JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers - Page 343

1,711.

An off-shore bar formed by corals is known as?

A.

an atoll

B.

a coral reef

C.

a fringing reef

D.

a barrier reef

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,712.

The older fold mountains are much lower in elevation and less rugged than the younger ones largely because they?

A.

are less resistance to erosion

B.

have been subjected to greater instability

C.

have experience a longer period of denudation

D.

have been subjected to greater faulting

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,713.

Steeps-sided and flat-floored valleys found in hot desert are the products of?

A.

fluvial erosion

B.

wind abrasion

C.

wind deflation

D.

glacial erosion

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,714.

The stratification of sedimentary rocks is mainly caused by?

A.

lateral pressure being applied from two sides

B.

deposition of rocks particles in layers

C.

the sorting action of the wind

D.

wave action and longshore drift

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,715.

The most important factors that determine the amount of water that a rock later can hold are its ?

A.

hardness and permeability

B.

thickness and depth from the surface

C.

hardness and thickness

D.

thickness and permeability

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.