WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 4001

20,001.

Which of the following natural resources is most readily available to all organisms?

A.

Water

B.

Oil

C.

Food

D.

Air

E.

Mineral salts

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

20,002.

The following practices are aimed at soil conservation except

A.

contour ridging

B.

Applying manure

C.

strip cropping

D.

bush clearing

E.

crop rotation

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

20,003.

The following are useful measures for forest conservation except

A.

preventing and controlling accidental forest fire

B.

encouraging the use of charcoal for industrial and domestic purposes

C.

combating and preventing plant diseases

D.

planting trees in depleted forests

E.

protecting young growing trees

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

20,004.

Preventing erosion could best be achieved by

A.

crop rotation and mulching

B.

contouring slopping ground and afforestation

C.

grazing terracing and shifting cultivation

D.

strip cropping and poaching

E.

bush fallowing and crop rotation

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

20,005.

Which of the following is not an effect of over-crowding in a population?

A.

Death

B.

Competition

C.

Commensalism

D.

Aggression

E.

Cannibalism

Correct answer is B

Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction in which members of one species benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed.

Hence, commensalism is not an effect of overcrowding.