mks)


i. It supports life, it the only planet with people and vegetation
ii. It’s a blue planet has liquid water, has oxygen, takes 24 hr to
make a complete rotation
iii. It is the third planet from the sun, takes approximately 149m
km from sun
iv. It is an inner/ terrestrial planet, takes 3661/4 days to make a
complete revolution
18. The sun is overhead the equator on dates. (2 mks)
i. 21st March
ii. 23rd September
19. The atmosphere consists of? (3 mks)
i. Water vapour
ii. Gases
iii. Dust particles
iv. Clouds smoke particles
20. The growing of fruits and vegetables is called horticulture(1 mk)
21. Timothy came across the road sign below at a junction. The sign turned
red. What action should he take?(1 mk)
Stop where he is and wait
22. Name the important lines of latitude in Africa. (3 mks)

a) Tropic of cancer
b) Equator
c) Tropic of Capricorn

23. A plane took off in Freetown 150 W at 7am local time. What is the
local time in Cape Town, 180 E (5mks)
Calculate the number of degrees between Freetown and Cape Town. 150 +
180 =330.
Calculate the time difference between the two cities. If 3600 = 24 hrs.
Then 330 =?
33x24÷ 360
=2 hrs. 12 minutes.
Since Cape Town is to the east of the Greenwich meridian, it means the
city is a head of Freetown.
Therefore, to get time in Cape town, add the time difference to Freetown
local time.
7.00 am + 2hrs 12 minutes= 9.12 am (Cape Town local time)

24. State three importance of maps in day to day lives. ( 3 mks)

a) Sketch maps are used to summarize information for easy reference.


b) Used for locating other countries.
c) Used for comparing sizes of countries.
d) For locating climatic regions of different parts of the world.
e) Give information on distribution of geographical phenomena
e.g. vegetation on the earth’s surface.
f) Help travellers to find their way.
g) Used to calculate distance of a certain place.
h) Used to locate physical features like landforms.

25. Identify the following maps. (3 mks)

Topographical map Atlas map A sketch map.


26. State three components of the solar system. (3 mks)
a) 8 planets
b) Dwarf planets
c) Moons
d) Asteroids
e) Comets
f) Meteors
g) Meteorites
h) Sun

27. Identify the following planets. ( 8mks)


i. Evening star-Venus
ii. Red planet-Mars
iii. Giant planet-Jupiter
iv. Life’s planet-Earth
v. Smallest planet-Mercury
vi. Ringed planet-Saturn
vii. Bellied planet-Uranus
viii. Coldest planet-Neptune

28. Name any two theories explaining the origin of the earth.( 2 mks)
i. Passing star theory
ii. Nebula cloud theory
iii. Big bang theory
iv. Supernova theory
29. Discuss the origin of the solar system under any of the theories you
have listed above,( 5 mks)
The passing star theory
a) A star with a greater gravitational pull passed near the sun
b) It attracted large quantities of gaseous materials from the sun
c) The materials split, cooled and condensed to form planets
d) The planets were set in orbit by the passing star
The nebula cloud theory
a) There was a slowly rotating cloud of dust and gas called Nebula. This
caused high concentration of materials at the center that formed the
sun.
b) Rotation speed increased and successive rings of gaseous materials
were formed.
c) The rings condensed to form planets.
d) The materials grew in size enough to exert their own gravitational pull.
e) The central gaseous material remained as the sun
30. State three names that describes the shape of the earth. ( 3 mks)
a) Geoid
b) Ovoid
c) Oblate-spheroid
31. List down three proofs that the earth is spherical ( 3 mks)
a) circumnavigation
b) Approaching ship
c) earth rotates from west to East
d) Eclipse of the moon
e) Earth curved horizon
f) All other planets are round
32. State four Effects of Rotation of the Earth (4 mks)
a) Creates day and night because at any one time one side of the
earth faces the sun (day) and the other remains in darkness
(night).
b) Causes deflection of winds and ocean currents in the N hemisphere
to the left and in the S hemisphere to the right.
c) It causes rising and falling of ocean tides.
d) Causes time difference between longitudes.
e) Lowest altitude during solstices.
f) Causes lunar eclipse due to revolution bringing the earth in line
with the sun and the moon.
33. State three ways the Rotation of the Earth affects human activities.
(3mks)
Effects of
Rotation How rotation affects human activities

Day and night Planning day and night activities


High and low tides
Helps in fishing activities Sea transport –

Triggering of cyclones, hurricanes and tornadoes for


Deflection of winds and example the deflection cause pressure changes
ocean currents which affect ocean currents and movement of wind
Growing of crops Aviation or sea transport Causes
flooding
Time difference Travelling Education Sports

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