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Reduced crop yield is a socio-economic effect of
desertification. true or false?

Consumers are responsible for the production of
food through the process of photosynthesis. True
or false?

The people who moved into deforestated zones
and begin small-scale called production are called
_.

Loss of plant undergrowth,tree barks and depletion
of soil fertility is more obvious when
overecultivation takes place.true or false?

A specific ecological unit with specific location and
boundaries is called _______________

Famine and malnutrition
are________________________effect of
desertification.

Major sources of the gas
are leaking air
conditioners and refridgerators.

A means of safely disposing waste gases by
combustion is referred to as
_flaring.

The total number of people that irrespective of
gender, race, colour, or ethnicity that lives within as
specific geographical area or location is called

The park harbours
some of the rarest species of primate in Africa

occurs when there a
many people in excess of natural resource demand
and social facilities.

The study of how organisms interacts with
themselves and the physical environment is
defined in the ________________________

Deserts lie within the
________________________ parallels of latitude
north and south of the equator.

The fertility applies,
where the total fertility rate is 2.1 .

There are major
causes of desertification

The disapperance of soil organic matter is not an
effect of desertification on soil fertility. True or
false?

This is a general term which describes the
drainage, the texture, or soil chemical properties,
such as the pH. ________________________

Secretions, Wastes, and Remains are part of
environment.

_is a gas which has its
major source from burning and deforestation and is
capable of causing global warming

20. Green house effect is a destructive legacy of

Acidification, desertification, pollution, erosion are
examples of ______________are limitations to the
earth's carrying capacity

The amount of moisture or water vapour present in
a given air mass is called
_.

The type of relationship found in Acacia plant is
____________

The biological component of the environment
comprise of

A commensalism remora possesses
on top of their heads

One of the following is not a general limiting factor
to the earth's carrying capacity
__________________

Fungi in an ecosystem is a
__.

28. F.E.P.A stands for_______________________

The relationship between sharks and remoras in
the ocean is _________

It feeds on both plants and animals and
called____________________________________

According to various studies,about
________________________ of world’s land
surface, which covers about 6.1 billion hectares
can be classed as dry lands

The ____________________________________
is usually called the Hamada desert.

The tool used for integrating environmental
concerns into all major activities in the country is
the ________________________

The country with the largest tropical forest in the
world is __________

Global warming could increase biodiversity
numbers. Is this statement true or false?

36. All these are topographic factors except ______

From the farming point of view, destructive
agricultural techniques and
________________________ contribute to land
degradation.

Overgrazing, over cultivation, deforestation and
bush burning are all human activities that could
lead to encroachment.

diversity evaluates
the variety of different versions of particular genes
within individual species

The body set up to check the international trade in
tropuical timber is ________

This feature is not one of the main indicators of
desertification________________________

Okomu wildlife is managed by the
State Government.

is a factor that can
contribute to desertification through increased
livestock grazing.

The number of children born per woman in her
lifetime is called ___________

The Y chromosome is favoured by
temperature

The part of the environment that contain life i.e.
animals and plants is called

Anthropogenic contribuion to desertification
excludes..........

When paratism occurs on the surface of the host ,
it is termed _.

Deforestation can be best controlled
by________________________

Natural and man made resources are also referred
to as _________.

51. Symbiosis has been classified into ______.

This form of agricultural practice is predominant in
the forest zone,________________________

The difference between surface and groundwater is
in the level of infiltration. True or false?

The diversity that measures the abundance and
complexity of a biological ecosystem is

This is not one of the main causes of deforestation.
_________________

The human interaction with the environment is a
factor.

This is an example of a herbivore.
__________________

The entire living organism, plants, animals, fungi
and microbes that exist on our planet is a definition
of ________________________

The term used to represent a situation where
population of birth is same as death is _________
population growth

Renewable energy contribute to global warming.Is
this statement true or false?

The study of how organisms or species interacts
with themselves and the physical environment is
______________.

