JAMB and WAEC Geography questions

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All topics Agriculture, industry and trade · 42 Environmental resources and hazards · 33 Geography of Nigeria · 42 Landforms, weathering and erosion · 52 Latitude, longitude and time · 36 Map reading: scale, direction and distance · 49 Population · 37 Relief, contours and gradient · 35 Rocks and minerals · 36 Settlement · 33 The earth in the solar system · 36 Transport and communication networks · 29 Vegetation and soils · 36 Weather and climate · 51 West Africa and ECOWAS · 33 World regional geography · 34

Question 501· Weather and climate· JAMB
Isohyets on a weather map join places of equal
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Answer: C. rainfall
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Question 502· Weather and climate· WAEC
The harmattan in Nigeria blows from the
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Answer: C. north-east
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Question 503· Weather and climate· JAMB
The climate graph is for a station in Nigeria. Its rainy season is mainly from
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Answer: B. April to October
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Question 504· Weather and climate· WAEC
Air pressure decreases with altitude because
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Answer: B. there is less air above
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Question 505· Weather and climate· JAMB
The climate shown on the graph is most likely the
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Answer: C. tropical continental (savanna) climate
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Question 506· Weather and climate· WAEC
Convectional rainfall is common in
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Answer: D. equatorial regions in the afternoon
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Question 507· Weather and climate· JAMB
Isotherms are lines joining places of equal
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Answer: C. temperature
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Question 508· Weather and climate· JAMB
The south-west monsoon wind brings to Nigeria
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Answer: D. moist air and rain
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Question 509· Weather and climate· JAMB
Wet- and dry-bulb thermometers in a Stevenson screen are used to find the
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Answer: C. relative humidity
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Question 510· Weather and climate· WAEC
Relief rainfall occurs on the
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Answer: B. windward side of mountains
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Question 511· Weather and climate· JAMB
Frontal rainfall is common in
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Answer: B. temperate latitudes
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Question 512· Weather and climate· JAMB
Lines on a map joining places of equal atmospheric pressure are
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Answer: A. isobars
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Question 513· Weather and climate· WAEC
The harmattan in Nigeria is
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Answer: B. a dry, dusty north-east trade wind from the Sahara
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Question 514· Weather and climate· WAEC
The harmattan wind blows from the
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Answer: B. Sahara Desert
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Question 515· Weather and climate· JAMB
Monthly rainfall at a station is 10, 20, 80, 150, 200, 250, 300, 280, 220, 120, 30 and 5 mm. Find the annual total.
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Answer: A. 1,665 mm
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Question 516· Weather and climate· WAEC
The side of a mountain that receives little rain is the
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Answer: D. leeward side (rain shadow)
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Question 517· Weather and climate· JAMB
The rain-bearing wind that blows into Nigeria from the Atlantic Ocean is the
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Answer: C. south-west monsoon
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Question 518· Weather and climate· JAMB
The Inter-Tropical Discontinuity (ITD) is the zone where
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Answer: C. tropical maritime and tropical continental air masses meet
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Question 519· Weather and climate· JAMB
A land breeze blows
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Answer: D. from land to sea at night
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Question 520· Weather and climate· WAEC
The range of temperature is the
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Answer: D. difference between the highest and lowest temperatures
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JAMB and WAEC Geography questions

Isohyets on a weather map join places of equal

The harmattan in Nigeria blows from the

The climate graph is for a station in Nigeria. Its rainy season is mainly from

Air pressure decreases with altitude because

The climate shown on the graph is most likely the

Convectional rainfall is common in

Isotherms are lines joining places of equal

The south-west monsoon wind brings to Nigeria

Wet- and dry-bulb thermometers in a Stevenson screen are used to find the

Relief rainfall occurs on the

Frontal rainfall is common in

Lines on a map joining places of equal atmospheric pressure are

The harmattan in Nigeria is

The harmattan wind blows from the

Monthly rainfall at a station is 10, 20, 80, 150, 200, 250, 300, 280, 220, 120, 30 and 5 mm. Find the annual total.

The side of a mountain that receives little rain is the

The rain-bearing wind that blows into Nigeria from the Atlantic Ocean is the

The Inter-Tropical Discontinuity (ITD) is the zone where

A land breeze blows

The range of temperature is the