ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

In the northern hemisphere, north-facing hillsides have a ____ growing season than south-facing hillsides.

Shorter

Longer

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Soap and detergents are the source of organic pollutants like:

Sulphonated hydrocarbons

Glycerol

Polyphosphates

All of these

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The maximum pressure that water vapor molecules would exert if the air were saturated is called the:

Boiling point

Mixing ratio

Absolute humidity

None of these

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Ganga Action Plan in India was launched in the year _________

1980

1988

1978

1986

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Sinking air warms by this process:

Condensation

Friction

Compression

Expansion

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Which is an example for sedimentary biogeochemical cycle

Nitrogen cycle

Water cycle

Oxygen cycle

Phosphorus cycle

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The ozone at ground level is primarily from __________ precursors.

CFCs

Methane

Fossil fuel

Oxygen

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Which statement(s) below is/are correct?

Fog can be composed of ice crystals

All of these

Without the summer fog along the coast of California, redwoods would not grow well there

Valleys are more susceptible to radiation fog than hill tops

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Abyssal zone in ocean has

sunlight and producers

sunlight and decomposers

no sunlight but contain producers

no sunlight but contains decomposers and consumers

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The primary source of energy for the earth's atmosphere is:

Lightning discharges associated with thunderstorms

The sun

Latent heat released during the formation of hurricanes

Erupting volcanoes

Energy from within the earth

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