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The document is an examination paper for SSS 1 Geography, consisting of objective and theory sections. The objective section includes multiple-choice questions covering various geographical concepts, while the theory section requires students to define geography, explain the solar system, and discuss the importance of lithosphere and hydrosphere. Students are instructed to answer all objective questions and four questions from the theory section.

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The document is an examination paper for SSS 1 Geography, consisting of objective and theory sections. The objective section includes multiple-choice questions covering various geographical concepts, while the theory section requires students to define geography, explain the solar system, and discuss the importance of lithosphere and hydrosphere. Students are instructed to answer all objective questions and four questions from the theory section.

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SSS 1 FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY
CLASS: SSS 1
SECTION A : OBJECTIVES
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions in this section

1. There are _____ local government areas in Nigeria (a) 774 (b) 775 (c) 776 (d) 779
2. Geo means ______ (a) planet (b) the earth (c) water (d) forest
3. The word geography is derived from _______ (a) French (b) English (c) Greek
(d)Yoruba
4. Geography is defined as the study of ____ and ____ (a) Forest (b) Rocks (c) Water
bodies (d) People and their activities
5. An example of physical features is ____ (a) Mountain (b) Man (c) Read (d) cloth
6. ______ refers to the surface features of the land above the sea level (a) Pods (b)
Relief (c) Vegetation (d) Water
7. A _____ is a small nucleated rural settlement (a) Village (b) Town (c) City (d)
Metropolis
8. _____ consists of the sun and only nine planets (a) Solar system (b) Sun (c) Moon
q(d) Earth
9. The sun is in the _____ of the planets (a) Front (b) Centre (c) Back (d) Top
10. The planets shines only by the reflected light of the _______ (a) Moon (b) Stars
(c)Sun (d) Galaxies
11. There are _____ hours in a day (a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 12 (d) 6
12. A leap year has _____ days (a) 365¹¼ (b) 365 (c) 366 (d)367
13. The evidence to prove the sphericity of the earth include the following except (a)
Circumnavigation (b) Sunrise and sunset (c) Aerial photograph (d) Earth rotation
14. _______ is formed when the three bodies sun, earth and the moon are in a straight
line (a) Rotation (b) Eclipse (c) Longitude (d) Latitude
15. _____ is usually warm and bright (a) Summer (b) Solstices (c)Winters (d) Spring
16. Lines of longitude can be best described as (a) the angular distance of a place
north or south of the equator (b) semi circle of the globe (c) imaginary lines on the
earth's surface joining the north and south pole (d) imaginary straight line from the
north pole to the equator
17. The part of the earth where living things are found is known as ________ (a)
hydrosphere (b) atmosphere (c) biosphere (d) nature
18. Human beings live in which area (a) Atmosphere (b) Hydrosphere (c) Lithosphere
(d) Plain
19. The part of the earth occupied by water is called _____ (a) biosphere (b)
atmosphere (c) hydrosphere (d) water bodies
20. The percentage composition of oxygen in the atmosphere is ______ (a) 78% (b)
21% (c) 23% (d) 56%

SECTION B: THEORY
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS ONLY
WRITE PROPERLY, BOLDLY AND CLEARLY

1. (a) Define geography. (3 marks )


(b) State two importance of geography. (2 marks)
(c) State five (5) scope of geography. (5 marks)

2. (a) Explain properly the "Solar system" (5 marks)


(b) List Five (5) planets. (5 marks)
3. (a) Explain earth's revolution and earth's rotation. (5 marks)
(b) State two (2) effects of earth revolution. (5 marks)
4. (a) List Five (5) importance of lithosphere to man. (5 marks)
(b) Mention five (5) importance of hydrosphere to man. (5 marks)
5. (a) State five (5) importance of rocks to man. (5 marks)
(b) Give two reasons to show that the shape of the earth is not flat.
Explain properly (5 marks)

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