JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers - Page 311

1,551.

The most important environmental resources that sustains natural processes in an ecosystem is?

A.

light

B.

water

C.

air

D.

energy

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,552.

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

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,553.

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

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,554.

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

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,555.

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

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.