Grade 10 Geography MS Endterm 3 2026

END TERM 3 2026

GRADE 10

GEOGRAPHY

MARKING SCHEME & TEACHER'S GUIDE

TOTAL: 100 MARKS

GENERAL MARKING PRINCIPLE: Award scientifically/geographically correct alternative wording. For calculations, award method marks where the correct procedure is shown. For map/diagram responses, accept equivalent correctly labelled features where the evidence supports the answer.

1. Any two branches: Physical Geography, Human Geography, Practical Geography, Economic Geography, Environmental Geography, etc. (2×1) (2 marks)

2. Any two: resource mapping; planning; locating physical/human features; route planning; land-use planning; studying relief/drainage/vegetation; development planning. (2×1) (2 marks)

3. Any two: observation, interview, questionnaire, measurement, field survey, sampling, secondary/documentary research. (2×1) (2 marks)

4. Any two: hardware, software, data, people/users, procedures/methods. (2×1) (2 marks)

5. Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. (2 marks for all three; award 1+1+1 with max 2 if required.) (2 marks)

6. Any two: movement along faults/tectonic plate movement, volcanic activity, collapse of underground structures, human-induced seismic activity where appropriate. (2×1) (2 marks)

7. Any two: subsistence, commercial, intensive, extensive, mixed, pastoralism, arable, plantation agriculture, urban agriculture. (2×1) (2 marks)

8. Any two: open-cast/opencast mining, underground mining, shaft mining, drilling, quarrying, dredging, alluvial mining. (2×1) (2 marks)

9. Any two: solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, tidal/wave. (2×1) (2 marks)

10. Any two: raw materials, market, transport, labour, power/energy, capital, water, government policy, land/site, security. (2×1) (2 marks)