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✅ 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) 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) Because they are recovering from illness and their damaged body tissues need repair and rebuilding. (b) Proteins (and vitamins). (c) It adds bulk to food and stimulates peristalsis to prevent constipation. (d) Sukuma wiki / Cabbage / Whole grain cereals / Unpeeled fruits.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Award full marks for precise physiological explanations.

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

(a) Raised dish drying rack (or Plate stand). (b) (i) Keeps plates away from crawling insects, dogs, and chickens (ii) Prevents mud and dust splashes from dirtying clean plates. (c) The ultraviolet (UV) rays of sunlight kill harmful bacteria on the plates.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Award 4 marks for complete sanitation rationale.

✅ 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) 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) 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) Social insects. (b) Some insects are eaten as food (grasshoppers), some pollinate crops, or some provide honey and wax (honeybees). (c) Any two of: Bush burning, Deforestation, Spraying chemical pesticides, or Swarm/wetland drainage.

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

(a) Practicing personal hygiene (bathing, washing hands) OR sleeping under treated mosquito nets. (b) Teaching health education OR providing clean separate latrines OR holding health parades. (c) (i) Mobilising mothers for child immunisation days (ii) Treating uncomplicated malaria with ACTs / distributing ORS for diarrhea.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Award 1 mark per section.

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

(a) Identical twins are formed from one ovum fertilized by one sperm cell which later splits, while fraternal twins are formed from two separate ova fertilized by two different sperm cells. (b) 1. They are always of the same sex. 2. They look exactly alike (have identical features).

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

(a) Dry banana peelings (or dry bean plant leaves). (b) Filtration (followed by evaporation/crystallization to get solid crystals). (c) Any two of: Used to soften/tenderize food (like dry beans) during cooking. Used as a food preservative for meat and fish. Used as a pesticide. Used as local medicine to cure minor stomach upsets.

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

Epididymis: Stores sperm cells to mature. Scrotum: Maintains a cooler temperature for sperm production. Cervix: Protects the developing fetus from physical damage. Vas deferens: Carries mature sperm cells to the urethra.

✅ 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) (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.

✅ 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.