JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1002

5,006.

Nutrients lost by trees in leaf-fall can be re-used by the trees because the?

A.

trees are renewable resources

B.

nutrients circulate in the ecosystem

C.

nutrients are inexhaustible

D.

trees store nutrients

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,007.

The most important environmental resources that sustains natural processes in an ecosystem is?

A.

light

B.

water

C.

air

D.

energy

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,008.

The process by which materials are physically transferred from one soil layer to another is called?

A.

leaching

B.

physical weathering

C.

illuviation

D.

eluviation

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,009.

Which savannah vegetation is characterized by grasses of about one metre high and scattered trees with flattish canopy?

A.

Sahel

B.

Sudan

C.

Guinea

D.

Derived

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,010.

Planetary winds are deflected on crossing the Equator due mainly to the effects of?

A.

Coriolis force

B.

Ferrel's law

C.

the jet stream

D.

gravitational force

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.