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Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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1.

1.         What is the protection and management of biodiversity to obtain resources for sustainable development?

             

 

a)

A.         Biodiversity Conservation

b)

B. Biodiversity Loss  

c)

C. Biodiversity   

d)

D. Overexploitation

2.
  1. 2.       These are three main objectives of Biodiversity conservation EXCEPT:

a)

A.         Sustainable utilization of species and ecosystem

b)

B.         To preserve the diversity of species

c)

C.         To gain profit for the country's future

d)

D.         To maintain life-supporting systems and essential ecological processes.

3.
  1. 3.    What is the conservation of species within their natural habitat where the natural ecosystem is maintained and protected?

       

a)

A.         In-situ conservation

b)

B.         Ex-situ conservation 

c)

C. Overexploitation

d)

     D. Overharvesting

4.
  1. 4.  What conservation method involves the breeding and maintaining of endangered species in artificial ecosystems such as zoos, nurseries, botanical gardens, and gene banks?

    

a)

A.         Overharvesting

b)

B.         Overexploitation        

c)

C. In-situ conservation 

d)

  D. Ex-situ conservation

5.

5.     These are examples of protected areas where in-situ conservation takes place EXCEPT:

 

      

a)

A.         National parks

b)

B. Botanical Gardens 

c)

C. Wildlife Sanctuaries

d)

D.Biosphere Reserves

6.

6.      What are multi-purpose protected areas where the wildlife, traditional lifestyle of the inhabitants, and domesticated plants and animals are protected?

  

      

a)

A. Wildlife Sanctuaries

b)

B.         Botanical Gardens

c)

    C. Biosphere Reserves 

d)

  D. Zoos

7.
  1. 7. What are the regions where only wild animals are found, and human activities such as timber harvesting, cultivation, collection of woods, and other forest products are allowed as long as they do not interfere with the conservation project?

      

   

a)

A.         Botanical Gardens  

b)

B.         Gene banks

c)

C. Wildlife Sanctuaries

d)

   D. Zoos

8.
  1.    8.     What are small reserves maintained by the government with boundaries that are well demarcated and human activities such as grazing, forestry, habitat, and cultivation are prohibited?

a)

A.  National Parks

b)

B.  Zoos   

c)

  C. Wildlife Sanctuaries

d)

  D. Gene banks

9.
  1.   9.      How Many percent of plants do bees pollinate?

           

a)

A. 70%

b)

  B. 80%

c)

C. 90%

d)

      D. 100%

10.

10. How many percent of plants are used for medicinal purposes?

a)

A. 10%

b)

B. 17%

c)

C. 30%

d)

D. 93%

11.

11. What term refers to a length from the atomic level of around 0.1 nm up to 100 nm?

a)

A. Nano

b)

B. Nanoscale

c)

C. Nanoliter

d)

D. Nanotechnology

12.

2. What is the meaning of the Greek word nano? 

a)

A. Useful

b)

B. Advance

c)

C. Dwarf

d)

D. Tiny

13.

3. How many nm thick is a piece of paper?

a)

A. 100

b)

B. 100,000

c)

C.  70,000

d)

D. 7,000

14.

4. What does the acronym EHS stand for?

a)

A. Easy Health Standards

b)

B. Expanded Health and Safety Standards

c)

C. Environmental Health Standards

d)

D. Environmental Health and Safety

15.

5. Which nanotechnology may be used for clean water?

a)

A. Nanocatalysts and nanofilters

b)

B. Nanosheets

c)

C. Nanosheets

d)

D. Nanoencapsulation

16.

16. The following are characteristics of a nanomaterial that could affect risk EXCEPT: 

a)

A. Color

b)

B. Size

c)

C. Shape

d)

D. Surface Area

17.

17. The following are types of nanostructures EXCEPT: 

a)

A. Free nanoparticles

b)

B. Controlled nanoparticles

c)

C. Nanocomposites

d)

D. Nanocomponents

18.

