Description : The main cause of global climatic change is – (1) increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (2) emissions of industrial gases (3) adding of dust (4) changes in plant cover
Last Answer : (1) increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Explanation: Our ever increasing addiction to electricity from coal burning power plants eleases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide ... sources, we are highly dependent on burning coal for our personal and commercial electrical supply.
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Catalytic converter is fitted in automobiles to reduce carbon monoxide concentration in exhaust emissions (B) Inhalation of pollutant carbon monoxide results ... D) Decomposition of plants containing chlorophyll is a natural source of carbon monoxide in atmosphere
Last Answer : (C) Sulphur dioxide is the main pollutant emitted from the exhaust of petrol driven automobiles
Description : Ozone layer is formed due to reactions of : (1) oxygen and ultraviolet rays (2) carbon dioxide and layers of atmosphere (3) cosmic rays and layers of atmosphere (4) infrared rays and ultraviolet rays
Last Answer : oxygen and ultraviolet rays
Description : If there is no carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere, the temperature of earth’s surface would be (1) dependent on the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere (2) higher than the present (3) less than the present (4) the same
Last Answer : less than the present
Description : India's contribution to total global carbon dioxide emissions is about: (A) ~15% (B) ~3% (C) ~6% (D) ~10%
Last Answer : Answer: C
Description : Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases produced by human activities? w) ozone and methane x) nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide y) methane and carbon dioxide z) ozone and carbon monoxide
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE
Description : Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases produced by human activities? w) oxygen and hydrogen x) ozone and methane y) nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide z) methane and carbon dioxide e) ozone and carbon monoxide
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE
Description : Which of the following gases cause global warming? (A) Carbon monoxide (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Nitrogen (D) Ozone
Last Answer : (B) Carbon dioxide
Description : Global warming is expected to result in (1) Increase in level of sea (2) Change in crop pattern (3) Change in coastline (4) All of the above
Last Answer : All of the above
Description : The effect of increase in carbon dioxide level of the atmosphere and its profound effect on our climate is called the (A) Catalytic conversion (B) Green house effect (C) Global warming (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : Daily weather changes in the atmosphere are associated with (1) Troposphere (2) Mesosphere (3) Ionosphere (4) Stratosphere
Last Answer : Troposphere
Description : Vergreen type Forests are found in : (1) Mediterranean region (2) Monsoon climatic area (3) Desert region (4) Equatorial region
Last Answer : Equatorial region
Description : Name the condition which influences the development of plants into distinctive forms. (1) Climatic conditions (2) Soil conditions (3) Environmental conditions (4) Social conditions
Last Answer : Climatic conditions
Description : Soil factors are otherwise known as : (1) Edaphic factors (2) Biotic factors (3) Physiographic factors (4) Climatic factors
Last Answer : Edaphic factors
Description : The ‘EL Nino’ phenomena which sparks climatic extreme around the globe, originates in the (1) Sea of China (2) Pacific Ocean (3) Indian Ocean (4) Atlantic Ocean
Last Answer : Pacific Ocean
Description : All vital atmospheric processes leading to various climatic and weather conditions take place in the : (1) Stratosphere (2) Troposphere (3) Ionosphere (4) Exosphere
Description : The climatic zones are classified on the basis of (1) distance from the equator (2) elevation (3) rainfall (4) distance from the sea
Last Answer : rainfall
Description : 'Green House Effect' means (1) Pollution in houses in tropical regions (2) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen (3) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide (4) Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution
Last Answer : Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
Description : There is a need to keep larger area under forests for : (1) absorption of carbon dioxide (2) protecting wildlife (3) raising precipitation (4) geological balance
Last Answer : absorption of carbon dioxide
Description : (3) Oxides of nitrogen and sulphur Explanation: Acid rain is caused by emissions of oxides of Sulfur and Nitrogen (Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide), which react with the water molecules in the ... The emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) result from fossil fuel combustion.
Last Answer : (3) live wire and the neutral wire Explanation: Three wires enter most homes from the power pole-two "hot" wires and a third "neutral" wire. Each hot wire provides 120- volt current for ... the main switch is put off because the electric circuit (the path where the electricity travels) gets opened.
Description : (2) oxides of nitrogen and sulphur Explanation: Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids.
Last Answer : Neuron is - (1) Fundamental unit of energy (2) Particle released in radioactive emission (3) Antiparbcle of neutron (4) Fundamental unit of nervous system
Description : Ozone-hole in the atmosphere is largely caused by the presence of (1) Oxygen (2) Hydrogen (3) Chloro-floro-carbon (4) Radio-active waste
Last Answer : Chloro-floro-carbon
Description : The cause of loss of forest cover is (1) Agriculture (2) Building Industry (3) Increasing population (4) Toursim & pilgrimage
Last Answer : Increasing population
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Addition of methane to the furnace atmosphere reduces decarburising by hydrogen (B) Nitrogen in presence of steam decor-burises high carbon steel, whereas hydrocarbon ... the metal surface) cause nitride formation with increase in surface hardness (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : Natural sources of air pollution are (1) Forest fires (2) Volcanic eruptions (3) Dust storm (4) Smoke from burning dry leaves
Last Answer : Volcanic eruptions
Description : Airmass near to the earth’s surface is warmer because it (1) radiates heat (2) contains dust particles (3) is warmed by terrestrial radiation (4) is far from the sun
Last Answer : is warmed by terrestrial radiation
Description : What does increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere cause? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What does increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere cause?
