WASSCE Geography · Paper 1 style

Rocks

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Rocks formed from cooled molten magma are

Asedimentary rocks
Bmetamorphic rocks
Corganic rocks
Digneous rocks

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Answer: D

Cooled magma → igneous.

Trap A Confuses rock types: Igneous: cooled magma (granite, basalt). Sedimentary: layered deposits (sandstone, limestone, shale). Metamorphic: altered by heat/pressure (marble from limestone, slate from shale, quartzite from sandstone).

Trap B Credits a landform to the wrong agent: Link each landform to its agent and process: ox-bow lake – river meanders; mushroom rock – wind abrasion; U-shaped valley – glacier; Lake Volta – a dam.

Trap C Gives only part of the answer: Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.

Traps in Rocks

Confuses rock types
Igneous: cooled magma (granite, basalt). Sedimentary: layered deposits (sandstone, limestone, shale). Metamorphic: altered by heat/pressure (marble from limestone, slate from shale, quartzite from sandstone).
Credits a landform to the wrong agent
Link each landform to its agent and process: ox-bow lake – river meanders; mushroom rock – wind abrasion; U-shaped valley – glacier; Lake Volta – a dam.
Gives only part of the answer
Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.
Picks a closely related feature or term
Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.

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