S.S.
S 1 GEORAPHY
1. 1 The solar system consists of ______and______ (a)sun and Jupiter (b)moon and sun
(c)sun and nire plants (d) earth and moon
2. Local geography involves the study of ______(a)Environment, (b) people, (c) culture, (d)
3. ________ is a small nucleated settlement (a)village (b) town (c)city (d) hamlet
4. Large and dense settlement with socially heterogeneous people is known as _____(a)
village, (b) town, (c) city, (d) hamlet
5. All these are functions of village except _______(a)agriculture, (b) lumbering, (c) fishing,
(d) administrative.
6. The only planet believed to contain life among the inner planets is_____(a) Jupiter, (b)
Earth, (c) Mars, (d) plants
7. The plants among the nine planets orbiting in an anticlockwise direction are known as
______(a) Uranus, (b) Neptune, (c) Venus, (d) Saturn
8. One of these is evidence to prove that the Earth is spherical: (a)circular horizon, (b)
heliosphere, (c) longitude, (d) weathering.
9. One of the effects of the evolution of the earth is ________(a) copricorn and cancers,
(b) attitude of the midday sun. (c) latitude (d) meridians
10. The liquid parts of the earth are______(a) lithosphere, (b) hydrosphere, (c) atmosphere,
(d) rocks.
SECTION B
Answer any three questions from this section.
1. Describe the solar system
List the nine planets.
2. Define rock
List 5 important aspects of rocks.
3. Differentiate between rotation and revolution of the Earth.
4. Describe the eclipse of the sun with a good diagram.
5. Distinguish between longitude and latitude
S.S.S 2 GEORAPHY
1. All these are evidence of the earth’s sphericity except __________(a) circular horizon (b)
circumarization (c) sunrise and sunset (d) the longitude line
2. The principal producer of the ecosystem is _________(a)man, (b)plant, (c) animal, (d)
sun
3. One of these is regarded as natural as disaster_________(a)hurricane(b)deforestation
(c) afforestation (d) rainfall
4. Soil formation can be be greatly affected by ______(a)climate factor(b)nature
factor(c)biotic factor(d)adcyotation
5. ________ is an example of a micro-organism but degrades dead organic matter to release
nutrients required by producers (a)bacteria, (b)fungi, (c) viruses, (d)lice
6. Environmental balance can be achieved through following except _______(a)carbon
cycle(b)nitrogen cycle(c) food chain(d)water cycle
7. Formed as a result of the solidification of molten rock magma ejected from beneath the
earth, the truth is _________(a)sedimentary, (b)igneous rock, (c) metamorphic rocks, (d)
fold mountain.
8. The earth rotates from _______to_____(a)west to east (b)east to west(c)east to
south(d)north to south
9. Which of the following planets is terrestrial? (a)earth(b)jupiter(c)saturn(d)uranus
10. Rocks are classified based on their mode of formation and ________(a)appearance,
(b)crystallization, (c) solidification, (d)stratification
SECTION B ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION.
1. With a good diagram, describe the hydrological cycle.
2. What are environmental hazards?
(b)List 4 types of environmental hazards
3. Highlights the main components of the ecosystem.
4. Distinguish between deforestation and afforestation.
S.S.S 3 GEOGRAPHY
1. The simplest, most efficient means of transportation is _________(a)aeroplane,
(b)beast of burden, (c) bicycle, (d)human porterage
2. The benefit derived from tourism in Nigeria is
________________(a)revenue(b)infrastructural decay(c)pilfering of
artefacts(d)unfavourable political atmosphere.
3. The contribution of industries to the economic development of countries
_________(a)employment opportunity(b)foreign dependencies (c)increased
pollution(d)unfavourable climate
4. Which of the following has the advantage of pipeline transportation? (a)cheaper to
be laid in difficult(b)free from attack by vaulable(c)less capital intenses(d)execise in
nature
5. The favourable condition for sitting settlement in a coastal area. (a)costal
lowland(b)fertile alluvial(c)high plateau(d)ocean contineutal shelf.
6. Environmental balance can be achieved through the following, except (a)carbon
cycle, (b) nitrogen cycle, (c)food chain, (d)water cycle
7. Excessive ultraviolet rays lead to increases in________(a)Heat, (b)skin cancers,
(c)global warming, (d)Excessive wildlife
8. The moon revolves round the Earth once in _________(a)Twenty eight days
(b)twenty six days(c)twenty seven day(d)Thirty days.
9. The liquid parts of the earth
is_________(a)hydrosphere(b)lithosphere(c)brosphere(d)rocks.
10. The brief period between sunset and full night is _________(a)Dawn, (b)equinox,
(c)solstice, (d)rocks.
SECTION B
1. Define weathering
. (b) List two problems of weathering
2. Distinguish between rotation and revolution of the Earth
3. What are environmental resources? Highlight 4 types of environmental
resources.
4. Define rocks.
(b)List 3 types of rocks
. (c) What is the importance of rocks to man?
5. What is transportation
(b) List three types of transportation
(c) What is the importance of transportation?
