Waec 1999 Geography Past Questions And Answers
The most common environmental problem in the Niger Delta is
- A. deforestation
- B. aridity
- C. coastal flooding
- D. vulcanicity
The rapid exhaustion of non-renewable natural resources may least be aided by one of the following which is it?
- A. Increased urbanisation
- B. Reckless exploitation
- C. Inadequate technology
- D. Natural disaster
The likely harzards to shipping at the North American end of the North Atlantic sea route are
- A. waterfalls and rapids
- B. fog and iceberg
- C. submarine ridges and trenches
- D. shallow inlets and weeds
The Lagos-Kano railway crosses the River Niger at
- A. Makurdi
- B. Kontagora
- C. Jebba
- D. Lokoja
(a) State three ways in which human activities affect the composition of the atmosphere
(b) Describe the physical changes that are likely to be associated with the increasing reduction of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORYThe greatest advantage of pereninnial irrigation is that
- A. two or three crops can be produced in a year from the same piece of land
- B. it makes it possible to irrigate larger areas
- C. much silt is trapped and this helps to enrich the soil
- D. it allows water to be held on the land for several weeks
State with specific examples, how each of the following factors affect(s) the climate of adjacent coastlands:
(a) Winds (b) Ocean currents (c) Distance from the sea
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORYNigeria's major trading partners include
- A. Britain, USA, Germany and Japan
- B. Britain, Ghana, Japan and South Africa
- C. Belgium , Germany, Japan and Liberia
- D. USA, Belgium,The Gambia and Japan
Vegetation resources can be utilized by man for all the following except
- A. food
- B. habitat
- C. timber
- D. medicine
Which of the following statements is correct about the Sokoto plains?
- A. It is not an area of inland drainage
- B. it lies in the middle of the country and borders the Rivers Benue and Niger
- C. it is a pear shaped upland area
- D. it consists of the basement complex rocks

