Environment Quiz

Question 1

Who coined the word ‘ecology’?

Accepted Answer

Ernst Haeckel

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Charles Darwin

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Gregory Mendel

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Aristotle

Question 2

What are saprophytes?

Accepted Answer

Living beings that feed on dead or decayed organic matter

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Living beings that feed on the sap from tree bark

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Living beings that feed on other living beings

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Living beings that produce their own food

Question 3

Who are ethologists?

Accepted Answer

Scientists who study about the behaviour of wild animals

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Scientists who study about ethos

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Scientists who study about the behaviour of animals in a particular ecosystem

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Scientists who study marine life

Question 4

What are terricolous animals?

Accepted Answer

Animals that live in the soil

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Animals that live in a particular territory

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Animals that live on high mountains

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Animals that live in the desert

Question 5

What are arboreal animals?

Accepted Answer

Animals living in trees

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Animals living in water

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Animals living in marshy lands

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Animals living in underground burrows

Question 6

Who is known as the father of evolution?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

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Gregory Mendel

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Albert Einstein

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Isaac Newton

Question 7

Which of the following is an amphibian?

Accepted Answer

Salamanders

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Lizards

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Fish

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Crocodiles

Question 8

What is the safe level of noise intensity for humans?

Accepted Answer

Up to 80 decibels

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Up to 90 decibels

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Up to 70 decibels

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Up to 60 decibels

Question 9

The region of air close to the earth and extending up to 10 km high is called?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

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Atmosphere

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Stratosphere

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Ionosphere

Question 10

What are planktons?

Accepted Answer

Very small plants and animals living in water

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Plants living in water

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Very small animals living on land

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Bacteria living in soil

Question 11

What is the meaning of the term ‘abyssopelagic’?

Accepted Answer

Organisms living at water depths greater than 4000 m

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Organisms living at water depths greater than 2000 m

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Organisms living at water depths greater than 3000 m

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Organisms living at water depths greater than 5000 m

Question 12

The production of light by living beings is known as?

Accepted Answer

Bio-luminescence

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Bio-lighting

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Bio-fluorescence

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Photo-emission

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

The Netherlands

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Poland

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Norway

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Denmark

Question 14

Who was the first man to travel in space?

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin

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Edwin Aldrin

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Neil Armstrong

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John Glenn

Question 15

Which instrument is used to measure wind velocity?

Accepted Answer

Anemometer

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Barometer

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Hygrometer

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Thermometer

Question 16

What is the instrument used to detect earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

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Radiometer

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Barometer

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Tachometer

Question 17

What is the unit in which radioactivity is measured?

Accepted Answer

Roentgen

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Newton

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Decibel

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Becquerel

Question 18

The region of the atmosphere above 400 km and higher is known as?

Accepted Answer

Exosphere

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Mesosphere

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Thermosphere

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Ionosphere

Question 19

The major diet of pandas is?

Accepted Answer

Bamboo

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Acacia leaves

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Grass

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Eucalyptus leaves

Question 20

Which of the following is not an endangered animal?

Accepted Answer

The Maned Wolf

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Siberian tiger

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Loggerhead turtle

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Bald eagle

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