Mountains And Land Forms

Question 1

Examples if fold mountains are

Answer 1

Rockies himalaya andes atlas

Question 2

Fold mountain is formed by ____ earth movements which lead to the formation of upfolds called ____ and downfolds called ____

Answer 2

Anticline and Syncline

Question 3

The folds of a mount are arranged in

Answer 3

Simple,AsymmetricalOverfold,Recumbent,Overthurst fold

Question 4

Block mountain is formed from

Answer 4

Lateral or vertical erosion (hunstruck,Ruwenzori and rhineland)

Question 5

Block mountain is also know as while Rift Valley is

Answer 5

Horst ,Graben

Question 6

Mount killimajaro can be classified as a

Answer 6

Volcanic mountain

Question 7

Volcanic mountains are also known as

Answer 7

Mountains of accumulation

Question 8

Mountains formed from the remains of already existing mountain

Answer 8

Residual Mountain

Question 9

Plateau formed from the upliftment of some areas and depression of another is called

Answer 9

Tectonic plateau

Question 10

The 2 types are

Answer 10

Table land and intermont plateau

Question 11

The plateau surrounded by land and uplfitment is called

Answer 11

Intermont

Question 12

Volcanic plateaus are formed as a result of

Answer 12

Cracks and fissures e.gp in Borno state biu plateau

Question 13

The plateaus formed from the remains of fold mountains or plateaus are called

Answer 13

Dissected plateau e.g Jos and enugu

Question 14

Plains formed from agents of denudation like(water ice etc) are called ___ while those formed from wind blowing on an high land are called ____

Answer 14

Peneplains and pediplains

Question 15

The type of plain formed from deposition of materials brought by glaciers is called

Answer 15

Outwash plains

Question 16

The plain formed from the deposition of sediments on bed lakes is called

Answer 16

lacustrine plains

Question 17

Some plains in Nigeria are

Answer 17

Sokoto plain,chad basin or bornu plain,niger delta,coastal plain