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✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Accept any two of: - Crushed oyster shells / snail shells - Crushed eggshells - Bone meal (crushed animal bones) - Crushed Mukene fish (b) Accept any two of: - Feeding layers on a balanced diet rich in calcium and proteins - Providing clean fresh drinking water at all times - Vaccinating and deworming birds regularly to control diseases - Maintaining clean, well-ventilated, and dry poultry housing with comfortable laying nests - Providing adequate artificial light to stimulate laying

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension & Application (C & A).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) (i) Black jack: Animal dispersal (epizoochory) (ii) Sycamore: Wind dispersal (b) Accept any two of: - Have wing-like structures (e.g. sycamore) - Have parachute of fine hairs / pappus (e.g. dandelion, tridax) - Are very small and light in weight - Are dust-like (e.g. orchids)

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension (C).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Afforestation is the massive planting of trees in an area where there have never been trees before. (b) (i) To get land for farming and settlement (ii) To get wood fuel (firewood and charcoal) and timber. (c) Tree roots that absorb excess rainwater are destroyed, and bare soil easily allows rapid surface runoff into rivers and lakes.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Mark strictly on environmental cause-and-effect.

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Vena cava (Superior and Inferior vena cava) (b) Oxygenated blood (c) Accept any two of: - Have thick muscular walls to withstand high blood pressure from the heart - Have narrow lumen to maintain high pressure - Have elastic walls to expand and recoil as blood pulses - Have no valves (except at the base of the aorta and pulmonary artery)

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension & Knowledge (C & K).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Agroforestry is the agricultural practice of growing crops, planting trees, and keeping livestock on the same piece of land at the same time. (b) Accept any one of: - Fast growing - Leguminous (fix nitrogen in the soil) - Deep-rooted (does not compete with crop roots) - Have multipurpose uses (provide fodder, firewood, fruits) (c) Accept any two of: - Provides an additional source of income and food/timber - Improves soil fertility through fallen leaf litter and nitrogen fixation - Trees act as windbreaks and control soil erosion - Leaves provide fodder for livestock

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension & Application (C & A).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Siltation is the deposition and accumulation of eroded soil particles into water bodies. (b) Soil erosion. (c) Any two of: It causes flooding in local compounds. It blocks food and light for aquatic life. It reduces the oxygen supply to fish, leading to death.

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Soil drainage (or water retention capacity / porosity) (b) To prevent soil particles from falling into the collecting beaker / to filter soil from water (c) Sand soil drained fastest; because sand soil has larger particles with larger air spaces (pore spaces) that allow water to pass freely

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Application (A).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Gas state / Gaseous state (b) (i) Sublimation (ii) Freezing / Solidification (c) Camphor / Iodine crystals / Ammonium chloride / Dry ice (solid carbon dioxide)

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Knowledge & Comprehension (K & C).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) (i) Oxygen (O2) (ii) Carbon dioxide (CO2) (b) Accept any two of: - Blows off roofs of houses and destroys buildings - Causes soil erosion (wind erosion) - Spreads airborne diseases and raises blinding dust - Blows down and destroys crops in gardens - Causes boat accidents on water bodies

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Knowledge & Application (K & A).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) A fracture is a broken or cracked bone in the body. [1 mark] (b) In a simple fracture, the broken bone remains inside unbroken skin; in a compound fracture, the broken bone tears through muscle and pierces outside through the skin. [1 mark] (c) (i) Splints: Immobilize and hold the broken bone in one fixed position to prevent movement. [1 mark] (ii) Arm sling: Supports, immobilizes, and elevates a fractured or injured arm. [1 mark]

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: In (a), writing 'a broken bone' without mentioning 'cracked' loses precision. In (c)(i), 'keeps bone in one position' is the official mark-earning phrase.

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Primary Health Care. (b) (i) Community participation (ii) Affordability / Accessibility / Equity / Appropriate technology. (c) Because preventive measures (sanitation, clean water, immunisation) cost very little compared to expensive drugs and hospital admission.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Reward clear economic and social understanding.

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(i) Sorting: Separates clothes by color to prevent staining, and by texture/dirtiness to protect delicate fabrics. (ii) Soaking: Softens and dissolves stubborn dried dirt and stains, making scrub-washing easier.

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Accept any two of: - Cold-blooded (poikilothermic) - Live both on land and in water - Lay eggs in water covered in jelly - Undergo external fertilization - Breathe through moist skin and lungs (gills at larval/tadpole stage) (b) Accept any two of: - Fish breathe using gills throughout their lives, while adult amphibians breathe using lungs and moist skin - Fish have fins for swimming, while amphibians have limbs (legs) with webbed toes - Fish have scales covering their bodies, while amphibians have smooth moist skin without scales - Fish have a lateral line to detect vibrations, while amphibians detect sound using eardrums

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension (C).

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) To prevent the sow from rolling over and crushing her piglets to death. (b) To allow urine and droppings to fall through so the floor stays dry, preventing foot rot. (c) (i) Drenching / Deworming (ii) Hand spraying / vaccination / hoof trimming.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Standard 4-mark UNEB livestock question.

✅ Official UNEB Section B Scoring Guide (Total: 4 Marks):

(a) Drowning is dying due to lungs being filled with water, whereas near drowning is a condition where lungs are filled with water and breathing fails, but the casualty is not yet dead. (b) Any two of: Inability to swim, capsizing of boats in a storm, floods, or getting a muscle cramp while in deep water. (c) Pull them out of the water immediately and apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (Kiss of life) followed by chest compressions (CPR).