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Geography1995

WASSCE · 47 questions · Answers included

47 questions

1

The satellite of the earth is

2

The commentary of a football match which started at 1600 hours GMT in a town P (45 0 W) was heard in town Q at 2200 hours GMT. What is the longitude of Q

3

Which of the following statements about Jupiter is not true? It

4

Igneous rocks contain

5

An active volcano is one that

6

The principal agents in soil erosion are

7

Soil erosion leads to all the following except the

8

The term watershed refers to the

9

A spring is an outlet for

10

Which of the following represents the correct sequence in which denudation occurs?

11

Which of the following is a features of erosion in arid regions?

12

The water in which is thrown against the beach by a breaking wave is called

13

Which of the following feature is not associated with coastal erosion?

14

A slender, downward growing pinnacle that hangs from a cave roof is a

15

Lacustrine plains are formed

16

All the following are ways in which rivers are useful to man except the

17

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the tropical desert climate?

18

The ancient Greeks classified the climates of the world into

19

Oak and cedar are good examples of commercial trees common in the

20

The effect of humus in the soil is make the soil

21

Local farmers determine the change in fertility of any tropical soil through the

22

Heavy rainfall favours the formation of acid soils because it

23

The relationship between organisms in the ecosystem implies that the components

24

All the following are major pollutants of the environment except

25

Settlements can be classified according to all the following except

26

When two separate towns grow and merge into, the one new settlement formed is called a

27

All the following are examples of heavy industries except

28

Which of the following is not a major problem of economic development in developing countries? Inadequate

29

Jos has a heavier rainfall than the other towns on the same latitude in Nigeria because it

30

The important area for lumbering in Nigeria is found in the

31

Jebba,Lokoja and Onitsha are examples of

32

Which of the following is the characteristic pattern of rural settlements in the Western Highlands of Nigeria?

33

Africa is threatened today by serious soil erosion because the

34

The largest irrigation scheme in Africa is served by the

35

Which of the following vegetation belts in Africa is usually associated with the tropical continental climate?

36

Which of the following lakes is not found in the East African Rift Valley?

37

Which of the following planets has the longest orbit around the sun?

38

A Great Circle can be described as

39

The axis of the earth is inclined to the plane of the ecliptic at an angle of

40

On September 23, all towns in the northern hemisphere experience

41

The density of the upper part of the lithosphere is

42

Grit is a good example of

43

Crater lakes are most likely to occur in

44

Yardangs are best described as

45

The seasonal variation in the volume of water in a river is known as its

46

The predominant action at the upper course of a river is

47

The word shore is best described as the zone