ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

If the absolute temperature of an object doubles, the maximum energy emitted goes up by a factor of:

4

16

8

2

32

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The geographical pattern of average air temperature near sea level is ____ homogeneous in the southern hemisphere as compared to the northern hemisphere.

More

Less

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Organisms that feed upon other living organisms as a source of energy and nutrients are called as

Producers

Pests

Consumers

Decomposers

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The order of succession in a hydrosere is

Rooted aquatic plants-> phytoplankton->Free floating stage-> Sedge Meadow stage-> Reed swamp stage-> wood land stage-> Climax forest

phytoplankton->Rooted aquatic plants->Free floating stage->Reed swamp stage->Sedge Meadow stage-> wood land stage-> Climax forest

Rooted aquatic plants-> phytoplankton->Free floating stage->Reed swamp stage->Sedge Meadow stage-> wood land stage-> Climax forest

phytoplankton->Rooted aquatic plants->Free floating stage->Reed swamp stage-> wood land stage-> Sedge Meadow stage-> Climax forest

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Which of the following is least likely to contain an oil trap?

an anticline

syncline

fault

natural stratigraphy

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The wind-chill factor:

Indicates the temperature at which water freezes on exposed skin

Relates body heat loss with wind to an equivalent temperature with no wind

Takes into account humidity and air temperature in expressing the current air temperature

Tells farmers when to protect crops from a freeze

Determines how low the air temperature will be on any given day

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Which of the following weather elements always decreases as we climb upward in the atmosphere?

All of these

Pressure

Temperature

Wind

Moisture

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During a radiation inversion, wind machines

Lift cool, surface air to higher altitudes

All of these

Mix the air near the ground

Bring warm air down toward the surface

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Fog that forms off the coast of Newfoundland is mainly a form of:

Radiation fog

Steam fog

Upslope fog

Frontal fog

Advection fog

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Who among the following is commonly called "Bird Man of India"?

M.S. Swaminathan

Salim Ali

M.C. Mehta

Raphel Emerson

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