Geography Mock 2024

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Most of northern Ghana is covered by

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Granite is an example of

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The gas that makes up most of the atmosphere is

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A computer system for storing, analysing and displaying data about places is a

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GPS is used in fieldwork to

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The national body that manages disasters such as floods in Ghana is

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A major cause of flooding in Accra is

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The strength of an earthquake is often measured on the

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Molten rock that reaches the earth's surface is called

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The direction of a place measured clockwise from north in degrees is its

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The semi-arid belt along the southern edge of the Sahara is the

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The shallow lake shared by Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon is Lake

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Tema became a major industrial centre mainly because of its

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Which is a factor of soil formation?

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Humus is formed from

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The equatorial climate is

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Which is a major cause of land degradation in Ghana?

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Bush fires in northern Ghana are most common during the

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Planting trees on degraded mining sites is an example of

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The peeling off of outer rock layers due to daily heating and cooling is

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Rainwater containing carbon dioxide dissolves limestone by

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The ozone layer, which absorbs harmful ultraviolet rays, is in the

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In the troposphere, temperature generally

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Collecting information about the earth from satellites or aircraft is

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Manganese is mined in Ghana mainly at

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Diamonds are mined mainly at

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A rift valley is formed mainly by

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Mountains formed when layers of rock are compressed and bent are

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A scale written as 1 : 25,000 is called a

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The River Niger rises in the

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Which factor most attracts a factory to a site near its raw materials?

Question 32 of 50

The VALCO plant at Tema produces

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The top layer of a soil profile, rich in humus, is the

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A climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters is the

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Coniferous forest of the cold northern lands is called

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Coniferous forests (taiga) are found mainly in

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Places on the same meridian have the same

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The Volta Lake supports fishing, transport and

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Lagos grew rapidly mainly because it

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The midnight sun is experienced inside the Arctic Circle around

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River capture occurs when

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A river's discharge is calculated as

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A population with a narrow base and wide top in its pyramid indicates

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A country with a birth rate of 30‰ and death rate of 8‰ has a natural increase rate of

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The earth moves round the sun at roughly

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A cuesta is a ridge with

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Air at 25 °C rises adiabatically and cools at the dry rate of 10 °C/km until condensation at 1 km. Its temperature at cloud base is

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The Benguela current cools the coast of

Question 49 of 50

Two places 6 cm apart on a 1:25,000 map are 150 m apart in height. The gradient is

Question 50 of 50

The double rainfall maxima of southern Ghana are caused by