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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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Nigeria is located in the _________ of Africa
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Continental shelf measures about _______km off cape Formoso at the nose of the Niger Delta
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Forest occupies about _______% of Nigeria
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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 _______ plateau is another area where inselbergs can be found.
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___________ region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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The Continental shelf streaches ______km offshore Calabar in the east.
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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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About ------- million sq km of land have become desertified in the past 50 years.
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region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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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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A very small fraction of about _________% is captured by green plants, bacteria, andstimulates the process of photosynthesis.
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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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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 Northern most part of the savanna belt in Nigeria, aside the Sahel in the far northeast.
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The vegetation belt in Nigeria are determined by _________ factors.
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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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_____________ is the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass
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In the biosphere almost all energy is from the __________.
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The high plains of __________is the largest size topographical feature in the Nigerian Environment.
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s the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass.
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Sudan Savanna's mean annual rainfall is between 510 and _mm
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In Nigeria the average animal sunshine hours has been reported to be _______ in the south
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_______ and ________ are two types of Quaternary
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____________is situated on the South-East end of the High plains of Hausaland
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The __________ is underlain by young sedimentary rocks with most of them possessing plain tops and a largelayer of indurate ironstone.
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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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Nigeria has the largest area of mangrove forest in Africa with an estimate of ___________km2.
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Between 1975 and _________, Nigeria's vegetation witnessed sharp loss.
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The amount of solar energy, that gets to the outer atmosphere of the earth is called the
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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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The sun being the source of solar radiation has been described by some scientists as a gigantic fireball of _______% hydrogen.
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can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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may be described as the amount of solar radiation falling upon an environment per unit area
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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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___________ are prominent residual rockmass which are often remnants of erosion can be found around old hard rocks
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The savanna zone occupies about ________% of the land surface of Nigeria.
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The Sokoto plain is in the far __________ of Nigeria and is made of sedimentary rocks.
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The total brackish area is about _________km2
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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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may be defined as a body of water, which moves over and above an area of land, which is not normally submerged
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___________ may be described as the amount of solar radiation falling upon an environment per unit area
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We don't find desert encroachment in _________
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Quaternary began around million years ago
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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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__________ can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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Over ______% of Nigeria's original forest were lost due to unplanned land use.
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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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Continental shelf is small in size averaging 20-25km in width in _________.
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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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