An aquifer can best be described as

A. water bearing rock in between two impervious layers of rock

B. a dammed surface water

C. a well sunk below an impervious stratum of rock

D. a beheaded river in a limestone region

Fold mountains are basically formed as a result of

A. coriolis force

B. tensional force

C. compressional force

D. gravitational force

Which of the following is not a depositional lake?

A. flood plain lake

B. ox-bow lake

C. barrier lake

D. carter lake

Sheet erosion tends to be more serious than other forms of erosion because it

A. involves more widespread removal of soil from the land surface

B. is not controllable

C. forms irregular patterned gullies

D. forms deep trenches which cut through topsoil and subsoil

Which of the following types of rock is a source of energy?

A. sandstone

B. coal

C. granite

D. graphite

A feature formed from the solidification of highly fluid basic lava on the earth's surface is known as a

A. loccolith

B. basalt plateau

C. conelet

D. vent

Which of the following is not true of Cool Temperature Western Margin Climate?

A. mean annual temperature between 5⁰c and 16⁰c

B. annual temperature range of 13⁰c

C. moderately warm summers and fairly mild winters

D. summer rainfall and water drought

Inselberg may best be described as

A. an iceberg left over by moving ice sheet

B. a barge left on water by melting ice

C. a residual hill with steep sides and usually exposed by denudation

D. mountains of deposition

Which of the following statement is not true of dendritic pattern of drainage?

A. it is characterized by irregular branching of tributaries

B. the tributaries are formed at an acute angle

C. they develop on homogeneous rock surfaces

D. they are formed on heterogeneous rock surfaces

Which of the following is a warm ocean current?

A. labrador

B. canaries

C. peruvian

D. mozambique