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Geography Paper 1B ,May/June 2013  
Questions:   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Main
General Comments
Weakness/Remedies
Strength

Question 3

(a) With the aid of diagrams, explain the following terms in relation to the shape of the earth.

(i) Sunrise and Sunset;
(ii) Circumnavigation.

(b) Calculate the distance between town A (latitude 5ºN) and town B (latitude 10ºN) if they are both situated on the same meridian.

OBSERVATIONS

 

Many of the candidates answered the question and majority of those who answered the question did very well. They were able to explain sunrise and sunset correctly and they also got the correct answer by calculating the distance between Town A to Town B. However, some of the candidates misinterpreted the question by assuming that “with the aids of diagrams, explain” mean the same thing as “use diagram to show”. Thus, after illustrating circumnavigation, sunrise and sunset with the diagrams such candidates did not make further explanation. This absence of explanation made them lose precious marks.

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