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Environment

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Which of the following is/are the component(s) of biosphere? A. All living organisms on the earth B. Dead organic matter C. Other spheres like lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc.

  1. A, B and C

  2. Only A

  3. Only A and C

  4. Only A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The biosphere is the biological component of earth systems, which also include the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and other spheres (e.g. cryosphere, anthrosphere, etc.). The biosphere includes all living organisms on earth, together with the dead organic matter produced by them.

Arrange the following sub-units of environment in descending order. A. Ecosystem B. Biome C. Community D. Biosphere

  1. A, D, B, C

  2. A, B, D, C

  3. D, A, B, C

  4. D, B, A, C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Components of Environment: At the top of the hierarchy is the planet’s entire living environment, known as the biosphere. Within this biosphere are several large categories of living communities known as biomes that are usually characterized by their dominant vegetation, such as grasslands, tropical forests, or deserts. The biomes are in turn made up of ecosystems. The living or biotic parts of an ecosystem, such as the plants, animals, and bacteria found in soil, are known as a community. The physical surroundings or abiotic components, such as the minerals found in the soil, are known as habitat.

An increase in the concentration of a substance that occurs in a food chain is called

  1. bioaccumulation

  2. biomagnification

  3. bioconcentration

  4. eutrophication


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is the increase in concentration of a substance that occurs in a food chain. It occurs as a consequence of: • Persistence (can't be broken down by environmental processes) • Food chain energetics • Low (or nonexistent) rate of internal degradation/excretion of the substance (often due to water-insolubility)

What do we call a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials?

  1. Leachate

  2. Incineration

  3. Global Dimming

  4. Biomagnification


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials. Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas and heat.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing increase in the pH of the oceans, caused by the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
  2. The carbon cycle describes the fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the oceans, terrestrial biosphere, lithosphere and the atmosphere.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the oceans, caused by the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

Which of the following specifically aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)?

  1. Stockholm Convention

  2. Montreal Protocol

  3. Vienna Protocol

  4. Kyoto Protocol


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed in 2001 and effective from May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol and Vienna Protocol are international treaties signed to protect the ozone layer.

Arrange the following greenhouse gases in the decreasing order of the greenhouse effect caused by them.

  1. Methane
  2. Carbon Dioxide
  3. Water Vapour
  4. Ozone
  1. 2, 1, 3, 4

  2. 2, 1, 4, 3

  3. 3, 2, 1, 4

  4. 3, 1, 2, 4


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The major greenhouse gases are water vapour, which causes about 36 - 70% of the greenhouse effect (excluding clouds); carbon dioxide (CO2), which causes 9 - 26%; methane (CH4), which causes 4 - 9%; and ozone, which causes 3 - 7%.

Match the following:

 
List - I List - II
1. Biosphere A. All of one species in one area at one time
2. Community B. A specific climactic community established by the climate
3. Population C. All of the species in one area at one time
4. Biome D. The largest organisational grouping in ecology
  1. 1 - C, 2 - B, 3 - D, 4 - A

  2. 1 - D, 2 - C, 3 - A, 4 - B

  3. 1 - D, 2 - B, 3 - A, 4 - C

  4. 1 - C, 2 - B, 3 - A, 4 - D


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The biosphere is the largest organisational grouping in ecology. It includes every place where life is found on the earth. A population is all of one species in one area at one time, a community is all of the species in one area at one time and a biome is a specific climactic community established by the climate, which controls the plants living there, which in turn, control the animals living there.

Which of the following criteria is/are used for classification of biomes?

  1. Availability of soil
  2. Availability of water
  3. Availability of vegetation cover
  1. Only 3

  2. Only 2 and 3

  3. 1, 2 and 3

  4. Only 1 and 3


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, altitude and terrain. A biome is made up of communities at stable steady state and all associated transitional, disturbed, or degraded, vegetation, fauna and soils, but can often be identified by the climax vegetation type. A fundamental classification of biomes is into: Terrestrial (or continental) biomes, and Aquatic biomes. The criteria used for classification of biomes are:

  1. Availability of soil
  2. Availability of water
  3. Availability of vegetation cover

Arrange the following greenhouse gases in decreasing order of their efficiency in trapping infrared radiations.

  1. Nitrous oxide
  2. Methane
  3. Carbon dioxide
  1. 1, 2, 3

  2. 2, 3, 1

  3. 2, 1, 3

  4. 3, 2, 1


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nitrous oxide traps heat about 300 times more effectively than carbon dioxide and can stay in the atmosphere for a century. One molecule of methane is 20 times more efficient at trapping infrared radiation radiated from the Earth’s surface than a molecule of carbon dioxide.

Which of the following statements are correct?

  1. Solar power can be harnessed only if sun's rays are concentrated by using a series of mirrors.
  2. Solar energy can be tapped for generating electricity, heating homes, providing hot water, etc.
  3. Wind mills have been used by man for grinding food grains.
  4. Geothermal energy can be used for generation of electricity.
  1. Only 2 and 4

  2. Only 2, 3 and 4

  3. Only 1, 2 and 4

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the above given statements are perfectly correct. Use of a series of mirrors is indispensable for harnessing solar power. Solar energy can be tapped for generating electricity, heating homes, providing hot water, etc. Wind mills have been used by man for grinding food grains. Geothermal energy can be used for generation of electricity.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Green plants or primary consumers make up the first trophic level of the food chain.
  2. At the fourth level of the food chain are the decomposers, that is the organisms that break down dead or dying matter into nutrients.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in the food chain. Green plants make up the first trophic level and are known as primary producers. Plants are able to convert energy from the sun into food through a process known as photosynthesis. In the second trophic level, the primary consumers - known as herbivores - are animals and insects that obtain their energy solely by eating the green plants. The third trophic level is composed of the secondary consumers, flesh-eating or carnivorous animals that feed on herbivores. At the fourth level are the tertiary consumers, carnivores that feed on other carnivores. Finally, the fifth trophic level consists of the decomposers, organisms such as fungi and bacteria that break down dead or dying matter into nutrients that can be used again.

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

 
ORGANISATONS HEADQUARTERS
(1) United Nations Environment Programme Gland, Switzerland
(2) International Union for Conservation of Nature Gland, Switzerland
(3) World Wide Fund for Nature Gland, Switzerland
(4) Greenpeace Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

United Nations Environment Programme is headquartered at Nairobi, Kenya.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Nitrogen fixation also refers to biological conversions of nitrogen.
  2. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) occurs when atmospheric nitrogen (N2) is converted into ammonium sulphate (NH4) by an enzyme called nitrogenase.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nitrogen fixation is a process by which nitrogen (N2) in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia (NH3). Nitrogen fixation, natural and synthetic, is essential for all forms of life because nitrogen is required to biosynthesize basic building blocks of plants, animals and other life forms, e.g. nucleotides for DNA, RNA and amino acids for proteins. Nitrogen fixation also refers to other biological conversions of nitrogen, such as its conversion to nitrogen dioxide. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) occurs when atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by an enzyme called nitrogenase.

Which of the following microorganisms can fix nitrogen?

  1. Cyanobacteria
  2. Green sulfur bacteria
  3. Azotobacteraceae
  4. Rhizobia
  5. Frankia
  1. 1 and 4

  2. 1, 3 and 4

  3. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nitrogen fixation is a process by which nitrogen (N2) in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia (NH3). Nitrogen fixation also refers to other biological conversions of nitrogen. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) occurs when atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by an enzyme called nitrogenase. All the given microorganisms can fix atmospheric nitrogen.

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