ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

_________ is essentially stored solar energy that can be converted in to electricity, fuel and heat.

Fossil

Heat

Biomass

Coal

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Green plants are absent in deep sea. Why?

Great depth

High pressure

Light is absent

Low temperature

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Extensive planting of trees to increase forest cover is called

Deforestation

Agroforestry

Afforestation

Social forestry

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Where cold surface air replaces warm air, the boundary separating the different bodies of air is:

A cold front

A tornado

A warm front

A parallel of latitude

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Fine organic or inorganic particles suspended in air is called

particulate pollutant

none of these

gaseous pollutant

aerosol

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Which among the following result in the formation of soil?

Radiation

Erosion

Pollution

Weathering

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Forests grow in high rain fall areas are

temperate forests

Tundra

conifers

ever green forests

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The climate of a given region is

its weather

average temperature and precipitation conditions

average temperature and precipitation conditions for every day of the year in a given region

its weather patterns

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What type of energy is derived from heated groundwater?

nuclear

solar

hydroelectric

geothermal

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Good urban planning is essential for __________ land use.

Unplanned

Irrational

Rational

Planned

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