Geography for SS2

Which of the following types of rainfall occurs when airmasses of different characteristics meet and their air mixes?

• Convectional rainfall

• Relief rainfall

• Orographic rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

The grasses of the Savanna region have adapted to the climate by __________

• growing very short and in layers.

• lying dormant during the long drought.

• having shallow roots which spread near the surface.

• having evergreen leaves.

A line drawn on maps joining places of equal atmospheric pressure is called _____

• isohaline

• isohyet

• isobars

• isoneph

On the 22nd of December, the Sun is overhead at midday along the _________

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

• Antarctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

The temperature at the top of a mountain is 7oC. What will be the temperature at the foot of the mountain if it is 5000metres above sea level?

• 25.5oC

• 32.5oC

• 35.9oC

• 39.5oC

On which of the following pairs of dates do solstices occur?

• 21st June and 22nd December.

• 21st March and 23rd December.

• 21st March and 21st June.

• 23rd September and 22nd December.

Rift valleys are landform associated with ____________

• folding.

• faulting.

• vulcanicity.

• residual mountain.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the _____

• sun comes between the earth and the moon.

• moon comes in between the sun and the stars.

• earth comes in between the sun and the moon.

• sun misses its orbit.

The most useful function of the ozone layer in the atmosphere is to __________

• prevent evaporation of water from the Earth's crust.

• absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

• absorb ultraviolent radiation from the sun.

• absorb water vapour from the atmosphere.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the components of the internal structure of the earth?

• Mantle, crust and core.

• Crust, core and mantle.

• Core, mantle and crust.

• Mantle, core and crust.