18. Which of the following is an anthropogenic source of nanoparticles?

a)

A. Power plants

b)

B. Viruses

c)

C. Ferritin

d)

D. Forest fires

19.

19. How many nm in a red blood cell?

a)

A. 7,000

b)

B. 70,000

c)

C. 2.5

d)

D. 100 

20.

20. Which of the following is NOT a natural source of nanoparticles?

a)

A. Incinerators

b)

B. Volcanoes

c)

C. Biogenic Magnetite 

d)

D. Hot lava

21.

21. How many strains of Pneumococcus were described in 1944? 

a)

A.    one pathogenic

b)

B.  2, one pathogenic and the other non-pathogenic

c)

C.         4, all phatogenic

d)

D.  8, all non-pathogenic

22.

22.   What is manipulated by scientists to introduce therapeutic genes to a target organ?

      

        

a)

a.       Viruses  

b)

b.       Viral genome

c)

C. Gene therapy

d)

   D. Human DNA

23.

23.   Who manipulates the viral genome and thus introduces therapeutic genes to the target organ?

      

a)

a.       Scientists   

b)

b.       Mathematician   

c)

  C. Stem cells

d)

D. Doctor

24.

24.   What can cause adverse events such as toxicity, immune and inflammatory responses, as well as gene control and targeting issues?

 

    

a)

a.       Stem cells  

b)

C. Viruses

c)

b.       Platelets  

d)

D. Proteins

25.

25.   What year was the first clinical trial of human gene therapy performed using a viral vector in five patients with metastatic melanoma?

       

        

a)

a.       1963   

b)

b.       1989

c)

  C. 1977

d)

   D. 1980

26.

26.   In the blood system, what stem cells give rise to different types of blood cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets?

     

          

a)

a.       Hematopoietic stem cells

b)

b.       Embryonic stem cells  

c)

C. Pluripotent embryonic stem cells

d)

D. Tissue or adult stem cells

27.

27.   What is an approach to treat, cure, or ultimately prevent disease by changing the pattern of gene expression?

        

 

a)

a.       Viruses

b)

b.       Pluripotent embryonic stem cells      

c)

C. Gene therapy

d)

D. Gene transfer

28.

28.   What stem cells are derived from the inner cell mass can develop into more than 200 different cells and differentiate into cells of the 3 germ cell layers?

      

a)

a.       Pluripotent embryonic stem cells

b)

b.    Embryonic stem cells   

c)

C. Tissue or adult stem cells

d)

    D.Hematopoietic stem cells

29.

29.   What principle is applied in securing informed consent from a person?

 

a)

a.       Principle of justice   

b)

b.       Principle of beneficence/non-maleficence

c)

C. Principle of respect for persons 

d)

       D. Principle of fairness

30.

30.   What principle is applied when there is fairness in selecting a research subject?

        

a)

a.       Principle of Justice

b)

B. Principle of truth

c)

C. Principle of beneficence/ non-maleficence

d)

  D. Principle of respect for persons  

31.

   31.     What attributed to the modern climate era and modern human civilization?

A.    

B.        

a)

a. Vehicle gas emission   

b)

b. Very small variations in Earth’s orbit   

c)

C. Cutting of trees

d)

D. Burning of fossil fuels

32.

.32.     What theory explains three cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit and tilt that cause the climate fluctuations that occur over tens of thousands of years to hundreds of thousands of years?

B.              

a)

a. A.    Cyclical changes theory

b)

b. Theory of earth evolution

c)

C. Earth tilt theory

d)

D. Milankovitch theory

33.

       33. What year often referred to as the “year without a summer occurred after the violent eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora?

 

  

a)

a.   1991

b)

b. 1883

c)

   C. 1816

d)

  D. 1817

34.
  1. 34.What is a long-term shift in weather conditions identified by changes in temperature, precipitation, winds, and other indicators?

 

a)

A.    Earth's climate

b)

B.    Orbital Changes

c)

C. Climate change

d)

D. Volcanic eruptions

35.

