Julie Grace Royal Academy

Geography ss2 first term examination

SECTION A – OBJECTIVES Answer all the questions.
1. The solar system consists of the Sun and ___________________ planets.
(a) ten (b) ;ve (c) nine (d) two
2. Rivers meet at ___________________. (a) meeting point
(b) valve
(c) lowlands
(d) conAuence
3. The speed of a river is its ___________________.
(a) power (b) energy (c) strength (d) protein
4. One of these is a feature of upper course of a river is ___________________.
(a) attrition (b) meander (c) Ox – bow (d) Gorge
5. ___________________ is the fan-shaped alluvial plain formed as a result of deposition of ;ne
materials in the sea.
(a) Gorge (b) Delta c) Attrition (d) Meander
6. Aridity means ___________________. (a) wetness(b) acidic(c) dryness d) dampness
7. The gradual disintegration of rocks due to their exposure to air is ___________________.
(a) biological weathering (b) physical weathering (c) modern weathering (d) chemical weathering
8. The largest desert is ___________________. (a) Kalahari b) Atacama(c) Zeugen d) sahara
9. A desert landscape made up of mainly pebbles and gravels is ___________________.
(a) rocky desert b) mountain desert (c) sand desert d) reg desert
10. The tributaries of a river are known as ___________________.
(a) small rivers (b) subsequent rivers (c) consequent rivers (d) joint rivers
11. ___________________ is the result of the inability of rivers to Aow straight because of low
gravity.
(a) Fraction (b) Salutation (c) Capture (d) Meander
12. Waterfall is a feature of the ___________________ course of a river.
(a) upper (b) middle (c) end (d) lower
13. A river end is called ___________________. (a) end (b) terminal c) leg d) mouth
14. River capture is also called ___________________.
(a) gorge b) canyon (c) river piracy (d) river juvenile
15.` When water is too much in a soil, the soil is said to be ___________________.
(a) water soaked (b) water logged (c) water fulled (d) water filled