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Aluminum smelters are usually located close to sources of abundant?
A raw materials
B electricity
C coking coal
D cheap labour
The area served by a given city is referred to as its?
A sphere of influence
B hinterland
C territory
D satelite
Villages which lie along the foot of a chalk escarpment at head stream points are referred to as?
A fall-line settlements
B fault-line villages
C spring-line settlements
D scarp-line villages
The least geographical factor that determined town sites in the past was the?
A existence of fertile alluvial plains
B presence of indented coastlined sheltered from waves
C existence of communication networks
D presence of a river gorge
Which of the following is a nodal town?
A Kumasi
B Port Harcourt
C Banjul
D Monrovia
The process by which population becomes largely concentrated at certain locations is called?
A migration
B urbanization
C nucleation
D agglomeration
Rapid population growth is mainly the natural consequence of?
A low fertility and morality
B rapid economic development
C high fertility with high morality
D low morality with high fertility
Dense population mainly dependent on peasant farming is found in?
A Witwatersrand in South Africa
B the coastal areas of WestAfrica
C the Rwanda-Burundi area
D the Katanga District
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 human disease is often heightened by the introduction of irrigation farming in an area?
A Bilharzia
B Dysentery
C River blindness
D Cholera
Nutrients lost by trees in leaf-fall can be re-used by the trees because the?
A trees are renewable resources
B nutrients circulate in the ecosystem
C nutrients are inexhaustible
D trees store nutrients
The most important environmental resources that sustains natural processes in an ecosystem is?
A light
B water
C air
D energy
The process by which materials are physically transferred from one soil layer to another is called?
A leaching
B physical weathering
C illuviation
D eluviation
Which savannah vegetation is characterized by grasses of about one metre high and scattered trees with flattish canopy?
A Sahel
B Sudan
C Guinea
D Derived
Planetary winds are deflected on crossing the Equator due mainly to the effects of?
A Coriolis force
B Ferrel's law
C the jet stream
D gravitational force
In the northern winter, two well- defined low pressure cells are centered respectively on the North Atlantic Oceans because?
A the sea is relatively warmer than the land
B there are warm ocean currents
C the northern parts of the oceans are shallow
D the seas are swept by strong winds
Which of the following factors best explains the generally low isolation in the high latitudes?
A Altitude
B Continentally
C Longitudinal position
D Angel of inclination
The warm ocean current which washes the southeastern coast of Africa is called the?
A Benguela current
B Guinea current
C Canaries current
D Agulhas current
Four ways in which a river transports its load are?
A corrosion, saltation, solution and suspension
B saltation, solution, suspension and traction
C attrition, saltion, solution and suspension
D corrosion, attrition, suspension and traction
The set of features produced in glaciated lowland includes all of?
A corries, pyramidal peak and eskers
B eskers, crag and tail and roche montanee
C pyramidal peak, erratics and moraine
D corrie roche montanee and erratics
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