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  1. The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on:

  2. A.

     Air temperature

    B.

     Relative humidity

    C.

     Air pressure

    D.

     Air density

    E.

     The specific heat of air


  3. In a temperature inversion:

  4. A.

     Air temperature increases with increasing height

    B.

     Air temperature decreases with increasing height

    C.

     Air temperature remains constant with increasing height

    D.

     It is warmer at night than during the day


  5. A term biotype means

  6. A.

     all individuals having same phenotype

    B.

     all individuals having same genotype

    C.

     all individual with different phenotype

    D.

     all individuals with different genotype


  7. Fatal degenerative lung disease caused by particulate asbestos is referred to as

  8. A.

     asbestosis

    B.

     asthma

    C.

     allergy

    D.

     sinusitis


  9. Radiations are harmful as it

  10. A.

     causes skin cancer

    B.

     causes anemia

    C.

     alters body tissues

    D.

     is unstable


  11. In middle latitudes, which cloud will have the lowest base?

  12. A.

     Cirrostratus

    B.

     Stratocumulus

    C.

     Altocumulus

    D.

     Cirrus


  13. Which association below is not correct?

  14. A.

     Cumulus congestus - anvil top

    B.

     Cumulus - fair weather cumulus

    C.

     Altocumulus castellanus - resemble "little castles"

    D.

     Stratus fractus - scud

    E.

     Cumulonimbus - thunderstorm clouds


  15. The wind direction is:

  16. A.

     The direction from which the wind is blowing

    B.

     The direction to which the wind is blowing

    C.

     Always directly from high toward low pressure

    D.

     Always directly from low toward high pressure


  17. The pyramid of energy in any ecosystem is

  18. A.

     Always upright

    B.

     May be upright or invented

    C.

     Always inverted

    D.

     None of the above


  19. Barnacles growing on the back of whale is an example for

  20. A.

     mutualism

    B.

     parasitism

    C.

     amensalism

    D.

     commensalism