Question 1
- Differentiate between equinox and solstice.
- Name three types of tectonic plates boundaries.
Answer
- Equinox is the time of the year when the sun is overhead position at noon over the equator while solstice is the time of the year when the sun is overhead position over the tropic of cancer 23½0 or tropic of Capricorn 23½o
- - Extension boundary
- Comprehensive boundary
- Conservative boundary.
Question 2
- Differentiate between anabatic winds and katabatic winds.
- State three factors that hinder weather forecasting.
Answer
- Anabatic winds are local winds which ascend from valley bottoms to hill tops. Katabatic winds are local winds which descend from hill tops to valley bottoms..
- - Inadequate data
- Inaccurate or unreliable data
- intervening factors e.g. slope, nature of vegetation , soil , moisture and winds
- Inadequate skilled personnel in most developing nations.
- Use of defective / obsolete equipments.
- Natural hazards e.g. Earthquakes and storms.
Question 3
- State three occurrence of minerals.
- State two layers of atmosphere which experience Negative Lapse Rate.
Answer
- - veins and loads
- beds and seams
- weathered rocks
- alluvial deposits / places deposits - - layers of atmosphere which experience negative lapse rates
- stratosphere
- thermosphere
Question 4
- What is a longitude?
- What is the time in Hola 40oE when the time in Accra 0o Longitude is 3p.m?
Answer
- It is imaginary line drawn on maps or globes joining North and south poles, showing how far east or wet a place is the green which prime meridian (O0).
Question 5
- State two factors that influence rate of erosion by a river in its upper course.
- State three ways in which waves in Indian Ocean erodes its coast.
Answer
- - Amount of river discharge
- Amount of local carried by rivers
- Composition / size of load / nature of load carried by river - - Abrasion
- solution
- hydraulic action