Geography Past Questions And Answers
They are very expensive to construct, they are not flexible spillage can occur in cause of damage. These are the demerits of what type of transport?
- A. Pipelines
- B. Transmission lines
- C. Roads
- D. Rope ways
Sea tides are caused mainly by the influence of
- A. earth's rotation
- B. asteroids
- C. the stars
- D. the sun
The introduction of materials that have negative impacts on the ecosystem is known as?
- A. pollution
- B. combustion
- C. transpiration
- D. evaporation
The tableXbelow contains information on the population of four districts of country Z in the year 2016.
Use the information to answer the question which follows.
| District | Population (million) | Land Area (km\(^{2}\)) |
| A | 5.5 | 60,000 |
| B | 8.0 | 105,000 |
| C | 6.7 | 125,000 |
| D | 4.8 | 88,000 |
(a) calculate the;
i. total population of countryZ
ii. total land area of countryZ
iii. population density of countryZ
(b) State four factors that are responsible for high population densities of countries.
(c) Explain three advantages associated with countries of high population density
The industrial economy of South-Africa is NOT based on one of the following factors:
- A. abundant coal resources
- B. abundant crude petroleum resources
- C. abundant agricultural resources
- D. abundant cheap labour
Marble is a metamorphosed -------
- A. basalt
- B. granite
- C. gabbro
- D. limestone
which of these sets best arranges these settlement types in ascending order in terms of their complexity of function?
- A. hamlet,village,town,city,metropolis
- B. village,hamlet,city,town,metropolis
- C. metropolis,town,city,village,hamlet
- D. town,hamlet,village,city,metropolis
The high population density in the coastal areas of West Africa can best be explained by
- A. its rugged relief
- B. the concentration of industries in the area
- C. presence of sandy soils
- D. its inaccessibility
Mechanical weathering due to changes in temperature occurs mainly in
- A. coastal areas
- B. desert regions
- C. wet equatorial regions
- D. polar regions
Leaching is the
- A. Accumulation of soil mineral in one layer of soil
- B. Washing down of soil nutrients
- C. Erosion of soil from steep slopes
- D. Loss of soil moisture