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✅ 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) Testosterone. (b) Any two of: Deepening/breaking of the voice, growth of facial hair (beards), broadening of shoulders/chest, or initiation of sperm production. (c) Any one of: Growth of pubic hair, growth of hair under the armpits, or pimples on the face.

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

(a) First class lever (b) Load × Load Arm = Effort × Effort Arm (Clockwise moments equal Anticlockwise moments) (c) Accept any two of: - Pair of scissors - See-saw - Claw hammer (when pulling out nails) - Beam balance - Pliers

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Application (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) (1) Cervical, (2) Thoracic, (3) Lumbar, (4) Sacral / Sacrum, (5) Caudal / Coccyx [1 mark] (b) (i) Cervical: 7 vertebrae [1 mark] (ii) Lumbar: 5 vertebrae [1 mark] (c) Protects the spinal cord // Supports the weight of the head and upper body. [1 mark]

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Spelling of 'Cervical', 'Thoracic', 'Lumbar', 'Sacral', and 'Coccyx' must be accurate. Ensure the total adds up to 33.

✅ 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) 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) Any two: Tendons, Ligaments, Cartilage. [1 mark] (b) A tendon attaches muscle to bone, whereas a ligament joins bone to bone at a joint. [1 mark] (c) (i) Synovial fluid lubricates the articulating bone surfaces. (ii) Smooth articular cartilage cushions bone ends and prevents direct bone-to-bone contact. [2 marks]

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Use the mnemonic BLB (Bone-Ligament-Bone) and MTB (Muscle-Tendon-Bone) to prevent reversing definitions in part (b).

✅ 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) A physical change does not take place in living things and is reversible, whereas a biological change takes place exclusively in living organisms and is irreversible. (b) (i) Melting (ii) Evaporation / Boiling (c) Evaporation

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Clear distinction in reversibility and living vs non-living matter.

✅ 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) 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) The tin can crushed / collapsed inward. (b) Cold water condensed the steam inside into liquid water, creating a partial vacuum (low air pressure) inside. The higher atmospheric air pressure outside crushed the can inward. (c) Condensation (gas/steam turning into liquid water).

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: A classic 4-mark PLE question.

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

(a) (i) Two parallel lines: one long thin line (+) and one short thick line (-). (ii) A line with a gap and a raised lever not making contact. (b) 1. Each bulb operates at full voltage and glows brightly. 2. If one bulb burns out or is switched off, the remaining bulbs in other branches stay on.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Independent branch operation is the main advantage of parallel circuits.