ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

At which city might you be able to observe cirrus clouds at an altitude of 3,000 m (10,000 feet) above the surface?

Barrow, Alaska

Chicago, Illinois

Miami, Florida

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Blue whale is placed under

Extinct

Rare

Critically endangered

Endangered

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The Anthrax disease is caused by

Helminthes

Bacteria

Protozoa

Virus

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The major reservoir of carbon is

Ocean Bed

Plant and animals

Rock

The atmosphere

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The cutting down of trees and setting them on fire and raising crops on the resulting ash is called:

Pyrolysis

Shift cultivation

Jhum

Taungya system

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The final stable community in an ecological succession is called the

seral community

final community

ultimate community

climax community

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Oil spills are a source of pollution for

land and water

land and air

water

air and noise

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Minamata disease was caused by pollution of water by

Tin

Lead

Mercury

Methyl iso cyanate

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What is deforestation?

None

Product of forest

destruction of forest

Forest Protection

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The word Tsunami is derived from two Japanese words

Tsu(harbour) and nami(wave)

Tsu(big wave) and nami(wave)

None of these

Tsu(big) and nami(flow)

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