ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

First Biosphere reserve in India

Eravikulam

Nilgiri

Chinnar

Agastyamala

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Ganga Action Plan in India was launched in the year _________

1978

1988

1986

1980

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The largest annual ranges of temperatures are found:

At polar latitudes over land

At polar latitudes over water

At the Equator

At middle latitudes near large bodies of water

In the Northern Central Plains of the United States

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In most areas, the warmest time of the day about 5 feet above the ground occurs:

In the early evening after 6 PM

Just before the sun sets

Around noon

In the afternoon between 3 and 5 PM

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Cigarette smoking exposes one to __________

Sulphur dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Nitrogen peroxide

Carbon dioxide

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Which one of the following is the correct percentage of the two green house gases that contribute to the total global warming?

Methane-20%, N2O-18%

CFCs -14%, Methane-20%

N2O-6%, CO2 -86%

CO2-40%,CFCs-30%

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Herpetology is a branch of Science which deals with

Aves

Mammals

Fishes

Reptiles

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When number of food chains is interlocked this is called

pyramid

food web

food chain

food link

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The major reservoir of carbon is

Ocean Bed

The atmosphere

Plant and animals

Rock

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A pond, serves as a good example for a __________ water ecosystem.

marine

brackish

sea

fresh

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