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Earn 100

What type of animals are ants?

Important Questions on Animals and Their Food

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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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Homeothermy in humans is maintained through        
HARD

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

The correct match is:

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Define Greenhouse gases. Give any two examples. 
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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

The correct match is

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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

The correct match is

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Define greenhouse effect. Name the greenhouse gases.
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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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Which ONE of the following statements about ecosystem energetics is INCORRECT?
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Define ‘deforestation’. Comment on its effects. 
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With reference to temperature adaptations, identify  A,B,C of the following graph

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What is meant by seeding of clouds?
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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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Which of the following causes biomagnification? 
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What are the main consequences of Global warming ?
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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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How is green house gas raise the temperature of Earth?
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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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Which of the following pairs of gases is mainly responsible for green house effect?