Geography 1992 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 6 :

• JAMB 1992

Steeps-sided and flat-floored valleys found in hot desert are the products of?

A. Fluvial erosion
B. Wind abrasion
C. Wind deflation
D. Glacial erosion

Question 7 :

• JAMB 1992

The older fold mountains are much lower in elevation and less rugged than the younger ones largely because they?

A. Are less resistance to erosion
B. Have been subjected to greater instability
C. Have experience a longer period of denudation
D. Have been subjected to greater faulting

Question 8 :

• JAMB 1992

An off-shore bar formed by corals is known as?

A. An atoll
B. A coral reef
C. A fringing reef
D. A barrier reef

Question 9 :

• JAMB 1992

The difference in the readings on the dry and wet bulb thermometers is used to determine?

A. Atmospheric pressure
B. Range of temperature
C. Evaportraspriation
D. Relative humidity

Question 10 :

• JAMB 1992

Which of the following produces a continuous record of atmospheric pressure?

A. Mercury barometer
B. Barometer
C. Aneroid barometer
D. Altimeter