Geography Past Questions And Answers
In which of the following best explains the decrease in temperature with height within the lower layers of the atmosphere?
- A. The air receives its heat directly from the sun's rays
- B. The earth is the main source of the heat given up to the air
- C. An increases in height is associated with increase in rainfall
- D. There are always water particies in the air at high altitudes
During the equinoxes
- A. there are 6 hours of darkness and 18 hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere
- B. there is complete darkness for 24 hours at the North pole
- C. there is contionous daylight for 24 hours at the south pole
- D. day and night are equal in length for all places throughout the world
The Sudan savannah vegetation is associated with the?
- A. tropical monsoon
- B. sub-tropical dry summer climate
- C. hot semi-desert
- D. tropical dry and wet climate
A planet which is adapted to living in a region where little moisture is available is called
- A. halophyte
- B. hygrophyte
- C. xerophyte
- D. hydrophyte
(a) Define the term Vulcanicity
(b) Describe the mode of formation and appearance of a volcanic plateau
(c) Highlight four effects of Vulcanicity
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2005 THEORYSoils of the rainforest are rich in humus because of the
- A. multiple species of trees
- B. dense vegetation cover
- C. large quantity of decayed leaves
- D. absence of sunlight at the surface
The table below shows the temperature and rainfall distribution of station Z. Study and use it to answer the question.The wettest month of the year is
- A. April
- B. june
- C. May
- D. August
When the root of a coastal cave collapsed it forms?
- A. a doline
- B. an estuary
- C. a gorge
- D. a geo
The reasons for siting industries in urban areas include;
I. employment II. revenue generation III. religious tolerance IV. unemployment provision
- A. I and II only
- B. II and IV only
- C. III and IV only
- D. I and IV only
(a) State four reasons for the concentration of manufacturing industries in the capital cities of Tropical African countries
(b) Give three reasons for the predominance of consumer oriented industries in Tropical Africa
(c) Describe three contributions of manufacturing industries to the economic development of Tropical African countries.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORY