ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE QUIZ

The first Environmental Law in India was enacted in

1947

1972

1982

1950

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If the sun suddenly began emitting more energy, the earth's radiative equilibrium temperature would:

Increase

Begin to oscillate

Decrease

Remain the same

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Thermal belts are:

Cold, below-freezing air found at the top of a mountain

Warmer hillsides that are less likely to experience freezing conditions

Pockets of warm air resting on a valley during the afternoon

Pockets of cold air resting on a valley floor at night

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Where was the Stockholm conference on Human Environment held?

Sweden

India

Austria

Greece

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The concept of ecological pyramid was first proposed by

Charles Elton

Juday

E.P. Odum

G. Tansley

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

Nelliyampathy

Wayanad

Nilambur

Silent Valley

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Two objects, A and B, have the same mass but the specific heat of A is larger than B. If both objects absorb equal amounts of energy,

Both A and B will warm at the same rate

A will become warmer than B

A will get warmer, but B will get colder

B will become warmer than A

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IUCN is also called as

Man and Biosphere program

World Conservation Union

World Wide Conservation Union

World Conservation Consortium

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India ranks __________ amongst the wind-energy producing countries of the world.

Third

Fourth

First

Second

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Thorn-forests are found in the _______ regions.

high rain fall areas

semi-arid

frozen areas

low temperature

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