WASSCE Geography · Paper 1 style

Tectonics

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Molten rock that reaches the earth's surface is called

Amagma
Bgranite
Cash
Dlava

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Answer: D

Surface molten rock = lava.

Trap A Picks a closely related feature or term: Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.

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

Traps in Tectonics

Picks a closely related feature or term
Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.
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).
Gives only part of the answer
Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.
Volcano and earthquake errors
Focus (hypocentre): point of origin underground; epicentre: point on the surface directly above. Richter/moment magnitude scale measures energy; seismograph records waves. Basic (basaltic) lava is runny → shield volcanoes; acid lava is viscous → steep cones.

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