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✅ 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) 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) Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) (ii) Roundworms (Nematodes) (b) Accept any two of: - Eating infected, poorly cooked / raw meat containing tapeworm cysts - Eating unwashed fruits and vegetables contaminated with worm eggs - Walking barefoot on soil contaminated with hookworm larvae (hookworms penetrate bare skin) - Drinking unboiled water contaminated with worm eggs

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

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

(a) Chemical change (b) Physical change (c) Biological change (d) Physical change

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension (C). Exactly 1 mark per correct classification.

✅ 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) 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) Saanen / Toggenburg / Alpine / Anglo-Nubian (b) Mohair (c) Accept any two of: - Goats require less pasture, care, and attention than cattle - Goats require less space and can be kept on small pieces of land - Goats reproduce and multiply faster than cattle (shorter gestation period) - Goats have lower water requirements and survive better in harsh dry areas - Cheaper to buy and maintain with quicker financial turnover

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

✅ 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) Saliva (b) Accept any two of: - Chewing / masticating food into small pieces - Softening and moistening food with saliva - Lubricating food to ease swallowing - Rolling food into a bolus by the tongue (c) Constipation

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

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

(a) (i) Orange (ii) Violet (b) Due to the difference in speeds and wavelengths of the different colors of light as they travel through glass (c) A rainbow is formed when white sunlight is refracted, dispersed, and totally internally reflected by airborne raindrops acting as tiny prisms

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

✅ 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) Mulching: Conserves soil moisture (and suppresses weeds) (b) Pruning: Removes unwanted extra branches and prevents rotting of fruits (c) Thinning: Prevents overcrowding of plants in the garden (d) Weeding: Removes unwanted competitive plants from the garden

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: Cognitive Level: Comprehension (C). Strict 1-to-1 matching.

✅ 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) 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) Static electricity consists of electric charges at rest on a surface, whereas current electricity is the continuous flow of charges (electrons) through a conductor. (b) By rubbing the plastic ruler vigorously with a dry cloth (or dry hair), causing transfer of electrons through friction. (c) 1. Installing a functional lightning conductor with sharp copper spikes. 2. Ensuring the earth wire of the arrestor is deeply grounded in moist soil.

💡 Examiner Deduction Warning: State that charges in current electricity are in continuous motion.