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Sudan Savanna's mean annual rainfall is between __________mm
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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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__________ 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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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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A very small fraction of about _________% is captured by green plants, bacteria, andstimulates the process of photosynthesis.
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_______ and ________ are two types of Quaternary
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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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____________stretches (around Imo to Calabar) specifically from Imo River to Calabar River estuary at the Nigeria/Cameroun borders.
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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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A unit where the relationship of living organisms is studied is referred to as _________.
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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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defined the environment as the sum total of the condition within which organisms live
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Forest occupies about _______% of Nigeria
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__________ can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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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 Sokoto plain is in the far __________ of Nigeria and is made of sedimentary rocks.
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____________is situated on the South-East end of the High plains of Hausaland
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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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Pleistocyne and are two types of Quaternary
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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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Climate determines the way the __________ of an ecosystem will look
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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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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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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 total brackish area is about _________km2
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We don't find desert encroachment in _________
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In Nigeria the average animal sunshine hours has been reported to be in the south
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_________% of the fresh water are locked up in ice caps or glaciers or buried so deep that it costs so much to extract
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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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Temperature on the surface of the sun has been estimated to be over ________
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_____________ is the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass
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The savanna zone occupies about ________% of the land surface of Nigeria.
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Over ______% of Nigeria's original forest were lost due to unplanned land use.
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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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Quaternary began around ______ million years ago
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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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Quaternary began around million years ago
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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 a method in which a part of a stream, river is depened, widened or straightened to allow more rapid runoff.
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region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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Solar radiation is most often measured indirectly by using ___________ .
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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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can be located in the far northeast of Nigeria occupying part of Yola and Maiduguri.
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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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__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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About ------- million sq km of land have become desertified in the past 50 years.
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________plateau has Tertiary to Recent volcanism which formed a distinct region of basaltic lava flows, volcanoes and vents at various stages of erosion
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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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may be described as the amount of solar radiation falling upon an environment per unit area
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Sudan Savanna's mean annual rainfall is between 510 and _mm
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Between 1975 and _________, Nigeria's vegetation witnessed sharp loss.
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The _______ plateau is another area where inselbergs can be found.
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Derive Savanna covers an area of about _________ sq.km about 8% of the country
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In Nigeria the average animal sunshine hours has been reported to be _______ in the south
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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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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 has the largest area of mangrove forest in Africa with an estimate of ___________km2.
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Continental shelf measures about _______km off cape Formoso at the nose of the Niger Delta
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The Continental shelf streaches ______km offshore Calabar in the east.
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The high plains of __________is the largest size topographical feature in the Nigerian Environment.
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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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The saline swamps of the Niger delta occupies ________ hectares
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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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_________ 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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_______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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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 amount of solar energy, that gets to the outer atmosphere of the earth is called the____________
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Nigeria is located in the _________ of Africa
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Over % of Nigeria's original forest were lost due to unplanned land use.
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Continental shelf is small in size averaging 20-25km in width in _________.
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Between 1975 and Nigeria's vegetation witnessed sharp loss.
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Only _______% of the earth's total volume of water is easily assessable to us.
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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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Temperature on the surface of the sun has been estimated to be over
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We don't find rain forest for instance in _________
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___________ may be described as the amount of solar radiation falling upon an environment per unit area
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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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Solar radiation is most often measured indirectly by using
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Nigeria occupies a landmass of ___________ sq. kms.
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The vegetation belt in Nigeria are determined by _________ factors.
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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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A very small fraction of about % is captured by green plants, bacteria, andstimulates the process of photosynthesis
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s the largest vegetation cover in Nigeria extending over about 50% of the total landmass.
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___________ region is known for heavy rain fall that encourages leaching and erosion.
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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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