Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 2005

Question 26

Plants are of primary importance to animals within an ecosystem because they?

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  • A. can be composed and provide nutrient to soils
  • B. act as windbreakers and provide shades
  • C. store nitrogen and transpire water
  • D. produce oxygen and provide sinks for carbon (IV)
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Question 27

A country which experiences earthquakes frequently is?

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  • A. Cameroun
  • B. Japan
  • C. Brazil
  • D. Tanzania
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Question 28

A tropical soil formed on wind drift material and usually featuring a late-rite layer is known as?

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  • A. latosol
  • B. lithosol
  • C. regosol
  • D. podzol
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Question 29

Ocean currents flow in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere but in an anticlockwise direction in he southern hemisphere because of the?

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  • A. rotation of the earth from east to west
  • B. strong and more persistent winds in the southern hemisphere
  • C. company active currents in the northern hemisphere
  • D. rotation of the earth from west coast
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Question 30

A small hill resulting from the process of peneplanation is called?

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  • A. a hum
  • B. an arete
  • C. a monadnock
  • D. an inselberg
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