Environmental Science MCQs

Question 1

Water vapour contains a huge amount of stored energy known as

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Latent heat

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Solar energy

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Stored heat

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Mechanical energy

Question 2

Enrichment of water body by nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen is called _____________

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Eutrophication

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Succession

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Stratification

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Climax Vegetation

Question 3

The electrified region of the upper atmosphere is called the:

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Ionosphere

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Thermosphere

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Mesosphere

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Stratosphere

Question 4

The capacity to do work is termed as

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Energy

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Power

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Force

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Strength

Question 5

Which of the radioactive material is largely associated with bone cancer

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Strontium-90

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Radium-226

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Thorium-232

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Iodine

Question 6

What is Pedology?

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Study of soil

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Study of water

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Study of air

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none

Question 7

What is Dendrology?

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Study of Trees

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Study of Plants

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Study of Butterflies

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None of these

Question 8

In which of the following the maximum plant diversity is found

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Tropical evergreen forests

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Tropical moist deciduous forests

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Sub tropical mountain forests

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Temperate moist forests

Question 9

When water changes from a liquid to a vapour, we call this process:

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Freezing

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Condensation

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Sublimation

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Deposition