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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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About ------- million sq km of land have become desertified in the past 50 years.
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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 _______ plateau is another area where inselbergs can be found.
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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 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 Sokoto plain is in the far __________ of Nigeria and is made of sedimentary rocks.
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In Nigeria the average animal sunshine hours has been reported to be _______ in the south
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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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Temperature on the surface of the sun has been estimated to be over ________
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In Nigeria the average animal sunshine hours has been reported to be in the south
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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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The sun being the source of solar radiation has been described by some scientists as a gigantic fireball of _______% hydrogen.
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It was mentioned that the mud beach extends for_______km and terminates at the Benin river mouth on the northwest Flank of the Niger Delta
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Nigeria has the largest area of mangrove forest in Africa with an estimate of ___________km2.
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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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Less than ______% of the solar constant pass through the atmosphere and arrive at the earth's surface.
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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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Derive Savanna covers an area of about _________ sq.km about 8% of the country
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Between 1975 and _________, Nigeria's vegetation witnessed sharp loss.
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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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Over % of Nigeria's original forest were lost due to unplanned land use.
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can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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___________ region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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The saline swamps of the Niger delta occupies ________ hectares
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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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We don't find desert encroachment in _________
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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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A unit where the relationship of living organisms is studied is referred to as _________.
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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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defined the environment as the sum total of the condition within which organisms live
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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 high plains of __________is the largest size topographical feature in the Nigerian Environment.
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Climate determines the way the __________ of an ecosystem will look
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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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In the biosphere almost all energy is from the __________.
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_____________ is the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass
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Quaternary began around ______ million years ago
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Sudan Savanna's mean annual rainfall is between 510 and _mm
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Pleistocyne and are two types of Quaternary
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Nigeria occupies a landmass of ___________ sq. kms.
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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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Solar radiation is most often measured indirectly by using ___________ .
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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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The amount of solar energy, that gets to the outer atmosphere of the earth is called the____________
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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 Niger Delta coast extends from the mouth of the ________river, to the mouth of the Imo River in the east
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Climate change is real in Nigerian environment
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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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