PART II
[60 marks]
Answer all of Question 1
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What is the importance of a fuse in an electrical appliance?
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State two household appliances that have a fuse.
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What is teenage pregnancy?
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State two causes of teenage pregnancy.
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State three precautions against hazards.
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State two practices that destroy water bodies.
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Give two methods of conserving water bodies.
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What is aerobic respiration?
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State the main difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration.
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Explain the term potential difference.
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The potential difference across the terminals of a 100 Ω resistor is 250 V. Calculate the current flowing through the resistor.
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Which crop is infected by the Swollen Shoot disease?
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State the causative organisms of the disease.
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State the method of spread of the disease.
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Give two ways of preventing the spread of the disease.
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Consider the given elements: 37 X and 209 Y
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Write the electronic configuration for Y;
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State the possible ion that could be formed by X to make it more stable.
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What is a neutralization reaction?
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State three physical properties of a soil.
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Define the term power.
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If a machine hauls a packing case of mass 50 kg up a building that is 10 m high in 30 s, calculate the power of the machine.
[g = 10 m/s2]
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State three areas where technology is used for the benefit of humans.
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State three ways in which mulching restores soil resources.
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Name the two elements that combine to form ammonia gas.
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Write a balanced chemical equation for the formation of ammonia from the elements named in (i).
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The following information is on the feeding habits of some organisms:
man feeds on grasscutter;
toad feeds on grasshopper;
snake feeds on toad;
goat feeds on grass;
man feeds on hawk;
grasshopper feeds on grass;
hawk feeds on snake;
grasscutter feeds on grass.
Use all the information given above to construct a food web.
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What is a galaxy?
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State the relationship between stars and galaxies.
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Explain briefly the term Milky Way.
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State three effects of soil erosion on the growth of crop plants.
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Mention one method of controlling soil erosion.
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Name two science-related businesses.
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State the principles underlying the operation of each of the businesses named in (i).
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Explain how the female Anopheles mosquito transmits malaria to humans.
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State one chemical method of controlling mosquitoes.
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Name two fundamental units of measurement.
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State the physical quantity that one of the units named in (i) measures.
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