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Geography Paper 1 , Nov/Dec 2008  
Questions:   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Main
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Weakness/Remedies
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Question 7

(a)   State four factors that promote weathering in the tropics.
(b)  Explain the processes of mechanical weathering under the  following:
- temperature changes;
-
frost action.

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Observation

This question was not popular with the candidates and those who attempted it performed poorly.  The factors that promote weathering in the tropics include:
- high temperature;
- sunshine;
- high humidity and heavy rainfall;
- plants’ litter and organic acids;
- nature of rock;
- wind action;
- ocean waves;
- roots of plants;
- burrowing animals.

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