Literature is useful and beneficial to man in a number of ways: For Storage and Spread of...
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The essential elements of literature or literary work (drama or fiction) are: Plot. Characterization. Theme. Point of...
Minerals, unlike other resources are non-renewable resources because once they are exhausted, they cannot be replaced. Mineral...
All resources of the environment are usually organised by man for optimum use. The ability of man...
Government plays an important role in the development of agriculture in Nigeria. This has helped to solve...
Although drama and narrative poetry can be classified as fiction, the term fiction (or prose- fiction) is...
Drama is a story told in action by actors on a stage before an audience. Aristotle defined...
Genre (a French word) means type or kind, and literary genres refer to aspects, kinds or types...
A cartilage is a tough elastic and semitransparent tissue devoid of blood vessels and nerves. Functions...
Carbohydrates are organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is...
Nastic/sleeping movements The pinnate and bipinnate leaves of many leguminous plants open and close as a result...
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE Subsistence agriculture is defined as the type of agriculture which is concerned with the production...
Vegetation resources include all the resources one can get from the forest and savanna for the benefit...
Water resources refer to any useful material (living or non-living) inside water which are of benefit to...
Atmospheric resources are those elements such as wind, water, sunlight and gases found in the atmosphere which...
Environmental resources refer to any useful item in the environment, or materials and substances that are useful...
Many developing countries in West Africa including Nigeria are faced with numerous problems which militate against the...
THE MEANING OF LITERATURE The word “literature” is derived from the Latin word “littera meaning “a letter...
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a...
The following errors are common in sentence structures. They should be avoided or corrected promptly wherever they...
Enzymes are organic catalysts of protein origin produced by living cells which help to speed up or...
Food substances are chemical compounds and therefore can be tested chemically. Test for carbohydrates Test for...
Some of the major problems facing tourism development in Nigeria include the following: Inadequate funding: In Nigeria,...
Tourism is an activity done by an individual or a group of individuals, which leads to the...
MEANING OF AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION Agricultural pollution is defined as the release of toxic or harmful substances into...
The colon (:) and the semicolon differ greatly in use. The semicolon is a strong separator almost...
Concord means agreement, and the rules of grammatical concord are the principles of agreement between words in...
1) Hibernation: Hibernation is a behavioural adaptation in which some small mammals such as shrews, monotremes and...
Stomata Stomata are openings in the epidermal layer of leaves of plants. Two guard cells surround each...
Uses of Land for Agricultural Purposes 1) Production of crops: Land is used for the production of...
Conservation is defined as the planned, control exploitation or judicious use of natural resources to ensure their...
The semicolon (;) is regularly a strong comma or a weak period. 1) The semicolon is used...
The Order of Prepositions Usually, prepositions precede the words they govern. (e.g. Steve spoke to Sandra.) But...
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF A TOWN The physical features of a town include : Relief, vegetation, climate and...
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF A VILLAGE The physical features of a village include: Relief, vegetation, climate and drainage....
Taungya system is defined as the planting of arable crops at early stages of forest establishment and...
Auxins help primarily in influencing cell elongation and enlargement hence sometimes referred to as growth hormones. Actions...
Three pairs of salivary glands exist in man while in rabbit they are four pairs. In man,...
A sentence is a word or a group of words that makes a complete sense and stands...
METHODS OF LAND RECLAMATION There are various methods of land reclamation. These include the following: Afforestation: Afforestation...
There are many reasons why people embark on land reclamation. Some of the reasons are: Insufficient land:...
This is a system of livestock rearing which involves keeping of farm animals on a large scale...
Pastoral farming: This is a system of farming whereby grazing animals such as cattle, sheep and goats...
Ley farming is simply defined as the cultivation of food crops with pasture crops. When food crops...
The comma (,) denotes a short pause. Commas are used for the following. 1. To separate items...
This is a system which involves the growing of food crops in spaces between hedge-rows of trees...
Skeleton is therefore, the hard framework on which the body is built. This hard framework may be...
Nominals are words (such as pronouns and gerunds), phrases, or clauses which perform the functions of nouns....
Modifiers are words that describe or qualify other words. Generally speaking, all adjectives and adverbs are called...
Rhesus factor in some red blood cells in some human beings was named after the rhesus monkey...
