WAEC Geography questions: Weather and climate

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1. Question 1· Weather and climate· WAEC

   The southern part of Nigeria has a climate that is mainly

   • Atropical wet with rain most of the year
   • BMediterranean
   • Cdesert
   • Dtemperate

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2. Question 2· Weather and climate· WAEC

   A weather station uses an anemometer to measure

   • Awind speed
   • Bwind direction
   • Cair pressure
   • Dhumidity

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3. Question 3· Weather and climate· WAEC

   Isohyets are lines joining places of equal

   • Arainfall
   • Btemperature
   • Cpressure
   • Dsunshine

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4. Question 4· Weather and climate· WAEC

   The harmattan in Nigeria blows from the

   • Asouth-east
   • Bsouth-west
   • Cnorth-east
   • Dnorth-west

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5. Question 5· Weather and climate· WAEC

   Air pressure decreases with altitude because

   • Ait is hotter
   • Bthere is less air above
   • Cclouds are thicker
   • Dthe sun is closer

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6. Question 6· Weather and climate· WAEC

   Convectional rainfall is common in

   • Atemperate winters
   • Bdeserts
   • Cpolar regions
   • Dequatorial regions in the afternoon

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7. Question 7· Weather and climate· WAEC

   Relief rainfall occurs on the

   • Aleeward side
   • Bwindward side of mountains
   • Cflat plains only
   • Ddeserts

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8. Question 8· Weather and climate· WAEC

   The harmattan in Nigeria is

   • Aa moist south-west wind
   • Ba dry, dusty north-east trade wind from the Sahara
   • Ca sea breeze
   • Da tropical cyclone

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9. Question 9· Weather and climate· WAEC

   The harmattan wind blows from the

   • AAtlantic Ocean
   • BSahara Desert
   • CIndian Ocean
   • DMediterranean Sea

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10. Question 10· Weather and climate· WAEC

    The side of a mountain that receives little rain is the

    • Afoot of the windward slope
    • Bwindward side
    • Csummit
    • Dleeward side (rain shadow)

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11. Question 11· Weather and climate· WAEC

    The range of temperature is the

    • Ahighest temperature only
    • Baverage temperature
    • Csum of temperatures
    • Ddifference between the highest and lowest temperatures

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12. Question 12· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Lines on a weather map joining places of equal atmospheric pressure are

    • Aisobars
    • Bisotherms
    • Cisohyets
    • Dcontours

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13. Question 13· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Mediterranean climates have

    • Ano seasons
    • Brain all year
    • Ccold winters with snow
    • Dhot dry summers and mild wet winters

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14. Question 14· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Cirrus clouds are

    • Atowering thunderclouds
    • Blow and grey
    • Chigh, thin and feathery
    • Dfog

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15. Question 15· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Humidity is the amount of

    • Awind in a place
    • Brainfall in a year
    • Csunshine in a day
    • Dwater vapour in the air

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16. Question 16· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Mean monthly temperatures at a station range from 24 °C to 32 °C. What is the annual range?

    • A56 °C
    • B28 °C
    • C8 °C
    • D24 °C

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17. Question 17· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Convectional rainfall is common in the equatorial region because of

    • Ahigh pressure
    • Bcold ocean currents
    • Cintense heating and rising moist air
    • Dmountains only

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18. Question 18· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Relief rainfall occurs when

    • Aair sinks
    • Bair is heated over land
    • Ctwo air masses meet
    • Dmoist air is forced to rise over high ground

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19. Question 19· Weather and climate· WAEC

    The instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure is the

    • Abarometer
    • Bthermometer
    • Crain gauge
    • Dwind vane

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20. Question 20· Weather and climate· WAEC

    Temperature falls with height at an average rate of about

    • A6.5 °C per 1,000 m
    • B1 °C per 1,000 m
    • C10 °C per 100 m
    • D20 °C per 1,000 m

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