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is home to endangered to white throated monkeys.
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Reduced crop yield is a socio-economic effect of desertification. true or false?
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The relationship between sharks and remoras in the ocean is _________
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Loss of plant undergrowth,tree barks and depletion of soil fertility is more obvious when overecultivation takes place.true or false?
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Global warming could increase biodiversity numbers. Is this statement true or false?
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The part of the environment that contain life i.e. animals and plants is called
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occurs when there a many people in excess of natural resource demand and social facilities.
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The ____________________________________ is usually called the Hamada desert.
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factors refers to soil types with regards to the cause of desertification
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The ____________is found on highlands such as plateaux
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species are those that have the highest probability of being extinct
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The body set up to check the international trade in tropuical timber is ________
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The ________________________holds about 20% of the world’s total known species of butterflies.
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A body of water which moves over and above an area of land, which is not normally submerged is called
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_is a greenhouse gas that is produced by bacteria that decomposes organic matter in oxygen-deficient environment
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This is a form of diversity which measures the abundance and complexity of a biological ecosystem.________________________
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Bush burning has its attendant impacts on desertification when there is all except________________________.
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Major sources of the gas are leaking air conditioners and refridgerators.
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The entire living organism, plants, animals, fungi and microbes that exist on our planet is a definition of ________________________
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Overgrazing, over cultivation, deforestation and bush burning are all human activities that could lead to encroachment.
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Human interaction and animal dependence on vegetation for survival generally descibes ________________________factors
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Desert re-encroachment does not occurs when there is _______________
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Natural and man made resources are also referred to as _________.
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The optimum population size that the earth can support indefinitely within a specific set of environmental conditions is
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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 __
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The term used to represent a situation where population of birth is same as death is _________ population growth
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_is a gas which has its major source from burning and deforestation and is capable of causing global warming
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This form of agricultural practice is predominant in the forest zone,________________________
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29. The acronym "NCF" stands for
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Secretions, Wastes, and Remains are part of environment.
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The sudden and often unpredictable speedy increase in human population is __________
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Fungi in an ecosystem is a __.
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Deforestation can be best controlled by________________________
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One of the following is not a general limiting factor to the earth's carrying capacity __________________
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The relevance of Hypothesis is shown by the several activities and relationship in the ecosystem evident with scientific research
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The human interaction with the environment is a factor.
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Acidification, desertification, pollution, erosion are examples of ______________are limitations to the earth's carrying capacity
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The ____________________________________ttracts bird watchers to site between the months of October and March every year.
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The disapperance of soil organic matter is not an effect of desertification on soil fertility. True or false?
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A house creates an artificial environment by careful control of environmental factors
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The difference between surface and groundwater is in the level of infiltration. True or false?
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Environmental effects of desertification does not include________________________
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This is not one of the main causes of deforestation. _________________
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A gathering of all the interacting species of organism within a specific location is called _______.
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The formation of sand dunes is an effect of vegetation on land as a result of desertification. True or false?
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It feeds on both plants and animals and called____________________________________
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When the population of birth in an area is same as death, this is termed______________________
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The propensity for a male child conception is mating on the ________ day starting from the first day of mensral cycle.
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According to Akpan (2002) there are ___________ limitng factors to earth's carrying capacity.
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The concept named after greek goddess of the earth is
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The fertility applies, where the total fertility rate is 2.1 .
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When paratism occurs on the surface of the host , it is termed _.
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A state at which the forest zones are lost to the range of 9 million to 12.3 million ha per year is called ________________________
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The species that falls within the three rarity groups, but due to inadequate information is difficult to provide appropriate classification is called __.
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A____________ is a large area of barren land that is waterless and treeless and often sand____________covered.
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Okomu wildlife is managed by the State Government.
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The diversity that measures the abundance and complexity of a biological ecosystem is
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The tool used for integrating environmental concerns into all major activities in the country is the ________________________
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Celibacy is a method listed as as a family/fertility control mechanism. Is this statement true or false?
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A total change from forest to agriculture is called _.
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Total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman in her lifetime.Is this statement true or false?
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This is an example of a herbivore. __________________
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The teeth of _are designed to tear, crush and digest food
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The country with the largest tropical forest in the world is __________
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The biotic community comprises _, decomposers and consumers.
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The ____________deals with the study of how organisms interacts with themselves and the physical environment.
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The ____________________________________is a home to endangered white____________throated monkeys.
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Deserts lie within the ________________________ parallels of latitude north and south of the equator.
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The consequence of population growth excludes________________________
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Reduce, reuse and reycling of paper can check habits that cause_______________________
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Famine and malnutrition are________________________effect of desertification.
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73. Green house effect is a destructive legacy of
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Dalphina, a simple organism is a ____________ species.
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There are major causes of desertification
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The number of children born per woman in her lifetime is called ___________
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In the relationship between remoraa and shark, the organism that possess sulker on the head is called
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The causes of desertification is all of the following except........
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Organisms whose digestive system including teeth and jaw are designed with a combination of cutting and crushing surfaces are called _______
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The relationship in which an organism benefits while the other is not harmed is called __.
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81. F.E.P.A stands for_______________________
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Consumers are responsible for the production of food through the process of photosynthesis. True or false?
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The people who moved into deforestated zones and begin small-scale called production are called _.
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84. Symbiosis has been classified into ______.
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According to various studies,about ________________________ of world’s land surface, which covers about 6.1 billion hectares can be classed as dry lands
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From the farming point of view, destructive agricultural techniques and ________________________ contribute to land degradation.
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Renewable energy contribute to global warming.Is this statement true or false?
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The greatest single environmental problem associated with petroleum exploitation in Nigeria is
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The relationship between organisms which benefit from each other is
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Species that have been seriously exploited and are forced to a habitat that is very unfriendly are regarded as ________________________.
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The organisms that are responsible for the production of food at the base of a trophic level is called ________
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The study of how organisms interacts with themselves and the physical environment is defined in the ________________________
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diversity evaluates the variety of different versions of particular genes within individual species
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A commensalism remora possesses on top of their heads
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is a factor that can contribute to desertification through increased livestock grazing.
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_National Park holds 20% of the world's total known species of butterflies.
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The biological component of the environment comprise of
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This is a general term which describes the drainage, the texture, or soil chemical properties, such as the pH. ________________________
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This feature is not one of the main indicators of desertification________________________
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100. James Lovelock named a concept in _________
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The type of relationship found in Acacia plant is ____________
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The study of how organisms or species interacts with themselves and the physical environment is ______________.
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Water, weather and soil are environment.
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A specific ecological unit with specific location and boundaries is called _______________
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Anthropogenic contribuion to desertification excludes..........
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The total number of people that irrespective of gender, race, colour, or ethnicity that lives within as specific geographical area or location is called
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108. All these are topographic factors except ______
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Gashaka Gumpti National Park is located in ____________part of Nigeria.
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The Y chromosome is favoured by temperature
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Birth rate and death ratea are under _________ factor
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The amount of moisture or water vapour present in a given air mass is called _.
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The element used to extract gold from sand is ________.
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The relationship between two parties in which in which both benefit is called __.
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One of the most sutainable use of biodiversity among the list below is ____________________________________
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Climate, Graphic, and Topography factor of the ecosystem
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The key factor in any successful conservation practice is____________.
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A means of safely disposing waste gases by combustion is referred to as _flaring.
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The park harbours some of the rarest species of primate in Africa
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