Geography Past Questions And Answers
1541
The presence of gorges in the upper section of rivers is due to the fact that?
- A. the rocks in the upper course are less resistant
- B. the volume of the river is small
- C. hanging valleys join the main valley as waterfalls to cause the gorges
- D. the upper course has has a steep gradient
1542
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the rainforest?
- A. it has tall trees with buttress roots and evergreen broad leaves
- B. it has deciduous trees and aerial roots
- C. the trees in it have heights and layers of canopies
- D. some of its trees are climbers,creepers and epiphytes
1543
Which of the following town is paired with wrong environmental hazard?
- A. Kano-Earthquake
- B. Enugu-Gully Erosion
- C. Akure-Deforestation
- D. Maiduguri-Desert encroachment
1544
Four elements of the natural environment which influence rural land use are?
- A. rock type, relief, land tenure system and climate
- B. climate, relief soil and vegetation
- C. slope, mineral resources, ground water and farm implements
- D. markets, size of agricultural land , pest and diseases
1545
The likely occupation of the people of Ndifu Achara settlement is
- A. trading
- B. gold mining
- C. rice farming
- D. lumbering
1546
Which of the following environmental hazards is due primarily to human activities?
- A. earthquake
- B. volcanic eruption
- C. hurricane
- D. ozone depletion
1547
Which of the following is a major hindrance to HEP production in Africa?
- A. inadequate capital
- B. unavailibity of good sites
- C. absence of a domestic market
- D. sufficient volume of water
1548
The liquid portion of the earth may be referred to as the
- A. atmospere
- B. hydroshere
- C. lithosphere
- D. biosphere
1549
A radiation fog is likely to develop when there is
- A. gradual gain in heat by radiation on clear, clam nights
- B. rapid gain of humidity by insolation on calm days
- C. rapid loss of heat by radiation on clear, calm nights
- D. rapid gain of heat by radiation on clear calm days
1550
Which of the following is a true characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They
- A. are laid down in strata
- B. are crystalline
- C. have high resisitance to erosion
- D. are basaltic in nature