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✅ 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) An ordinary pit latrine requires a tight-fitting lid over its drop hole, whereas a VIP latrine must be left open without a lid at all times. (b) Wood ash (or soil/lime) is sprinkled over the feces. Its role is to dehydrate the waste, neutralize smells, and raise pH to destroy pathogens. (c) Never throw hard materials (like stones, pads, or newspapers) into the bowl to prevent blockage. TOPIC 12: THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

✅ 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).

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

(a) Tsetse fly (b) Larva stage (maggots) / Adult fly (c) Blood (from humans and livestock) (d) Through biting and sucking blood (injects saliva containing Plasmodium parasites)

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

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

(a) To suck out foul odours from the pit and expel them high into the air. (b) To trap flies so they cannot escape and spread disease germs. (c) (i) Wind blowing across the top of the vent pipe draws out smelly gases continuously (ii) The latrine interior is kept dark, forcing air currents up the pipe.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Classic 4-mark UNEB sanitation question.

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

(a) Accept any one of: - Weeds compete with crops for sunlight, water, space, and soil nutrients - Weeds harbor insect pests - Weeds spread plant diseases - Weeds make harvesting difficult (b) Accept any two of: - Hand weeding (slashing / uprooting) - Mulching the garden - Practicing crop rotation - Planting cover crops - Digging / hoeing weeds (c) Staking / trellising / propping (providing support to climbing stems)

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

✅ 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) Any two of: Prostate cancer, Prostate enlargement, Testicular cancer, Hydrocele, or Infertility. (b) Allows the mother to regain her physical health/strength before the next pregnancy (or allows her time to nurse the newborn child properly). (c) Any one of: The vagina has a larger mucosal surface area exposed to seminal fluid. Seminal fluid remains inside the vagina for a longer duration of time. The delicate vaginal lining is prone to micro-tears during intercourse.

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

(a) Ingestion of human faeces containing tapeworm eggs by free-roaming pigs. (b) Pork tapeworm (Taenia solium). (c) (i) Inspecting all pork thoroughly before sale (ii) Cooking pork thoroughly until well done (iii) Confining pigs in pens (iv) Ensuring all people use latrines.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Clear 4-mark health & sanitation integration.

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

(a) A short circuit is an accidental direct connection between live and neutral wires with near-zero resistance, resulting in dangerously high current flow. (b) 1. Frayed, worn-out, or damaged insulation on cables. 2. Overloading multi-plug sockets with heavy appliances. (c) Ordinary water contains dissolved minerals and is a good electrical conductor, which will shock and electrocute anyone attempting to put out the fire.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Never use water on electrical fires—use dry powder or carbon dioxide fire extinguishers.

✅ 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) 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):

(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) Humerus [1 mark] (b) (i) Cord: Biceps muscle [1 mark] (ii) Rubber band: Triceps muscle [1 mark] (c) Elbow joint [1 mark]

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: This is a classic UNEB question. The cord pulls and shortens just like the biceps during flexion, while the rubber band stretches like the triceps.

✅ 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).