ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

An important reason for the large daily temperature range over deserts is:

There is little water vapor in the air to absorb and re-radiate infrared radiation

The ozone content of desert air is very low

Dry air is a very poor heat conductor

The light-colored sand radiates heat very rapidly at night

Free convection cells are unable to form above the hot desert ground

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Expand GIS

Geographical Information System

Geographical Information Source

Geological Index System

Geological Information System

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The gas responsible for the greenhouse effect on Venus is:

Oxygen (O2)

Water vapor (H2O)

Ozone (O3)

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

Nitrogen (N2)

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_________ energy is the main driving force of the ecological system.

Electric

Solar

Mechanical

Hydro

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The percentage of water vapour present in the air compared to that required for saturation is the:

Specific humidity

Relative humidity

Dew point

Absolute humidity

Mixing ratio

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All are primary pollutants except

Ammonia

Sulfur dioxide

Peroxyacetyl Nitrate (PAN)

Hydrogen sulfide

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The pyramid of number of a parasitic food chain in forest ecosystem is

always inverted

always upright

sometimes inverted and sometimes upright

mixture of inverted and upright

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The darkening of the skin due to arsenic poisoning is called

None of these

Skin scaling

Black syndrome

Diffuse melanosis

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All the statements are correct regarding ecological succession except

The role of decomposers becomes more and more important

It is a random process

The food chain relationships becomes more complex

Species diversity increases as succession proceeds

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Ozone depletion is mostly caused by

CO2

CFCs

CCL

CO

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