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Involvement of humans in the conservation of environment - class-VIII

Description: involvement of humans in the conservation of environment
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An increase in albedo would be accompanied by ___________ in radiative equilibrium temperature.

  1. An increase

  2. A decrease

  3. No change

  4. Unstable oscillations


Correct Option: B

Good urban planning is essential for _____________ land use.

  1. Rational

  2. Irrational

  3. Planned

  4. Unplanned


Correct Option: A

______________ ecosystems are maintained artificially by man.

  1. Man-made

  2. Marine

  3. Artificial

  4. Brackish


Correct Option: A

Which is not a component of human socio-cultural environment?

  1. Land

  2. Religion

  3. Community

  4. Caste


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Land cannot be directly a component of human socio-cultural environment as compared to religion, community and caste which determines  beliefs, social grouping etc. Land also becomes a tangible component as compared to others that are intangible. Land or property provides the economic status, whereas religion, community and caste gives an idea of the social and cultural inclination of the person.
So, the correct answer is 'Land'

Metallic pollutants released by automobiles that use leaded fuel is

  1. Arsenic

  2. Cadmium

  3. Lead

  4. Mercury


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Leaded fuel in the form of lead gasoline is banned recently due to its extremely harmful effects on health and pollution caused by it. Combustion of leaded petrol leads to release of lead in the environment causing dangerous effects on the health of all living organisms and environmental pollution. 

The main difference between leaded and unleaded petrol is the presence of an additive in leaded petrol called tetra ethyl lead.
So the correct option is C.

What are man-made sources of acid rain?

  1. Exhaust from vehicles

  2. Burning fuels

  3. Isoprene emissions

  4. All of above


Correct Option: A

In humans, nitrates causes blood disease and

  1. Gastric cancer

  2. Bladder infection

  3. Skin infection

  4. Lung disease


Correct Option: A

The largest store of carbon molecules on earth is in

  1. The atmosphere

  2. Fossil fuels

  3. Marine sediments

  4. Living organisms


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When marine organisms die, their bodies sink into the sediments at the bottom of the ocean. The carbon from their bodies is released which forms marine sediments that arc the largest store of carbon on earth.

An ideal shelter for housing a temperature-measurement instrument should be:

  1. White

  2. Black

  3. In the shade

  4. Both white and in the shade


Correct Option: D

What is auxiliary energy in man subsidized solar powered ecosystem?

  1. Man and Machine

  2. wind and Rain

  3. Organic matter

  4. Nutrient cycle


Correct Option: A

Public awareness of environment creates _____________

  1. Environment protection

  2. Environment degradation

  3. Environmental improvement

  4. Environmental cultivation


Correct Option: A

Vulcanisation of Rubber is carried out to make it

  1. Soft

  2. Elastic

  3. Resistant to temperature changes

  4. Hard and inelastic


Correct Option: C

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Most of biological diversity has probably arisen by:

  1. anagenesis

  2. cladogenesis

  3. sympatric speciation

  4. phyletic evolution


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Anagenesis and cladogenesis are the two main ways speciation occurs. One involved the slow transition of one species to another. Cladogenesis involved the separation of a species into two or more groups, with each group then becoming its own separate species.

Phyletic gradualism is a model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, uniform and gradual. When evolution occurs in this mode, it is usually by the steady transformation of a whole species into a new one.
Sympatric speciation is a geographic mode of speciation due to geographical isolation new species is form.
So correct answer is B, cladogenesis.

High concentration of $SO _{2}$, $NO _{2}$, $CO _{2}$, SPM in atmosphere, causes threats to

  1. Human health

  2. Environment

  3. Plants

  4. Soil


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are true or false.
Human intervention in natural community interactions usually makes the community more stable 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Humans cause a lot of destruction to the natural world, through deforestation, starting forest fires, farming, and building things. So, when we destroy the environment making it unstable, we allow a new environment where secondary succession begins to take place. It is still slow, and habitats take hundreds of years to rebuild, and often are nothing like the habitat before it.

So, the given option is 'False'. 

Which ecosystem is very important for man to produce food and fiber?

  1. Man subsidized solar power ecosystem

  2. Unsubsidized natural solar powered ecosystem

  3. Naturally subsidized solar powered ecosystem

  4. Fuel power ecosystem


Correct Option: A

Global warming could cause a rise in the sea level because

  1. Oceans expand as they get warmer

  2. Glaciers and ice-sheets melt

  3. Both of the above

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Melting of mass ice, glaciers around the world have caused increase in the sea level. The global warming is the main reason for the melting of ice, which are also a big reservoir of fresh water.

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