Environmental Science - General Knowledge Questions and Answers

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Which of the following has the least similarity when comparing two examples of the same biome located in different parts of the world?

Climate

Latitude

Continent

Elevation

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On a clear, calm, night, the ground and air above cool mainly by this process:

Evaporation

Reflection

Convection

Conduction

Radiation

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What is desertification?

Conversion of forests into desert

Conversion of croplands into desert

Conversion of grassland into desert

all of the above

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A great deal of indoor air pollution comes from

sludge

carbon monoxide

cooking

carpets and furniture

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This is used as a guide to planting and for determining the approximate date for harvesting crops:

Growing degree-days

Heating degree-days

Cooling degree-days

Mean annual temperature

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National Park associated with rhinoceros is

Kaziranga

Ranthambore

Corbett

Valley of flowers

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Endemic species are

rare species

species localised in a specific region

cosmopolitan in distribution

critically endangered species

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In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds tend to blow ____ and ____ around an area of surface low pressure.

Clockwise; inward

Clockwise; outward

Counterclockwise; inward

Counterclockwise; outward

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Hot spots are regions of high

rarity

endemism

critically endangered population

diversity