waecE-LEARNING
Geography Paper 1 ,May/June 2012  
Questions:   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Main
General Comments
Weakness/Remedies
Strength

Question 2

  Study the climatic data below and use it to answer the questions that follow:

Month

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

Temperature (oC)

21

21

20

17

15

12

12

13

14

18

18

20

Rainfall (mm)

18

17

20

39

48

90

112

90

56

47

30

25

    (a) Calculate:

    (i)the annual range of temperature;

    (ii) the mean annual temperature.

    (b)Use the climatic data to draw a combined rainfall and temperaturegraph for the station.

    (C)Identify the climatic type in (b) above.

 

This was a very popular question among the candidates and majority of the candidates who answered the question did well in the (a) aspect of the question which required them to calculate the annual range of temperature and mean annual temperature, but most of those who answered the question did not properly represent the data in graphical form.  Practicing the art of plotting graphs will lead to better performance.

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