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Environment Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi; 330,000 ft) above the Earth’s sea level marks the beginning of space where human travellers are considered astronauts. What is it called?

a)

Applton Barnett layer

b)

Karman line

c)

Heaviside layer

d)

Van Allen belt

2.

Which one of the following is NOT a primary layer of the atmosphere?

A.Mesosphere

a)

Mesosphere

b)

Exosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Stratosphere

3.

What is the average atmospheric pressure at sea level as defined by the International Standard Atmosphere?

a)

101325 Pascal

b)

14.6959 Pascals

c)

1013 Pascals

d)

984.43 Pascals

4.

Who coined the word ‘ecology’?

a)

Ernst Haeckel

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Gregory Mendel

d)

Heisenberg

5.

What are terricolous animals?

a)

Animals that live in a particular territory

b)

Animals that live on high mountains

c)

Animals that live in the soil

d)

Animals that fly.

6.

What is the safe level of noise intensity for humans?

a)

up to 80 decibels

b)

up to 70 decibels

c)

Up to 90 decibels

d)

Up to 40 decibels

7.

Which country is popularly knowns as ‘land of the windmills’?

a)

Norway

b)

Netherland

c)

Poland

d)

Switzerland

8.

.Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film which tells the story of the fish named Marlin who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for his abducted son Nemo all the way to Sydney Harbour. What species of a fish is Nemo?

a)

Goldfish

b)

Clownfish

c)

Surgeonfish

d)

Blowfish

9.

Do you know the only floating park in the world, located in North East India?

a)

Keibul Lamjao National Park

b)

.Kanchendzonga National Park

c)

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

d)

Manas National Park

10.

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) describes which phenomenon?

a)

Indoor Air pollution

b)

Indoor water pollution

c)

Indoor noise pollution

d)

All the above

11.

The head quarters of UNEP is at

a)

New York

b)

Geneva

c)

Stockholm

d)

Nairobi

12.

Which state in India has got its own Wildlife Act and not covered under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972?

a)

Kerala

b)

Karnataka

c)

Jammu and Kashmir

d)

Assam

13.

Which country ratified the Kyoto Protocol in late 2004 and thus caused it to become an international law?

a)

US

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

France

14.

Which Bollywood actor was the ambassador of the Earth Hour 2009 in India?

a)

Shah rukh Khan

b)

Nasseruddin Shah

c)

Anupam Kher

d)

Aamir Khan

15.

The natural aging of the lake is called

a)

Biomagnification

b)

Eutrophication

c)

BOD

d)

None of the above

16.

The world’s most problematic aquatic weed is also called

a)

Terror of Delhi

b)

Terror of Mumbai

c)

Terror of Bangalore

d)

Terror of Bengal

17.

E-wastes are referred to

a)

Radioactive waste

b)

Nuclear waste

c)

Both A and B

d)

Electronic waste

18.

The present average temperature of earth is

a)

10°C

b)

12°C

c)

14°C

d)

15°C

19.

The Environment Act of Government of India was passed in

a)

1976

b)

1966

c)

1986

d)

1996

20.

Presence of large amount of nutrients in water cause excessive growth of

a)

Lotus

b)

Fungal bloom

c)

Bacterial bloom

d)

Algal bloom