35. What can block a percentage of sunlight and cause a cooling that may last for 1-2 years?

    

 

a)

A.    Volcanic aerosols

b)

B.    Volcanic rocks

c)

      C. Water vapour

d)

  D. Precipitation

36.
  1. 36.What is an oscillation of the ocean and atmosphere system in the tropical area of the Pacific Ocean that affects global weather?

     

  

a)

A.    Coal mines

b)

B.    Volcanic Aerosols

c)

  C. El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

d)

       D. Methane

37.

37.What is the most abundant greenhouse gas, but importantly, it acts as feedback to the climate?

 

a)

A.    Sulphur dioxide

b)

B.    Water vapour

c)

C. Carbon dioxide

d)

    D. Methane

38.

38.What is changing the natural greenhouse?

  

a)

A.    Oceanic evaporation

b)

B.         Biological systems  

c)

   C. Human activities

d)

       D. Forest transpiration

39.
  1. 39.What is powerful greenhouse gas produced by soil cultivation practices?

   

a)

A.    Nitrous oxide

b)

B.    Carbon dioxide

c)

C. Sulphur oxide

d)

D. Methane

40.

10.   40.What describes how certain gases in our atmosphere increase the temperature on Earth’s surface by preventing some of the energy radiating from the planet’s surface from being lost into space?

A.           

B.      

       

a)

a. Greenhouse effect

b)

b.  Evaporation

c)

C. Oscillation

d)

  D. Sunlight

41.

41.         Which of the following environmental problems leads to more people eating and breathe which puts excessive pressure on land and forests, and ultimately disturbs the ecological balance?

     

a)

A.         Land Air and Water  

b)

B.         Industrialization

c)

C. Population growth

d)

D. Urbanization

42.

42.         Which of the following environmental problems concerns pollution of land and water has affected plants, animals, and human beings?

    

 

a)

A.         Population growth

b)

B.         Urbanization

c)

         C. Land Air and Water

d)

D. Industrialization

43.

43.         Which of the following terms means being aware of the natural environment and making choices that benefit--rather than hurt--the Earth we all live on?

      

     

 

a)

A.         Go Green

b)

B.         Awareness

c)

   C. Urbanization

d)

  D. Conservation

44.

44.         What alternative energy source is the energy tapped from the heat inside the Earth and pressurized steam that can be used to run steam turbines to generate electricity?

  

a)

A.         Hydroelectric Energy  

b)

B.         Solar Energy

c)

   C. Geothermal Energy

d)

    D. Wind Energy 

45.

45.         What is one of the most promising alternative energy sources and the energy which the Earth receives from the Sun?

a)

A.         Hydroelectric Energy     

     

b)

B.         Solar Energy

c)

C. Geothermal Energy

d)

D. Wind Energy

46.

46.         What is an effective alternative source of energy in areas where the velocity of wind flow is high?

    

 

 

a)

A.         Hydroelectric Energy

b)

B.          Solar Energy  

c)

C. Geothermal Energy

d)

  D. Wind Energy

47.

47         Which of the following refers to energy that does not cause any undesirable consequences to the environment, are renewable, and are free?

       

    

 

a)

A.         Alternative energy sources

b)

B.         Fossil Fuel  

c)

C. Non-renewable Energy

d)

  D. Electric Energy

48.

48.         What is the energy developed from the wastes of various human and animal activities like the byproducts and wastes from timber industry and agricultural yields?

          

     D. Wind Energy

 

a)

A.         Biomass Energy

b)

B.         Hydroelectric Energy

c)

C. Solar Energy

d)

C. Solar Energy

49.

49.         What new alternative energy source can be utilized by setting up small dams and passing water through the turbines to generate power?

    

   

a)

A.         Urbanization     

b)

B.         Hydroelectric Energy

c)

C. Geothermal Energy

d)

  D. Tidal power

50.

50.         What is a source of pollution, and therefore, a threat to the environment and means a maddening race of people from villages to the cities?

   

   

a)

A.         Tidal power   

b)

B.         Urbanization

c)

C. Alternative energy sources

d)

C. Alternative energy sources