(English Medium) ICSE Class 9 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

What is weathering? Illustrate the process graphically.

Distinguish between:
Weathering and Denudation

Distinguish between :
Loess and Alluvium.

On what factors does the weathering depend?

How is humus formed?

What is a badland topography?

Distinguish between the following:
Sheet erosion and gully erosion.

What do you understand by the following term:|
Exfoliation

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Regolith

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Oxidation

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Carbonation

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Desilication

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Humus

What are different types of soil according to their texture?

How are the different kinds of soils in Temperate zones formed?

Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:

_______is produced by the decayed organic material, including dead leaves, stems roots, living bacteria, fungi, worms, and other organisms.

Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:

_______refers to the gradual disintegration and decomposition of rocks which lie exposed to the elements of weather.

Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:

_______soils are those which are undisturbed by erosion or deposition.

Define the following term briefly:

Soil texture

What are the various factors governing the formation of soil? Which one is the most important and why?