ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

A permeable rock that contains hydrocarbon fluids and gases is called a/an

Source bed

None of these

Oil trap

Oil reservoir

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The wind-chill factor:

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

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

Indicates the temperature at which water freezes on exposed skin

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

Tells farmers when to protect crops from a freeze

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Plants that grow in saline water-logged habitat are called

halophytes

mesophytes

xerophytes

mangroves

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World's first Teak Forest was planted in 1842 in Kerala. Identify the place.

Nilambur

Silent Valley

Nelliyampathy

Wayanad

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In grassland ecosystem, the pyramid of biomass is

inverted

spindle shaped

none of these

upright

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In a temperature inversion:

Air temperature increases with increasing height

It is warmer at night than during the day

Air temperature remains constant with increasing height

Air temperature decreases with increasing height

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Much of Tibet lies at altitudes over 18,000 feet where the pressure is about 500 mb. At such altitudes, the Tibetans are above roughly:

50% of the air molecules in the atmosphere

25% of the air molecules in the atmosphere

75% of the air molecules in the atmosphere

10% of the air molecules in the atmosphere

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Which of the following processes acts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Deforestation

Lightning

Burning fossil fuels

Photosynthesis

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A __________ is formed due to the collection of water in a natural basis or depression in a mountainous area or in plains.

Lake

Pond

Stream

Spring

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_________ is the most inhuman of social crimes.

Robbery

Rape

Dowry death

Kidnap

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