Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1979
Question 16
If the temperature at sea level is 10°C, the temperature of the air at a height of 2000 meters will be bout
- A. -2°C
- B. 3°C
- C. 13°C
- D. 23°C
- E. 3.5°C
Question 17
Which of the following features is produced by wave deposition?
- A. Cliff
- B. Stack
- C. Tombolo
- D. Caves
- E. Blow holes
Question 18
The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river''s channel by the load carried by a river is called
- A. hydraulic action
- B. corrosion
- C. corrasion
- D. attrition
- E. transportation
Question 19
The process of weathering include all but one of the following
- A. Alternate heating and cooling of rocks
- B. Rock-breaking due to frost action
- C. peeling off of exposed layers of rounded crystalline rocks
- D. rock rotting because of chemical changes
- E. movement of rock particles downslope because of pull of gravity
Question 20
Bamboo and Mahogany, lianas and obeche, raphia and tree ferns. In which vegetation type are all these found?
- A. Tropical monsoon
- B. Tropical rain forest
- C. Sub-tropical forest
- D. Chaparral forest
- E. Coniferous forest
