The Course of the First World War
Bloody Trench Warfare was characteristic of of the World War I. Image by History.com The course of the First World War
The Battle of Marne River
- For close to a month the German forces moved across Belgium […]
February 2025
English Language: Register: Matching questions
Register Matching questions
For years now the fifth question (usually question e) ) in register has been a matching question. The question carries 2 marks and requires you to match 4 register items in the first column to four items in the second column with each correct answer you give being worth half a mark. In some rare instances the […]
Land and sea breeze pressure system
Land and Sea breezes occur along coastal areas such as beaches. Image by Livescience. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Land and Sea breezes
- As the name clearly suggests these breezes occur along coastal areas or along large lakes […]
Lightining
Lightining. Image by GreenSociety. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Weather Hazards: Lightining
- Is typically caused by the physical characteristics of cumulonimbus weather conditions.
- As rain drops fall the energy which they have causes a positive charge to develop at the top of a cloud and negative charges to develop […]
Vulcanicity
Violent volcanic eruption. Image via Dailymail. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Vulcanicity
- Vulcanicity refers to all the various way by which molten rock and gasses are forced into the earths and onto its surface.
- It includes volcanic eruptions which lead to the formation of volcanoes, lava plateaus and geysers.
- It […]
Limestone pavements
Clints and grikes. Image credit nen.gov.uk. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Limestone pavements
- Limestone pavements are flat areas of exposed limestone rocks.
- They are part of the dissolved bedding plate which may have been exposed because the surface soil may have been removed by glacial activity […]
Human activities in deserts
Oil drilling in a desert. Image credit Foxoildrilling.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Human Activities in Deserts
- In spite of their hostile enviroments brought about by aridity leading to shortage of water, pasture, wood fuel and other wood resources, remoteness, infertile and salty […]
Interlocking spurs/spurs and steep valleys
Interlocking spurs. Image credit geography.org.uk ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Interlocking spurs and steep-sided valleys
- Interlocking spurs are a result of water taking the easiest path down the slope and tending ot go round resistant rock resulting in a winding course.
- The bends become more pronounced with […]
The three levels of Production
Katiyo tea estate, farming is a primary level activity. Image credit. birdingzimbabwe.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: The three levels of production
The three levels of production
Primary
is concerned with the extraction of raw materials from the earth’s surface. For […]
Commercial Banks
ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Money and Banking: Commercial Banks
Commercial Banks
- Is a bank that offers services to the general public and to companies.
- For example Barclays, Standard Chartered, Stanbic and BancABC.
Services offered
- They accept deposits in the form of current, savings and fixed deposits accounts.
- They receive or make payments through cheques, direct debit and credit transfers.
- They […]