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'It is an area of great industrial and agricultural activities and hence supports great concentration of people'. This statement best describes
A the amazon basin
B the north east of U.S.A
C the Niger valley
D North Africa
Which of the following represents an increasing order in the size of settlement?
A isolated farmstead-hamlet-village-town
B town-village-hamlet-isolated farmstead
C isolated farmstead-village-hamlet-town
D hamlet-village-town-isolated farmstead
Which of the following has very dense population?
A the equtorial lowland of south America
B the northern region of Canada
C the north eastern seaboard of U.S.A
D the western region of Austrelia
The study of the continuous interaction between living things and their environments is known as
A ecology
B energy cycle
C biology
D geology
Which of the following is not a major benefit of savanna vegetation?
A livestock farming
B arable crop cultivation
C aqua culture
D game reserves
'The forest is both dense and luxuriant and contains a great variety of plants with broad leaved trees'. This statement describes the
A savannah
B tropical rain forest
C mediterranean woodland
D warm temparate forest
'It has humidity of over 90%, with rainfall in all months'. The statement describes the
A equatorial climate
B desert climate
C warm temperature climate
D mediterranean climate
Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?
Which of the following has the highest level of salinity?
A baltic sea
B antractic ocean
C mediterranean sea
D atlantic ocean
The most important active factor of soil formation is
A time
B relief
C slope
D climate
Sea tides are caused mainly by the influence of
A earth's rotation
B asteroids
C the stars
D the sun
Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?
A oxidation
B attrition
C hydration
D carbonation
The process of removing soluble substances such as mineral salt into lower layers of the soil is called
A translocation
B leaching
C eluvation
D illuviation
Which of the following landforms is not produced by faulting?
A fault scrap
B rift valley
C sill
D horst
Resurgent springs usually occur in
A rift valleys
B u-shaped valleys
C limestone areas
D glaciated areas
Which of the following fold mountains is found in Africa?
A himalayas
B alps
C atlas
D rockies
Which of the following is a true characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They
A are laid down in strata
B are crystalline
C have high resisitance to erosion
D are basaltic in nature
Which of the following lines could be described as a Great Circle? The
A tropic of cancer
B tropic of capricon
C equator
D arctic circle
The northern and southern limits of the apparent movement of the sun is marked by the
A tropic of capricon and equator
B tropics of cancer and capricon
C horse latitudes
D North pole and south pole
The part of the lithosphere which forms the ocean floor is
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