An artery is composed of three layers:

• The outermost layer is termed tunica adventitia (or tunica external). It consist mainly of collagen fibres and connective tissues that anchors the arteries to other nearby tissues.

• The middle layer is named tunica media. It is made up of smooth muscles and elastic fibres that supports the artery in conveying blood at high pressures.

• The inner layer is called tunica intima (or tunica internal). It is lined by a smooth tissue called endothelium, and is made up of a fine network of connective tissues.

Please read on the layers of an artery here

Biology

All living organisms possess various features in order to survive in their environment. This is the concept of adaptation. As an instance, a fish is able to live in water because it has gills and fins.

Also, a camel is able to survive in the desert because it has large feet to aid walking on sand without sinking. It also has long eyelashes to help protect it from the blowing sand and wind.

Plants are also able to live in different habitats because they have the required adaptive features towards that habitat. For instance:

• Plants that live in/on water are termed hydrophytes.

• Plants that live on land with moderate amount of water are termed mesophytes.

• Plants that live on deserts or arid lands are termed xerophytes.

The point is:

All organisms have various features on them that enables them adapt in their habitat

Biology

Secateurs are agricultural tools.

• Secateurs are also referred to as pruning shears or hand pruners.

• It looks like a pair of scissors.

• It’s used for trimming flowers and leaves.

• It is also used for pruning the branches of shrubs.

Agricultural Science

An example of an agricultural tool is the hoe. It is shown below:

• We have a variety of hoes.

• They are generally used for tilling the soil.

• They are used for making trenches in farmlands.

• A hoe is utilized in harvesting crops like yam and cocoyam

• They are also used for cutting weeds on farmlands.

Please read on agricultural tools and their uses here

Agricultural Science

Government can be defined under the following headings:

1. As an institution of a state.

Government is defined as an institution, agency, machinery or instrument that is established to manage the affairs of general welfare of the people making up a state or country

 

2. As a process or as an act of governing.

Government is defined as the processes and methods involved in the formulation, administration and implementation of public policies from a procedure which had been specifically spelt out in the constitution of a country or state

 

3. As an academic field of study.

Government is defined as the study of institutions, theories, ideas, values and doctrines as relating to the acquisition and use of political power for the welfare of the people

Please read more on the definitions of government here

Government

The End Sars is considered a pressure group in Nigeria. It campaigned in the interest of Nigerian youths, thus forcing the Nigerian government into scrapping the Special Anti-Robbery Squard (SARS) who had constantly brutalized Nigerians, especially the youths; through extortion, indiscriminate shootings, threats and other violent conducts.

Unfortunately, some Nigerian youths paid the ultimate price with their lives at the Lekki tollgate massacre. This happened on the 20th day of October, 2020.

Burna Boy, a Nigerian musician made a song titled '20 : 10 : 20' in this regard.

Please read on pressure groups in Nigeria here

Government

The following proactive processes can help reduce conflict in various organizations:

1. Communication

2. Set conflict guidelines

3. Encourage collaboration and teamwork

4. Proper recruitment process

5. Promote social events

6. Applying fair treatment

7. Listening and understanding skills

8. Private opinion and feedback from staff

9. Gender equality

Please read more on conflict management in organizations here

Social Studies

Conflict can be caused in a variety of ways. For instance, silence may result into conflict. Interestingly, silence has also shown to be a great means of conflict prevention.

Below are some causes of conflicts:

• Frustration

• Misunderstanding

• Poor communication

• Interest

• Leadership

• Personality

Social Studies

Any action that involves the servicing, checking, replacing and repairing of an equipment, object or device is termed maintenance.

Maintenance has two main goals. These are:

1. To prevent a breakdown

2. To repair the breakdown

 

Below are the types of maintenance:

• Preventive maintenance

• Corrective maintenance

• Predictive maintenance

• Periodic maintenance

• Reinforcement

• Overhaul

Please read more on maintenance here.

Basic Technology

 

Softwoods are often derived from coniferous trees, that is: trees with needle-like leaves, and whose seeds are covered in cones.

Below are some characteristics of softwood:

• Most softwood have lower densities than hardwood (weighs lower).

• In terms of price, they are often less expensive than hardwood.

• Their growth rate is faster than hardwood.

• Most softwood do not shed their needle-like leaves during the year. However, the softwood 'larch' and 'cypress' are exceptions.

• They are less fire resistant.

Please read on hardwood and softwood here

Basic Technology

Below are the limitations or disadvantages of double entry system of accounting:

1. Increased usage (and cost) of books of accounts.

2. The accounting process can become complex.

3. Mistakes are possible.

4. Recruitment and payment of a professional may be required.

5. It can be time consuming.

Accounts

Double entry system of accounting is defined as one that shows recorded transactions at both sides (Debit - Dr.) and (credit - Cr.) of the entries with both having equal values.

Double entry system is also termed as Dual system of accounting.

 

Please read on the advantages of double entry system here.

Accounts

A citizen has the following rights:

1. You have the entire right and privileges as defined in your country’s law.

2. No one can take away your citizenship.

3. You can hold a passport from your country of citizenship.

4. You can pass your citizenship to your children.

5. You don’t have to fulfill any minimum stay to become a citizen.

6. Provided you have the passport of your country of citizenship, you are free to travel to any country which your country has travel agreement with.

7. You can have dual citizenship.

Civic Education

A legal resident in a country has the following attributes within that country:

• They must provide their bio-metric information.

• They can enter their country of residence on many occasions. However, when they break any of the residents’ status, they may be denied further entry into the country of residence.

• They are able to freely live, study, work and travel within their country of residence.

• They will still utilize their international passport (from their country of citizenship) for travels, but not their resident card or permit.

• They can become a resident after fulfilling their stay requirement. As an instance, one may become a resident when they had lived for 10 years in a country without any issues.

• They can only naturalize (become a citizen) after faithfully living as a resident throughout the required number of years.

• They can lose their residential status when convicted for serious crimes.

Please read more on the rights of citizens and attributes of residents here.

Civic Education

Python is one of the most popular programming languages, and will still remain relevant for a long time.

Python can be used for almost every kind of project including web application, machine learning, mobile and desktop applications, networking servers, APIs, scrapers, application’s backend and so on.

There is a great availability of third-party libraries for the python language. For this reason, it becomes one one of the easiest languages to learn as a beginner.

ICT

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