Environmental Science - 03

01. IUCN is also called as

  • 1Man and Biosphere program
  • 2World Conservation Union
  • 3World Conservation Consortium
  • 4World Wide Conservation Union

04. The lowest temperature that can be attained by evaporating water into the air is known as the:

  • 1Heat index
  • 2Minimum temperature
  • 3Wet-bulb temperature
  • 4Frost point

05. The temperature to which air must be cooled in order to become saturated is the:

  • 1Minimum temperature
  • 2Dew point temperature
  • 3Wet-bulb temperature
  • 4Freezing point

06. A narrow valley with steep sides is known as

  • 1Gorge
  • 2Canyon
  • 3Waterfall
  • 4Landslide

07. Frost forms when:

  • 1Objects on the ground cool below the dew point temperature.
  • 2The dew point is 32oF or below.
  • 3Water vapor changes into ice without first becoming a liquid.
  • 4All of the above

09. Which of the following is not a reason why water warms and cools much more slowly than land?

  • 1Solar energy penetrates more deeply into water
  • 2Heat energy is mixed in a deeper layer of water
  • 3Water has a higher heat capacity
  • 4It takes more heat to raise the temperature of a given amount of soil 1o C than it does to raise the temperature of water 1o C.

10. Which is an example for sedimentary biogeochemical cycle

  • 1Oxygen cycle
  • 2Nitrogen cycle
  • 3Water cycle
  • 4Phosphorus cycle
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