logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home General Knowledge World Geography Comments

  • Question
  • A weathering process in which layers of rocks peel off as expansion alternates with contraction , is known as ___


  • Options
  • A. Shattering
  • B. Block seperation
  • C. Granular disintegration
  • D. Exfoliation

  • Correct Answer
  • Exfoliation 


  • World Geography problems


    Search Results


    • 1. An instrusion of magma along a bedding plane is called a

    • Options
    • A. Dyke
    • B. Still
    • C. Batholith
    • D. Laccolith
    • Discuss
    • 2. Quartz composed of which two elements

    • Options
    • A. Iron and magnesium
    • B. Iron and oxygen
    • C. Oxygen and silicon
    • D. Silicon and iron
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following layers of the earth is believed to have the heavist mineral materials of highest density

    • Options
    • A. Central core
    • B. Crust
    • C. Mantle
    • D. Both (B) and (C)
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which is the closest star to Earth

    • Options
    • A. Sirius
    • B. Sun
    • C. Rigel
    • D. Deneb
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is the farthest planet to the Sun

    • Options
    • A. Mars
    • B. Jupitar
    • C. Neptune
    • D. Earth
    • Discuss
    • 6. A landform developed by the process of deposition occurring towards the centre of intermontane basins in arid or semi-arid regions is known as _________

    • Options
    • A. Pediment
    • B. Bajada
    • C. Playa
    • D. Peneplain
    • Discuss
    • 7. Tides in the sea are caused by

    • Options
    • A. Effect of Sun
    • B. Effect of Moon
    • C. Combined effect of Moon and Sun
    • D. Gravitational Force of Earth and Sun
    • Discuss
    • 8. Coral reefs are formed by _____

    • Options
    • A. volcanic rocks
    • B. marine sediments
    • C. chlorine material precipitated from sea water
    • D. tiny colonial marine animals which construct limestone skeleton material
    • Discuss
    • 9. An Oxe-bow lake is a ______

    • Options
    • A. lake formed behind an off-shore bar
    • B. lake occupying a volcanic crater
    • C. lake formed due to cut off meander
    • D. lake occupying a hollow scooped by a glaqcier
    • Discuss
    • 10. Primitive people practice animal rearing in the tropical grasslands of _______

    • Options
    • A. Brazil
    • B. Northern Australia
    • C. East Africa
    • D. Orinoco Basin in South America
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment