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Environmental factors and their measurements - class-VIII

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Match column I wiith column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
       Cloumn I                                        Column II 
A. An endothermic animal              (i) Sea anemone
B. An ectothermic animal               (ii) Man
C. Organism of benthic zone          (iii) Lizard
D. An organism exhibiting              (iv)  Chameleon   
    camouflage 
     

  1. A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)

  2. A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)

  3. A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(iv)

  4. A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(iv)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Men are endothermic or warm-blooded animal.
Lizard is ectothermic or cold-blooded animal.
Sea anemone dwell in the benthic zone.
Chameleon  is an organism exhibiting camouflage i.e. disguise their appearance.
So, the correct answer is 'A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(I), D-(iv)'


Choose the odd one out and give scientific reasons.

  1. Water

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Urea

  4. Oxygen


Correct Option: A

Sources which can be readily identified at a single location is known as

  1. Point Source

  2. Diffused Source

  3. Stationary Source

  4. Natural source


Correct Option: A

_____________ is a marine tortoise which shows the unique phenomenon "arribada"

  1. Olive Ridley

  2. Star Tortoise

  3. Travancore Tortoise

  4. A & C


Correct Option: A

From where the primitive atmosphere created around the earth?

  1. By Big bank

  2. By Photosynthesis

  3. By gases released by molten mass

  4. From galaxy


Correct Option: A

Exposure to ultraviolet rays can cause:

  1. Sun burn

  2. Actinic keratosis

  3. Solar elastosis

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D

______________ is diffused into the ground by gravitational force.

  1. Rain water

  2. Ocean

  3. River water

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

What are names of aquatic biomes?

  1. Marine and fresh water

  2. Oceans and lakes

  3. seas and streams

  4. streams and ice cape


Correct Option: A

'turbidity' can be measured through

  1. Turbid meter

  2. Turbid

  3. Thermometer

  4. Barometer


Correct Option: A

What is outer limit of stratosphere?

  1. 30 km

  2. 50 km

  3. 60 km

  4. 40 km


Correct Option: B

Sum of all the factors form the ___________.

  1. Ecosystem

  2. Environment

  3. Habitat

  4. Niche


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

There are many external forces, substances or condition which affect the living organisms in one or the other way. They are considered as factors. These entire factors combine together to form an environment.

Heated water has a harmful effects on

  1. Marine life

  2. Land animals

  3. Birds

  4. Seashore birds


Correct Option: A

When we breathe in air, nitrogen also goes inside along with oxygen. What is the fate of this nitrogen?

  1. It moves along with oxygen into the cells

  2. It comes out with the $CO _2$ during exhalation

  3. It is absorbed only by the nasal cells.

  4. Nitrogen concentration is already more in the cells so it is not at all absorbed.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In atmosphere, the nitrogen is present in large quantity about 78%. In our body, nitrogen is about 3%. During inspiration we take $O _2$ with various gases and nitrogen is one of them. During exhalation, the nitrogen comes out with $CO _2$.

Greenhouse gases are

  1. CO$ _{2}$

  2. CH$ _{4}$

  3. CFC

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Green house gases (e.g. CO$ _{2}$, CH$ _{2}$, CFCs etc.) are increasing in the atmosphere due to human and natural activities. These gases trap the heat(infra-red radiation) reflected by the earth. This heats up the atmosphere(leads to an increase in earth's temperature). This phenomenon is called global warming which occurs due to green house effect.

Trenches' are also used for

  1. Incineration

  2. Landfilling

  3. Compositing

  4. Pulverization


Correct Option: B

The blueness of the sky is mainly due to

  1. Absorption of blue light by the atmosphere

  2. Scattering of sunlight by air molecules

  3. Emission of blue light by air

  4. Presence of water vapor


Correct Option: B

Biome is ____________.

  1. part of the planet and its atmosphere

  2. Interacting communities of organism and its environments

  3. Biotic flora of a place

  4. Biotic fauna of a place


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Biome is an interaction between various communities of organisms and the environment they live in. These communities of organisms dwell in similar geographical, climatic and other biotic factors.

Example-Tundra, Grasslands etc
So, the correct answer is 'Interacting communities of organism and its environments'


Species diversity generally increases as one
proceeds from



  1. Low altitude to high altitude, and from low latitudes to high latitudes

  2. High altitude to low altitude, and from low latitudes to high latitudes

  3. High altitude to low altitude, and from high latitudes to low latitudes

  4. Low altitude to high altitude, and from high latitudes to low latitudes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The environmental conditions in these region are favourable and hence species have become diversified.

During unfavourable conditions most of the fresh water sponges and few marine sponges from gemmules, they are

  1. Reduction bodies

  2. External buds

  3. Internal buds

  4. Masses of interstitial cells surrounded by spicules


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Gemmules are internal buds containing archaeocytes, mostly found in freshwater sponges, these are concerned with asexual reproduction.
These are formed by the sponges under unfavourable conditions.
So, the correct option is 'internal buds'

The prefix mega-indicates

  1. Million times

  2. Hundred times

  3. Thousand times

  4. 1 lakh times.


Correct Option: A

Sulphur shower condition is related to

  1. Moss

  2. Selaginella

  3. Fern

  4. Pinus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sulphur shower : In the month of May, on hills the  yellow Pollen grains of Pinus Plants are Produced in lot of number and are scattered in air.

Acclimatization is

  1. Pure-line breeding

  2. Pure-line selection

  3. Introduction

  4. Adaptation to new environment


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Acclimatization is the development of a favourable morphological and physiological response to a change In environment.


An endotherm

  1. Grasshopper

  2. Hydra

  3. Earthworm

  4. Blue jay

  5. Frog


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The organisms that use external heat to maintain their body temperature are termed as ectotherms while those maintaining their body temperature using the metabolic heat are termed as endotherms (mammals and aves). Among the given options, Blue jay (aves) is endotherms. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

State whether the following statements are true or false .
All living things contain a vital force that gives them the characteristics of life.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

At the molecular level even living things are fundamentally made up of all the elements that make non-living matter. There have been attempts to make these molecules and their integration to create life by scientists but none of them has been successful yet. Hence, it is often believed that there is a vital force that can not be created by us that gives organisms characteristics of life. 

So, the correct option is 'True'.

Two opposite forces operate in growth and development of every population. One of them has ability to reproduce at a given rate.

  1. Morbidity

  2. Fecundity

  3. Biotic potential

  4. Environmental resistance


Correct Option: D

A red shirt

  1. Selectively absorbs red wavelenghts of visible light and scatters the rest

  2. Selectively scatters red wavelenghts of visible light and absorbs the rest

  3. Above all

  4. None of above


Correct Option: B

Environmental education should be in approach.

  1. interdependent

  2. interpreting

  3. interdisciplinary

  4. balanced


Correct Option: C

UNCED stands for.

  1. United Nations Council for European Development

  2. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

  3. United National Commission for Economic Development

  4. United Nations Councils for Economic Development

  5. United Nations Commission for Environment Development


Correct Option: B

Which of the following options is correct?
     Homoiothermic                           Poililothermic
      organism                                       organism    

  1. MAN Cow

  2. Cockroach Man

  3. Lizard Frog

  4. Cow Frog


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Animals with constant body temperature are called homoootherms. They have insulating coat to check the loss of body heat. This coat consists of hair in most mammals, blubber (subcutaneous fat) in whales and perspiration cools down the body of these animals when required.These are also termed endothermic as they regulate their body temperature by physio;logical means and maintain more or less constant internal temperature. Poililotherms are cold-blooded animals which are unable to regulate their body temperature which changes with change in temperature of environment e.g. fish, frog, lizard. They are also called as ectothems.

Statement 1: Tropical rainforests are disappearing fast from developing countries such as India.
Statement 2: No value is attached to these forests because these are poor in biodiversity. 

  1. Both statements 1 and 2 2 are correct.

  2. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.

