Waec Geography 1995 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• WAEC 1995

On September 23, all towns in the northern hemisphere experience

A. Equal lenth of day and night
B. Longer days and shorter rights
C. Longer rights and shorter days
D. Complete darkness
E. Complate daylight

Question 42:

• WAEC 1995

The density of the upper part of the lithosphere is

A. 1.2
B. 1.7
C. 2.0
D. 2.7
E. 3.0

Question 43:

• WAEC 1995

Grit is a good example of

A. Plutonic igneous rock
B. Volcanic igneous rock
C. Organically formed sedimentary rock
D. Mechanically formed sedimentary rock
E. Metarmorphic rock

Question 44:

• WAEC 1995

Crater lakes are most likely to occur in

A. Areas of active erosion
B. Regions where subsidence is taking place
C. Regions of extinct volcanoes
D. Heavily faulted regions
E. Areas of fold mountains

Question 45:

• WAEC 1995

Yardangs are best described as

A. Long narrow ridges of sand lying parallel to the direction of the prevailing winds
B. Steep-side vertical bands of alternate hard and soft rocks aligned in the dircetion of the prevailing winds
C. Flat, table-like masses with very resistant horizontal top layers and very steep sides
D. Tabular, horizontal strata of alternate hard and soft rocks sculptured into a ridge and furrow landscape by wind
E. Hills of sand formed by the accumulation of sand and shaped by the movement of winds