Waec Model Questions Vol1 2019 Geography Question 18
Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2019 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
A region receives an average annual rainfall of 1200 mm and has an average temperature of 27°C. The vegetation is tropical rainforest. Net primary productivity (NPP) can be estimated by NPP (g C m⁻² yr⁻¹) = 0.5 × (Annual Rainfall in mm) - 20 × (Mean Temperature in °C). (a) Compute the NPP for the region. (b) If 15% of the region is cleared for agriculture, reducing the NPP of that portion by 80%, what is the overall reduction in total NPP expressed as a percentage of the original total NPP?
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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2019 Geography Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
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