  3. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

  4. Both statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tropical rainforests are disappearing fastly from India due to deforestation, habitat loss and fragmentation. These forests are of extreme value since they contain the maximum biodiversity.  

Which of the following statements is correct? 

  1. The flora of a place is heavily defined by availability and quality if water.

  2. The availability of light on land is closely linked with that of temperature since Sun is the source for both.

  3. Topography does not affect biodiversity

  4. Soil composition also affects the seepage of water in to ground.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Topography means the physical features of a place such as hills, plains, slopes, rocks, valleys,etc. The topography affects the distribution of organisms directly or indirectly by influencing other factors, such as light intensity, wind velocity nature of sol, rainfall water currents or wave action. 

The amount of energy the earth receives from the sun, per year is 

  1. 1000 k calories

  2. 10\times10^{30} calaories

  3. 5\times10^{20} calaories

  4. 10\times10^{23} calaories


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sun's surface emits about 63 million watts of energy per square meter. By the time it reaches the Earth, after traveling 150 million kilometers, or 93 million miles, it has dimnished to 1,370 watts per square meter which are equal to thousand of kilocalories.

so, the correct option is '1000 Kcalories'.

Which of the following is an example of environmental variation?

  1. Apu is a tongue roller, but his brother Sanjay is not.

  2. Marge dyes her hair blue.

  3. Homer inherited baldness from his father's side of the family.

  4. Patti and Selma have hanging ear lobes.


Correct Option: A

Which the following statement is incorrect?

  1. Osmoconformers are able to maintain osmotic concentration of their cells by either physiological or behavioral means

  2. Most vertebrates, except the birds and mammals are unable to theregulate

  3. Success of mammals is mainly due to their ability to thermoregulate and live comfortably whether they are in Antarctica or in Sahara desert.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Osmocoformers are the organisms that change the osmotic concentration of their body with the change in ambient conditions. Their body fluids are in osmotic balance with the environment For many marine invertebrates the osmolarity and ionic concentrations of their body fluids are similar to those of the sea water in which they live. 

Oxygen is contributed to the atmosphere by 

  1. Green plants

  2. The weathering of rocks

  3. Fossil-fuel combustion

  4. All the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosynthesis is a process that converts $CO _2$ into organic compounds and starch (carbohydrate) using energy from sunlight. $O _2$ is also released during this process.

Who has passed environment protection acts ?

  1. Maharashtra pollution control board

  2. State Pollution Control Board

  3. United Nations Environment Program

  4. Government of India


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) has passed many environmental conservation acts. To create awareness of the condition, to encourage participation on public level, developing International Environmental Law etc. are its objectives.

Marked temperature changes in aquatic environment can affect 

  1. availability of food

  2. growth of plants

  3. breedingofanimals

  4. the amount of oxygen dissolved in water


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aquatic organisms are used to a certain range of temperature in the water-body where they live. A sudden marked change in this temperature can be dangerous for them. It affects breeding of aquatic animals. The eggs and larvae of various animals are particularly susceptible to temperature changes.

Terrestrial vegetation has rapid exchange of oxygen, water and

  1. climate

  2. Nutrients

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Precipitation


Correct Option: C

Organisms which are predominantly found living on, in or near bed sediments of rivers or lakes are known as

  1. nektonic

  2. neuston

  3. benthic

  4. planktonic


Correct Option: C

'Marine' biome includes:

  1. Swamps and springs

  2. Rivers, Lakes and Ponds

  3. Streams and Lakes

  4. Deep Sea and Oceans


Correct Option: D

The following evidences rejected with atmospheric pressure theory. Which of them is incorrect ?

  1. It can raise water to height of 33 feet only if complete vaccum is created.

  2. Free surface of water is required for proper operation of atmospheric pressure because of transpiration.

  3. Pressure falls below that of atmospheric pressure because of transpiration.

  4. Water rises rapidly to compensate the water loss because of atmospheric pressure.


Correct Option: B
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