JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1070

5,346.

When subjected to sufficient stress, rocks break and sometimes move along the plane of fracture and are displaced. This process is known as?

A.

faulting

B.

warping

C.

folding

D.

jointing

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,347.

A coastline of drowned river valleys is called a?

A.

fiord coastline

B.

neutral coastline

C.

raised coastline

D.

ria coastline

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,348.

Entrenched meanders, unpaired alluvial terraces and Knickpoints are features associated with?

A.

rejuvenated river valleys

B.

emergent coastkands

C.

rivers in arid zones

D.

the middle stage of the cycle erosion

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,349.

Latitudes 66 1/2° North and South of the Equator are important because they?

A.

are called the Arctic and Antarctic circles respectively

B.

indicate the angle of inclination of the axis of the earth's rotation

C.

mark the limits of the polar areas which experience periods of continuous night and daylight

D.

mark the equatorward limits of the occurance of precipitation in the form of snow

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.