Geography Third Term Examination SS 1
THIRD TERM
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SUBJECT GEOGRAPHY CLASS: S. S. S ONE DURATION 2HR
- The biggest member of the solar system is ___(a) mars (b) the moon (c) the sun (d) Neptune
- Which of the following is not an element of climate? (a) rainfall (b) humidity (c) temperature (d) fig
- Which of the following weather elements is paired with the wrong instrument ? (a) atmospheric pressure and barometer (b) Humidity and anemometer (c) rainfall and rainguage (d) wind direction and wind vane
- A located on latitude 60oN and B on latitude 12oN, what is the distance between the two places? (a) 1,998k (b) 777km (c) 66,6km (d) 666km (e) 5328km
- The layer of the earth found immediately beneath the crust is called (a) hydrosphere (b) lithosphere (c) mesosphere (d) baryosphere
- The brief period between sunset and complete darkness is known as (a) dawn (b) eclipse (c) solstice (d) twilight
- Which of the following is a characteristics of igneous rocks? (a) loose in composition (b) arranged in layers (c) crystalline in nature (d) porous in granular structure
- The instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure is (a) hygrometer (b) barometer (c) thermometer (d) anemometer
- The hottest planet is (a) venus (b) pluto (c) mercury is not a proof to show that the earth is spherical in shape? (a) sun rise and sunset (b) aerial photograph (c) lunar eclipse (d) twilight and dawn
- Which of the following is not a proof shape? (a) sunrise and sunset (b) aerial photograph (c) lunar eclipse (d) twilight and dawn
- The farthest planet from the sun in the solar system is ___(a) mercury (b) earth (c) Saturn (d) pluto
- Latitude 66 ½ S marks the ____(a) Antarctic circle (b) arctic circle (c) tropic of cancer (d) tropic of Capricorn
- The direction of wind is recorded by an instrument called ____ (a) anemometer (b) wind vane (c) hygrometer (d) barometer
- Humidity Is the amount of ____ (a) cloud cover in the sky (b) water vapour in the sky (c) amount of oxygen in the atmosphere (d) mist in the atmosphere
- Which of the following planets has a single satellite (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) earth
- The earth movement from west to east on its axis is known as ____(a) rotation (b) revolution (c) friction (d) gravitation
- As the earth revolves around the sun , it tilt at an angle of _____(a) 23 ½ o (b) 90o (c) 66 ½ o (d) 45o
- Longitude is an imaginary line drawn on the earth surface ______ (a) parallel to the equator (b) running from west to east (c) decreasing North to South (d) converge at the poles
- The surface temperature of the sun is approximately (a) 4000oc (b) 600oc (c) 6000oc (d) 60oc
- Due to its shape the earth is best describe as a ___(a) geoid (b) circle (c) triangle (d) square
- The Himdayas, the Aips and rockies are examples of ___(a) fold mountains (b) block mountains (c) volcanic mountains (d) residual mountain
- The innermost section of the earth is the ___(a) mantle (b) core (c) crust (d) hydrosphere
- Each standard time zone differs from the next by ___(a) 1o in longitude (b) 15o in longitude (c) 24o in longitude (d) 360o in longitude
- Based on the mode of formation there are ___major types of plains (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- Nigeria is bounded by longitude __(a) 3oE and 15oE (b) 3oE and 12 oE (c) 3oE and 16oE (d) 3oE and 14oE
- The biosphere contains all the following except ____(a) man (b) animals (c) rocks (d) micro-organisms
- The total land area of Nigeria is approximately (a) 923.769km2 (b) 923,768km2 (c) 923,766km2 (d) 923, 777km2
- Wind has direction and ____(a) wing (b) speed (c) cup anemometer (d) location
- If the scale of a map is 1:50 , 000. What is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 10cm? (a) 5km (b) 10km (c) 20km (d) 50km
- Covert 1:50,000 to statement scale (a) km- ½ km (b) 1cm- 1km (c) 1cm – 5km (d) 1 cm- 2km
- When a plateau is enclosed by fold mountain it is called ____(a) intermont plateau (b) volcanic plateau (c) lectononic plateau (d) extrusive plateau
- Rock which have been formed by the cooling and solidification of motten magina are called _______ (a) metamorphic rocks (b) sedimentary rocks (c) igneous rocks (d) marble rocks
- Solstice occurs in ___(a) June 21st and December 22nd (b) June 22nd and December 22nd (c) June 23rd and December 23rd (d) June 21st and December
- Eclipse occur when the three bodies are in ____(a) curved line (b) angle of inclination (c) straight line (d) parallel line
- The equator divide the earth into ____hemisphere (a) two (b) three (c) four (d) six
- The G.M.T means ____(a) Greenwich mean time (b) Greenwich mean meridian (c) Greenwich mean travel (d) Greenwich mean total
- The following are characteristics of a village except (a) homogenous (b) speak one language (c) live a simple life (d) high crime rate
- The following are functions performed by an urban centres except ___(a) industrial functions (b) commercial functions (c) lumbering functions (d) residential functions
- Village is usually involved in ___activities (a) secondary (b) primary (c) tertiary (d) socio-cultural
- Local government is formed from combination of _______and ________(a) cities (b) towns (c) slates of village and towns
- Lagos state is located between latitudes ___(a) 6o, 22oN and 6o, 42oN (b) 6o, 22oN and 6o, 43oN (c) 6o, 22oN and 45oN (d) 6o, 44oN
- The major occupation of the people of Lagos state is ____(a) transportation (b) trading (c) office work (d) fishing
- Nigeria is the ___largest country in west Africa in terms of land area. (a) fourth (b) sixth (c) seventh (d) third
- Nigeria became a republic in ___(a) 1957 (b) sixth (c) 1960 (d) 1970
- The country Nigeria came into existence in ___(a) 1960 (b) 1914 (c) 1957 (d) 1970
- The longest river in Nigeria is ____(a) Benue (b) Ogun (c) Osse (d) Niger
- ____is a confluence town in Nigeria. (a) Enugu (b) Ibadan (c) Lokoja (d) Osogbo
- A/an _____is a body of water surrounding by land. (a) Lake (b) Island (c) mountain (d) lowland
- Vegetation is made up of _____and _____(a) forest and swamp (b) forest and savanna (c) forest and trees (d) forest and shrubs
- Coal is mined at ___(a) Ibadan (b) Enugu (c) Abuja (d) Jos
SECTION B ::Answer two questions No 1 is compulsory.
- on a sketch map of Nigeria locate and name (i) River Niger (ii) Jos Plateau (iii) R. Benue (iv) Bight of Benin
2a. what is population density? state two areas of high population densities in Nigeria and give four reasons for such high population density in one area chosen
- State two advantages and two disadvantages of (a) over population (b) under population
3a. what is a village?
- Briefly describe the characteristics of a village
- State six functions of a town