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Supposing you were to carry out a field study on the Rift Valley. (i) State any two objectives of the study. (ii) State three importance of studying...

      

Supposing you were to carry out a field study on the Rift Valley.
(i) State any two objectives of the study.
(ii) State three importance of studying faulting through field work.
(iii) Explain the significance of faulting to human activities.

  

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Kavungya
(i) Any two objectives of the study.
- To locate the different features
- To find out the main features associated with rift valley.
- Establish the land use around the area;
- To explain how the rift valley was formed.

ii) Three importance of studying faulting through fieldwork are:
- It enables the students to collect first information.
- It helps the student to develop manipulative skills
- It enables the students to develop co-operation with each other.
- It helps the student to apply the knowledge learned in the class room.
- -It makes learning interesting
- -It makes learning real
- -It provides detailed/broader learning or in depth learning.
- - It enhances vision memory.

iii) The significance of faulting to human activities.
- Faulting leads to formation of features that provides beautiful sceneries which attract tourists.
- Faulting leads to formation of lakes that are important fishing grounds/tourist sites/mining sites/provide water for
irrigation/domestic use/industrial use.
- Faulting leads to displacement of rocks which exposes minerals that are mined.
- Faulting may lead to formation of mountains/Horsts which attract rainfall on the wind ward side which favours
agriculture/settlement forestry.
- When faulting occurs across a ridge it may provide a dip which could form a mountain pass where transport and
communication liner can be constructed/may hinder development of transport.
- Subsidence of land as a result of faulting may lead to loss of life and property.
- Faulting may cause a river to change direction or disappear causing water shortage for the people downstream.
- Springs occurring at the foot of the fault scarps attracts settlements.
- Faulting creates a deep fault which are passages of steam jets which may be utilized for geo-thermo power projects.
- Rivers flowing over fault scarps may form waterfalls which may be suitable sites for Hydro-electric power
production. (H.E.P).

Kavungya answered the question on November 17, 2022 at 08:52


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