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Which of the following statement is not true of dendritic pattern of drainage?
Ait is characterized by irregular branching of tributaries
Bthe tributaries are formed at an acute angle
Cthey develop on homogeneous rock surfaces
Dthey are formed on heterogeneous rock surfaces
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Question 473
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Inselberg may best be described as
Aan iceberg left over by moving ice sheet
Ba barge left on water by melting ice
Ca residual hill with steep sides and usually exposed by denudation
Dmountains of deposition
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Question 474
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Which of the following is not true of Cool Temperature Western Margin Climate?
Amean annual temperature between 50c and 160c
Bannual temperature range of 130c
Cmoderately warm summers and fairly mild winters
Dsummer rainfall and water drought
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Question 475
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A feature formed from the solidification of highly fluid basic lava on the earth's surface is known as a
Aloccolith
Bbasalt plateau
Cconelet
Dvent
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Question 476
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Which of the following types of rock is a source of energy?
Asandstone
Bcoal
Cgranite
Dgraphite
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Question 477
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Sheet erosion tends to be more serious than other forms of erosion because it
Ainvolves more widespread removal of soil from the land surface
Bis not controllable
Cforms irregular patterned gullies
Dforms deep trenches which cut through topsoil and subsoil
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Question 478
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Which of the following is not a depositional lake?
Aflood plain lake
Box-bow lake
Cbarrier lake
Dcarter lake
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Question 479
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Fold mountains are basically formed as a result of
Acoriolis force
Btensional force
Ccompressional force
Dgravitational force
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Question 480
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An aquifer can best be described as
Awater bearing rock in between two impervious layers of rock
Ba dammed surface water
Ca well sunk below an impervious stratum of rock
Da beheaded river in a limestone region
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Question 481
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Which of the following is a feature of limestone regions?
Abatholith
Bcinder cone
Ccrater
Dstalagmite
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Question 482
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One of the features found in the upper course of a river is
Agorge
Bu-shaped valley
Cmeander
Dlevee
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Question 483
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Abrasion,attrition and deflation are processes of
Ariver erosion
Bcoastal erosion
Cwind erosion
Dglacial erosion
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Question 484
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Which of the following is true of rocks?
Asedimentary rocks are crystalline
Bigneous rocks are heat formed,fossilized rocks
Cmetamorphic rocks are crystalline due to high temperature and pressure
Dsedimentary rocks are non-crystalline and fossilized rocks
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Question 485
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The process of weathering in limestone region is mainly
Ahydration
Bexfoliation
Csolution
Doxidation
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Question 486
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As a volley ball match was being played in town Y, the referee observed that the local time was noon while the Greenwich mean Times was 22.00 hours on the same day. What is the longitude of town Y?
A200E
B200W
C1450E
D1500W
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Question 487
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Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock?
Agrit
Bschist
Cmarble
Dslate
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Question 488
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Chalk is a good example of
Aplutonic igneous rock
Borganically formed sedimentary rock
Cmechanically formed sedimentary rock
Dextrusive igneous rock
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Question 489
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The combination of sial and sima constitute the
Ahydrosphere
Bbiosphere
Clithosphere
Datmosphere
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Question 490
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Which of the following planets is closest to the sun?
