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

Describe the different stages in the growth of mountains.

Write a note on the characteristics of folded mountains.

What are Block mountains?

How are Block mountains formed?

How can mountains be classified according to their different size and arrangement? Describe in detail two of the classes of such mountains.

How can mountains be classified according to their different size and arrangement?

Differentiate between Young fold mountains and Old fold mountains.

Give reasons for the following: Old fold mountains have low altitude and gentle slopes.

Give reasons for the following: Young fold mountains have rugged relief features.

Give reasons for the following: Young fold mountains are liable to Earthquakes and Volcanic action.

Give a geographical reason we always see the sun rising in the east.

Give a geographical reason Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Give reasons for the following
Though the earth is nearest to the sun in winter yet the winter is cool.

Name any two ways in which movement of ocean water takes place.

Name two types of ocean currents based on their temperature. Give an example of each.

For what is the Gulf Stream famous?

What happens when warm and cold currents meet?

What is meant by the ‘salinity’ of ocean water?

Name the factors responsible for the subsurface movement of ocean waters.

State the relationship between temperature and density of ocean water.