Human interaction and animal dependence on
vegetation for survival generally descibes
________________________factors

63. The acronym "NCF" stands for

The organisms that are responsible for the
production of food at the base of a trophic level is
called ________

One of the most sutainable use of biodiversity
among the list below is
____________________________________

factors refers to soil
types with regards to the cause of desertification

Organisms whose digestive system including teeth
and jaw are designed with a combination of cutting
and crushing surfaces are called _______

In the relationship between remoraa and shark, the
organism that possess sulker on the head is called

The element used to extract gold from sand is
________.

The relevance of
Hypothesis is shown by the several activities and
relationship in the ecosystem evident with scientific
research

_National Park holds
20% of the world's total known species of
butterflies.

The sudden and often unpredictable speedy
increase in human population is __________

Water, weather and soil are
environment.

The propensity for a male child conception is
mating on the ________ day starting from the first
day of mensral cycle.

A gathering of all the interacting species of
organism within a specific location is called
_______.

Celibacy is a method listed as as a family/fertility
control mechanism. Is this statement true or false?

According to Akpan (2002) there are ___________
limitng factors to earth's carrying capacity.

A state at which the forest zones are lost to the
range of 9 million to 12.3 million ha per year is
called ________________________

The ____________is found on highlands such as
plateaux

Gashaka Gumpti National Park is located in
____________part of Nigeria.

A house creates an
artificial environment by careful control of
environmental factors

82. James Lovelock named a concept in _________

When the population of birth in an area is same as
death, this is termed______________________

Birth rate and death ratea are under _________
factor

A____________ is a large area of barren land that
is waterless and treeless and often
sand____________covered.

Bush burning has its attendant impacts on
desertification when there is all
except________________________.

_is a greenhouse gas
that is produced by bacteria that decomposes
organic matter in oxygen-deficient environment

Environmental effects of desertification does not
include________________________

The ________________________holds about
20% of the world’s total known species of
butterflies.

This is a form of diversity which measures the
abundance and complexity of a biological
ecosystem.________________________

The key factor in any successful conservation
practice is____________.

The species that falls within the three rarity groups,
but due to inadequate information is difficult to
provide appropriate classification is called
__.

The relationship between organisms which benefit
from each other is

Species that have been seriously exploited and are
forced to a habitat that is very unfriendly are
regarded as ________________________.

Excessive human population in a given area, at a
particular period of time, such that the natural
resources are not able to support the population is
__

The optimum population size that the earth can
support indefinitely within a specific set of
environmental conditions is

The concept named after greek goddess of the
earth is

species are those
that have the highest probability of being extinct

The ____________deals with the study of how
organisms interacts with themselves and the
physical environment.

The teeth of _are
designed to tear, crush and digest food

The relationship between two parties in which in
which both benefit is called
__.

The relationship in which an organism benefits
while the other is not harmed is called
__.

The ____________________________________is
a home to endangered
white____________throated monkeys.

The consequence of population growth
excludes________________________

The greatest single environmental problem
associated with petroleum exploitation in Nigeria is

Desert re-encroachment does not occurs when
there is _______________

The causes of desertification is all of the following
except........

Dalphina, a simple organism is a ____________
species.

Deserts lie within the
________________________ parallels of latitude
north and south of the equator.

Climate, Graphic, and Topography
factor of the
ecosystem

A total change from forest to agriculture is called
_.

is home to
endangered to white throated monkeys.

Reduce, reuse and reycling of paper can check
habits that cause_______________________

The biotic community comprises
_, decomposers and
consumers.

Natural and man made resources are also referred
to as _________.

The
____________________________________ttracts
bird watchers to site between the months of
October and March every year.

A body of water which moves over and above an
area of land, which is not normally submerged is
called

Total fertility rate is the number of children born per
woman in her lifetime.Is this statement true or
false?

The formation of sand dunes is an effect of
vegetation on land as a result of desertification.
True or false?