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Acid rain occurs due to air pollution.

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Important Questions on Environmental Issues

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Match the following:

  List - 1   List -2
A) Carbon monoxide I) Global warming
B) Carbon dioxide II) UV - rays
C) Sulphur dioxide III) Eutrophication
D) Ozone depletion IV) Acid rain
    V) Oxygen transport

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Which of the following pairs of gases is mainly responsible for green house effect?
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Observe the following graph of regulators

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In the above graph I, II and III represent

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How is green house gas raise the temperature of Earth?
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Explain noise pollution and its control.
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Which ONE of the following statements about ecosystem energetics is INCORRECT?
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With reference to temperature adaptations, identify  A,B,C of the following graph

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Match the following. The correct combinations are

List I List II List III
(a) Diapause (i) Temperature variations with seasonal changes (p) Temperature lake
(b) Cyclomorphosis (ii) Light produced by living organisms (q) Insects
(c) Thermal stratification (iii) Inactiveness (r) Pyrosoma
(d) Bioluminescence (iv) Seasonal morphological variations (s) Daphnia

 

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What is the significance of BOD?
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Homeothermy in humans is maintained through        
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Which of the following causes biomagnification? 
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Match the following
  LIST-I   LIST-II
A Radioactive wastes I Global warming
B Greenhouse effect II Snow blindness
C UV — B rays III Biomagnification
D DDT IV Mutations
    V Eutrophication

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In Amphibian and reptiles, the body temperature changes corresponding to external temperature. The organisms which show this kind of response is termed as -
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Match the following:

List-1 List-2
A) Global warming
B) Eutrophication
C) Biomagnification
D) Ozone depletion
I) Mercury
II) UV-B rays
III) Methane
IV) Algal blooms
V) Terror of Bengal

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Describe the Green House effect.
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Following are the responses of different animals to various abiotic factors. Describe each one with the help of an example.

  • Regulate
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 What would be the environmental consequences resulting from recurrent destruction of wetlands and depletion of the number of agricultural lands?
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Very soon, our country will be the world’s highest populous country. This alarming rise in population forces us to find new areas for food production. CMFRI suggested the conversion of mangrove forests into aquacultural areas. If so, what will be the environmental and health problems we will be facing?
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What is meant by seeding of clouds?