Last Answer : Rise in earth temperature
Description : 1. The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank does not depend on which area? 2. Chinaman' refers to which game? 3. In human body, into which does the pancreas secretes its enzymes? 4. ... is the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal maximum? 20. By whom was Saka era founded?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Area of the liquid surface 2. Cricket 3. Duodenum 4. Rise in earth temperature 5. A work of the Jains 6. English 7. Decreases 8. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 9. North west 10. ... Australia 15. Kanishka 16. Carbon dioxide 17. Sir Edward Lutyens 18. Bengali 19. After summer 20. Kanishka
Description : Trees play important roles in preventing global warming blank absorbing carbon dioxide and pumping water into the atmosphere?
Last Answer : Trees play an important role in global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide and pumping oxygen into the atmosphere.
Description : What refers to the heating of the earth’s atmosphere not caused by direct sunlight but by infrared light radiated by the surface and absorbed mainly by atmospheric carbon dioxide? A. Greenhouse effect B. Global warming C. Thermal rise effect D. Ozone effect
Last Answer : Greenhouse effect
Description : A natural warming process involving the interaction of sunlight and carbon dioxide and other gases from the atmosphere
Last Answer : Ans. Green house effect
Description : Look at the following gases: 1. Carbon dioxide 2. Helium 3. Nitrogen 4. Oxygen The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are: (a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : The highest volume of gases in lower atmosphere is comprised of - (1) Hydrogen (2) Carbon dioxide (3) Oxygen (4) Nitrogen
Last Answer : (4) Nitrogen Explanation: There are a number of atmospheric gases which make up air. In the lower atmosphere or troposphere, the main gases are nitrogen and oxygen, which make up 78% and 21% of the volume of air respectively. The remaining 1% of the atmospheric gases is made up of trace gases.
Description : Oceans act as sinks for atmospheric gases including carbon dioxide whose concentration in the atmosphere is increased by the (A) Forestation (B) Rain (C) Green house effect (D) Vegetation
Last Answer : (C) Green house effect
Description : Here is an interesting question. Which might be the major factor responsible for the rise in carbon dioxide ("greenhouse gases") in our atmosphere?? (There is not likely to be much consensus as to the 'correct' answer. Think critically and objectively about this issue.)
Last Answer : The major source of carbon dioxide is likely coming from volcanoes, vents in our earth's crust, the oceans, and weathering of the earth's crust.
Description : While many different gases are found in the atmosphere, a number do NOT contribute significantly to solar heating of the atmosphere. Which TWO of the following gases do NOT absorb much heat? w) carbon dioxide x) nitrogen y) water vapor z) oxygen
Last Answer : ANSWER: X and Z -- NITROGEN and OXYGEN
Description : Which one of the following green house gases has the shortest residence time in the atmosphere? (A) Chlorofluorocarbon (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Methane (D) Nitrous oxide
Last Answer : (C) Methane
Description : The highest volume of gases in lower atmosphere is comprised of (1) Hydrogen (2) Carbon dioxide (3) Oxygen (4) Nitrogen
Last Answer : Nitrogen
Description : Because less coal is consumed in this system, emissions of ______ and particulate and solid waste by products are reduced. a. Sulphur dioxide (SO2) b. Nitrogen oxide (NOx) c. Carbon dioxide (CO2) d. All of the above.
Last Answer : d. All of the above.
Description : The point of ultra-supercritical steam generator is to save on coal to heat the water and reduce ________ emissions. a. Oxygen (O2) b. Water (H2O) c. Carbon dioxide (CO2) d. Both ‘a’ and ‘c’
Last Answer : c. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Description : A : EI Nino is a climatic change which causes deleterious environmental changes. R : Increased trophospheric ozone due to El Nino cause shift of clima
Last Answer : A : EI Nino is a climatic change which causes deleterious environmental changes. R : Increased trophospheric ... and Reason are false, then mark (4).
Description : The main cause of Tsunami is : (1) Volcanoes (2) Cyclones (3) Earthquake on sea floor (4) Moon’s attraction
Last Answer : Earthquake on sea floor
Description : The main cause of recurring flood is (1) Soil erosion (2) Deforestation (3) Silting of river beds (4) All of the above
Description : Which of the following phenomena is supposedly associated with global warming ? (1) El Nino (2) La Nina (3) El Nino Modoki (4) Southern Oscillation
Last Answer : El Nino
Description : Which of the following phenomena is supposedly associated with global warming ? (1) Southern Oscillations (2) El Nino (3) La Nino (4) El Nino Modiki
Last Answer : El Nino Modiki
Description : In the context of ‘time’, GMT means (1) General Meridian Time (2) Greenwich Mean Time (3) Global Mean Time (4) None of these
Last Answer : Greenwich Mean Time
Description : Storms of gases are visible in the chromosphere of the Sun during (1) Cyclones (2) Anticyclones (3) Lunar eclipse (4) Solar eclipse
Last Answer : Solar eclipse
Description : (4) To reduce greenhouse gases Explanation: The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends the 19992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce green hourse gas emissions.
Last Answer : The lustre of the metals is because of – (1) high density, due to closed packing of atoms (2) high polish (3) reflection of light due to the presence of free electrons (4) absorption of light due to the presence of cavities
Description : A scrubber in the exhaust of a chemical industrial plant removes (a) gases like sulphur dioxide (b) particulate matter of the size 5 micrometer or above (c) gases like ozone and methane (d) particulate matter of the size 2.5 micrometer or less.
Last Answer : a) gases like sulphur dioxide