denudation and depoation question Advance Geography
DENUDATION AND DEPOSITION
1.Identify and explain major types of weathering
2.“Weathering is a result of interplay of different chemical and physical processes”. Discuss this statement by giving six (6) points.
3.Account for the factors that determine the rate of weathering process.
4.Account for the conditions that determine the nature and speed of mass wasting.
5.Give account on the roles of water in weathering process.
6.With the aid of diagrams, describe the types of mass wasting.
7.Compare and contrast chemical weathering and physical weathering.
8.Describe the features formed due to the erosion by surface run-off.
9.With the aid of diagrams describe the necessary conditions for the formation of gorges.
10.Describe seven (7) necessary conditions for the formation of a waterfalls.
11.By using diagrams describe the stages in the river profile development and the features formed in each stage.
12.(a) What are the necessary conditions for the formation of a delta?
(b) Describe the stages in the development of a delta.
14.(a) What is delta?
(b) Describe the types of delta using clear diagrams.
15.Describe the types and causes of river rejuvenation.
16.Give an account of the features formed due to the rive rejuvenation.
17.(a) What is river piracy?
(b) Describe four (4) necessary conditions necessary for the occurrence of river piracy.
(c) By using diagrams, show the resultant features formed due to the river piracy.
18.(a) What is Karst scenery?
(b) Elaborate six (6) surface features in the Karst regions.
19.(a) Show five (5) sub-terranean features formed in the Karst regions
(b) Explain clearly four (4) values of Karst regions features to human kind.
20.By diagrams describe the seven (7) features formed due to the fluvial erosion in deserts.
21.Discuss the combined effects of fluvial erosion and deposition in deserts.
22.Describe the features formed due to the water action in deserts.
23.Describe seven (7) wind erosional features in deserts areas.
24.Describe six (6) features formed due to the fluvial erosion.
25.Identify and explain the features formed due to the wind deposition in deserts.
26.Describe seven (7) features formed due to the wind action in deserts.
27.To what extent are the water and wind depositional features important to human beings in desert areas?
28.(a) What is moraine?
29.(b) By using diagrams, describe the types of glacial moraines.
30.“The occurrence of the glaciers in the World has been attributed by the climatic changes associated with the general cooling of the atmosphere”. Substantiate this contention by using vivid examples in six (6) points.
31.Describe the features formed by the glacial erosion.
32.Elaborate the glacial depositional features and their importance to human being.
33.“Earth quake and vulcanism are identical twins but slightly different”. Discuss this statement by providing six (6) points.
34.Explain the four (4) factors for the occurrence of earth quakes and give its four (4) effects.
35.Examine the six (6) consequences brought by the depletion of Ozone layer in the atmosphere.
36.With the aid of diagram, describe the three (3) zones of the interior of the earth.
37.Describe the hydrological cycle and show its link to underground water.
38.(a) Examine the six (6) factors which make soil to lose its fertility.
(b) How does soil texture and soil PH influence farming?
39.Describe the nature, spatial distribution and significance of Fold mountains.
40.Examine the four (4) layers of the atmosphere and in each give three (3) characteristics.
41.Account for three (3) theories explaining the occurrence of coral reef and atoll.
42.Examine the five (5) causes of temperature inversion and give its three (3) effects.
43.Using relevant examples; -
Describe four (4) major characteristics of karst scenery.
44.Explain six (6) factors influencing the existence of underground water.
45.Wetlands are wastelands. Discuss by giving eight (8) points.
46.With the aid of the diagrams explain any five (5) types of depressions in which lakes are formed.
47.Discuss the eight (8) factors that influence the variation in the amount of insolation received on the earth’s surface.
48.Discuss the theories which account for the global climatic change.
49.With vivid examples
Describe the three (3) stages in the formation of a delta.
50.Explain the three (3) conditions necessary for the formation of the delta.
51.Explain the eight (8) factors responsible for the occurrence of river regime.
52.Analyze the causes of the plates’ movement on the lithosphere.
53.Describe the five (5) meteorological and edaphic effects on the global vegetation variations.
54.Examine the eight (8) adaptive features of plants to desert hostile environments.
55.Describe the volcanoes according to their mode of formation.
56.Describe the five (5) environmental problems facing the coastal areas and four (4) measures to be taken so as to overcome them.
57.Explain the eight (8) human activities that degrade wetlands.
58Describe the following terms
✓Soil pH
✓Soil temperature
✓Cation Exchange in Soil
✓Soil Catena
59.Explain the importance of each item in (a) above
60.With examples examine eight (8) values of rocks to human kind.
61.Describe the composition of the atmosphere and its functions to the universe.
62.Describe the five (5) causes of plate tectonics movement and prove its existence by providing the four (4) evidences.
63.Explain the values of vulcanism for the development of the society. Give eight (8) points.
64.To what extent is a river development both advantages and disastrous
65.Describe the factors that control the global distribution of plant communities.
66.Analyze the six (6) properties to be considered when studying soil profile at the field.
67.Glaciated regions are not that bad. Justify
68.Give an account of the factors which influence the salinity of ocean water (provide six (6) points.
69.(a) Explain the eight (8) characteristics of the tropical rainforests.
(b) Examine the relationship between climatic regions and river regimes (give five (5) points).
70.Describe six (6) factors that determine the resistance of rocks to denudation
71.Examine the eight (8) methods to use in soil conservation in order to improve agricultural production in Tanzania.
72.Explain the various processes involved in soil formation
73.With specific examples enumerate nine importances of rivers in Africa.
74.Discuss the environmental impact of greenhouse effects on global warming
75.Classify the igneous rocks according to the place of occurrence and the chemical composition.
76.With the aid of diagrams give an account of erosional features associated with alpine glaciation.
77.Using the concrete examples explain how faulting has been responsible for the landscape evolution
78.Explain the formation of coral reefs and give their economic significance.
79.Ocean currents are the outcome of the interaction of a number of factors. Justify.
80.Give an account of the main factors which influence the infiltration of ground water.
81.Describe the detailed account of the characteristics and distribution of coniferous plants.
82.“Gumbo is a modal village in Tanzania implementing Kilimo Kwanza, policy. However, there is a serious problem of soil erosion”. Explain the six (6) ways you will advise the villagers to control the soil erosion.
83.Differentiate the following features/concepts
✓Delta and ria
✓Static rejuvenation and dynamic rejuvenation
✓Hot springs and thermal springs
✓Medial and lateral moraine.
84.Write an essay on accordant and discordant drainage patterns
85.Mechanical and chemical weathering in the topics are related and influenced by the same factors.
86.Giving the vivid examples, explain the effects of diastrophic forces on the earth’s crust.
87.Examine the possible theories of mountain building.
89.Explain the extent to which soil erosion is a natural and cultural catastrophe
90.Describe the factors which affect the amount of insolation on the earth’s surface
91.Highlight the factors which influence the quantity and rate of accumulation of organic matter in the soil.
92.Plate tectonic theory is a new version of continental drift theory. Elaborate.
