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Q:

Environmental Science is the study of

A) Geography B) Physics
C) Biology D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

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Environmental science is a field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. This emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment.

 

In brief, it is a scientific study of the natural world and how it is influenced by people.

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Q:

Which of the following processes includes all others?

A) diffusion of a solute across a membrane B) passive transport
C) osmosis D) facilitated diffusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) passive transport

Explanation:

Passive transport Process includes all other process like facilitated diffusion, osmosis and diffusion of a solute across a membrane.

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Q:

MONEX is associated with

A) Monetary experiment B) Lunar experiment
C) Montreal experiment D) Monsoon experiment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Monsoon experiment

Explanation:

Monsoon experiment is abbreviated as MONEX.

 

The Monsoon Experiment is the core of the GARP Monsoon Subprogramme, which is a major international effort to achieve a better understanding of the Planetary monsoon circulation, the major seasonal perturbation of the general circulation of the atmosphere and the influence of the annual cycle of precipitation associated with the monsoon on the agriculture of the many populous nations of the region.

 

Hence, MONEX is associated with The Monsoon Experiment.

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Q:

Vision can be affected by drugs and alcohol making, especially difficult to distinguish

A) Light B) Colors
C) Distance D) Shapes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Colors

Explanation:

Drinking alcohol can cause many damages to your body. Your vision can be affected as you will face blurred and double vision and even you can't identify colors.

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Q:

The amount of water vapour in the air is called...?

A) snow B) humidity
C) sunsafe factor D) water cycle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) humidity

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Q:

Which of the following is biodegradable?

A) Iron nails B) DDT
C) Silver foil D) Leather bags
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Leather bags

Explanation:

Biodegradable substances can be broken down into simpler, harmless substances in nature with due course of time by the biological process such as action of microbes. They can be recycled as a part of food chain.

 

Here, Leather bags are biodegradable.

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Q:

From which direction does foul weather typically approach?

A) East B) North
C) West D) South
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) West

Explanation:

If the barometer rises, it indicates that good or fair weather is coming and if the falling barometer reading indicates that bad or foul weather is coming. Usually bad weather approaches from the west direction.

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Q:

Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion ?

A) Wind gap B) Zeugen
C) Dreikanter D) Demoiselle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wind gap

Explanation:

Demoiselles

These are rock pillars which stand as resistant rocks above soft rocks as a result of differential erosion of hard and soft rocks.

Zeugen

A table-shaped area of rock found in arid and semi-arid areas formed when more resistant rock is reduced at a slower rate than softer rocks around it.

A Dreikanter

It is a type of ventifact that typically forms in desert or periglacial environments due to the abrasive action of blowing sand.

A wind gap is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture.

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