Waec Geography 2001 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• WAEC 2001

(a) What is a spring?
(b) With the aid of diagrams, describe three ways by which springs may be formed.

Question 42:

• WAEC 2001

(a) Name the instruments used in measuring the following:
(i) Rainfall; (ii) Humidity (iii) Temperature (iv) Wind.
(b) With the aid of a diagram, describe the instrument used to measure rainfall.
(c) Explain how the instrument described in (b) above is used.

Question 43:

• WAEC 2001

(a) Describe the characteristics of the equatorial climate.
(b) Highlight the main features of the vegetation type associated with the climatic region in (a) above.

Question 44:

• WAEC 2001

(a) Define the term flooding.
(b) Highlight four causes of flooding.
(c) Outline four effects of flooding
(d) What two measures can be taken to control flooding?

Question 45:

• WAEC 2001

(a) Identify four patterns of population movement within a country.
(b) Give five reasons that may lead to any one pattern of the movements identified in (a) above.
(c) Highlight three possible effects of population movement on the:
(i) source region; (ii) destination.