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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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ESM102
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__is the Northern most part of the savanna belt in Nigeria, aside the Sahel in the far northeast.
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Quaternary began around ______ million years ago
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region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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defined the environment as the sum total of the condition within which organisms live
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may also be defined as the gradual removal of rock or soil particles from its initial deposit by the means of wind, waves, water, glaciers, soil slope or by human activities
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The total brackish area is about _________km2
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The _______ plateau is another area where inselbergs can be found.
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In the biosphere almost all energy is from the __________.
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Derive Savanna covers an area of about _________ sq.km about 8% of the country
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The saline swamps of the Niger delta occupies ________ hectares
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The mean annual rainfall of Sahel savanna was reported to be _________mm and long dry seasons between seven to eight months.
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__________ is a period which is referred to as the present geological period that followed the tertiary period
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Between 1975 and _________, Nigeria's vegetation witnessed sharp loss.
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Continental shelf is small in size averaging 20-25km in width in _________.
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Temperature on the surface of the sun has been estimated to be over ________
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A very small fraction of about % is captured by green plants, bacteria, andstimulates the process of photosynthesis
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is defined as the physical characteristics of the troposphere of an area based on analysis of its weather over at least 30 years.
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The mean annual rainfall of Sahel savanna was reported to be mm and long dry seasons between seven to eight months.
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Nigeria is located in the _________ of Africa
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The paucity of sand on __________ beach and environs is attributed to sediment loss to Avon and Mahin sub-marine canons off the delta toe
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In Nigeria the average animal sunshine hours has been reported to be in the south
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About ------- million sq km of land have become desertified in the past 50 years.
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Continental shelf measures about _______km off cape Formoso at the nose of the Niger Delta
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__________ can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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____________stretches (around Imo to Calabar) specifically from Imo River to Calabar River estuary at the Nigeria/Cameroun borders.
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We don't find rain forest for instance in _________
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s a period which is referred to as the present geological period that followed the tertiary period
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Sudan Savanna's mean annual rainfall is between 510 and _mm
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___________is the Northern most part of the savanna belt in Nigeria, aside the Sahel in the far northeast.
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___________ may be described as the amount of solar radiation falling upon an environment per unit area
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___________ stated that the barrier lagoon complex grades eastward into a mud beach in the vicinity of Lekki Lagoon
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The year that Okonkwo took eight hundred seed yams from _________ was the worst year in living memory.
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The savanna zone occupies about ________% of the land surface of Nigeria.
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Climate determines the way the __________ of an ecosystem will look
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and embankment can reduce the possibility of water overflowing into nearby floodplains. It could be permanent or temporary such as sandbags placed when a flood is imminent.
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Over % of Nigeria's original forest were lost due to unplanned land use.
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About % of the solar energy reaching the troposphere is reflected back into space by clouds, chemicals,dust and the earth's land and water surface.
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can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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The sun being the source of solar radiation has been described by some scientists as a gigantic fireball of ______% helium.
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_____________ is the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass
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___________is a method in which a part of a stream, river is depened, widened or straightened to allow more rapid runoff.
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Nigeria occupies a landmass of ___________ sq. kms.
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The Niger Delta coast extends from the mouth of the ________river, to the mouth of the Imo River in the east
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A unit where the relationship of living organisms is studied is referred to as _________.
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Between 1975 and Nigeria's vegetation witnessed sharp loss.
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s the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass.
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The Continental shelf streaches ______km offshore Calabar in the east.
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Temperature on the surface of the sun has been estimated to be over
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__________ is defined as the physical characteristics of the troposphere of an area based on analysis of its weather over at least 30 years.
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The sun being the source of solar radiation has been described by some scientists as a gigantic fireball of _______% hydrogen.
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