WAEC Geography Past Questions & Answers - Page 149

741.

The predominant action at the upper course of a river is

A.

saltation

B.

transportation

C.

deposition

D.

corrosion

E.

corrasion

Correct answer is E

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

742.

The seasonal variation in the volume of water in a river is known as its

A.

direction

B.

load

C.

velocity

D.

system

E.

regime

Correct answer is E

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

743.

Yardangs are best described as

A.

long narrow ridges of sand lying parallel to the direction of the prevailing winds

B.

steep-side vertical bands of alternate hard and soft rocks aligned in the dircetion of the prevailing winds

C.

flat, table-like masses with very resistant horizontal top layers and very steep sides

D.

tabular, horizontal strata of alternate hard and soft rocks sculptured into a ridge and furrow landscape by wind

E.

hills of sand formed by the accumulation of sand and shaped by the movement of winds

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

744.

Crater lakes are most likely to occur in

A.

areas of active erosion

B.

regions where subsidence is taking place

C.

regions of extinct volcanoes

D.

heavily faulted regions

E.

areas of fold mountains

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

745.

Grit is a good example of

A.

plutonic igneous rock

B.

volcanic igneous rock

C.

organically formed sedimentary rock

D.

mechanically formed sedimentary rock

E.

metarmorphic rock

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.