The peeling off of surface layers of a rounded boulders during mechanical weathering is called________

• A. Rock fragmentation
• B. Solifluction
• C. Exfoliation
• D. Weathering

One serious environmental hazard which may result from the destruction of the zone layer is?

• A. flooding due to melting of snow
• B. pollution of rain water
• C. increase in atmospheric temperature
• D. decrease in the quantity of oxygen in the atmosphere

Which of the following elements of weather and climate is matched with the wrong measuring instrument?

• A. Wind direction and wind vane
• B. Temperature and thermometer
• C. Humidity and barometer
• D. Rainfall and raingauge

The portion of the land which rises higher than other areas is described as?

• A. a volcanic cone
• B. an anticline hill
• C. an escarpment
• D. a block mountain

Which of the following terms relates population size to land ?

• A. Census
• B. Density
• C. Intensity
• D. Demography

The scattered settlement pattern of the Tiv of the Middle Belt is owing to the?

• A. security situation in the region
• B. agricultural practices to the region
• C. directives of its political leaders
• D. religious beliefs of the people

Which of the following towns has winter rainfall and summer drought?

• A. Banjul
• B. Cape Town
• C. Lagos
• D. Accra

If the distance between two points on a map with scale 1: 50 000 is 28mm, what is the distance between them on the ground?

• A. 5.6 km
• B. 2.8km
• C. 1.4km
• D. 0.7km

Quartz, fieldspar and mica are three principal mineral that can easily be seen in

• A. limestone
• B. basalt
• C. coal
• D. granite

All the following highlands in Nigeria are composed of basement complex rocks except the

• A. North- central highlands
• B. Wester highlands
• C. Udi-Nsukka plateau
• D. Easter hihlands