Multiple Choice Questions

Advertisement

Soil carried by gravity is

  • alluvial

  • eolian

  • colluvial

  • glacial


C.

colluvial

Colluvial soil is transported by gravity, alluvial soil is transported by water, eolian soil is transported by wind and glacial soil is transported by glaciers ie, large ice pieces.


Advertisement

The true statement about 'green-house effect' is that it is caused by :

  • CO2 only

  • SO2 only

  • CO2 and SO2

  • CO2, CFC, CH4 and NO2 gases


Which of the following is not a Green-house gas?

  • N2O

  • CFC

  • O3

  • CO2


Freon gas causing stratospheric O3 depletion is mainly released from

  • refrigerator

  • automobile

  • thermal power plant

  • steel industry


Which of the following diseases is related to cadmium pollution?

  • Minamata

  • Pneumoconiosis

  • Anaemia

  • Itai- Itai


Advertisement

Nutrient enrichment of a lake will cause

  • eutrophication

  • stratification

  • biomagnification

  • bioaccumulation


Short Answer Type

What is bioaccumulation?


Multiple Choice Questions

SO2 pollution is indicated by

  • Desmodium (grasses)

  • Sphagnum (mosses)

  • Usnea (lichens)

  • Cucurbita (climbers)


Which one of the following is mainly responsible for green houses effect?

  • SO2

  • CO2

  • CO

  • O2


Advertisement
<

For a clean environment, which one following is not essential?

  • Producer

  • Consumer

  • Decomposer

  • Polluter


Advertisement