Our Environment

Man and environment

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An ecosystem must have a continuous external source of

  1. food
  2. minerals
  3. energy
  4. water
  5. sunlight
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A food chain will not begin in the absence of

  1. consumer
  2. producer
  3. decomposer
  4. producer and consumer
  5. either producer or decomposer
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The individuals of a species in a given locality constitute

  1. flora
  2. fauna
  3. population
  4. community
  5. ecosphere
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All the living organisms on Earth constitute

  1. the biosphere
  2. the biome
  3. the ecosystem
  4. the community
  5. the flora
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pedology is the study of

  1. locomotion in animals and plants
  2. soil
  3. rocks
  4. plant diseases
  5. animals
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The best soil for plant growth is

  1. sand
  2. loam
  3. gravel
  4. clay
  5. red soil
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The branch of botany dealing with distribution of plant on earth's surface is called

  1. ecology
  2. phytology
  3. phytogeography
  4. phytosociology
  5. entomology
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The stem of water plants usually has a well developed

  1. arenchyma
  2. root system
  3. vascular system
  4. stomatal system
  5. chlorenchyma
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The study of interactions between living organisms and environment is called

  1. ecosystem
  2. phytogeography
  3. ecology
  4. phytosociology
  5. lithosphere
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a zooplankton?

  1. Juvenile planktonic squid
  2. Tiny shrimp-like crustaceans
  3. Larvae of a conger eel 7.6 cm
  4. Ocean sunfish larvae 2.7 mm
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plants that are commonly found at the top of mountains are

  1. alphines
  2. halophytes
  3. mesophytes
  4. conifers
  5. hydrophytes
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plants and animals living in a given area form a/an

  1. community
  2. plankton
  3. population
  4. ecosystem
  5. zooplankton
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Removal of the soil by the action of wind and water is known as

  1. erosion
  2. fossilization
  3. salivation
  4. calcification
  5. solidification
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Study of plant environment is known as

  1. anatomy
  2. ecology
  3. plant sociology
  4. plant geography
  5. plant physiology
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sunken stomata are present in

  1. xerophytes
  2. hydrophytes
  3. mesophytes
  4. epiphytes
  5. none of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The least porous soil among the following is

  1. loam soil
  2. clay soil
  3. sandy soil
  4. peaty soil
  5. black soil
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Soil that is made of particles that have been carried by water and then deposited is called

  1. sub-soil
  2. silt
  3. clay
  4. loam
  5. sand
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the main factor of water pollution?

  1. Smoke
  2. Industrial waste
  3. Detergent
  4. Ammonia
  5. DDT
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If all the plants of the world die, all the animal will also die due to shortage of

  1. cold air
  2. food
  3. oxygen
  4. timber
  5. carbon dioxide
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The soil that cracks and shrinks the most as it dries is

  1. clay soil
  2. sandy soil
  3. chalky soil
  4. a soil rich in minerals
  5. loamy soil
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The principle apparatus that is used to analyse the soil is

  1. filtration
  2. sedimentation
  3. sieving
  4. centrifuging
  5. decantation
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Xerophytes are abundantly found in

  1. valleys
  2. deserts
  3. plains
  4. coastal areas
  5. hills
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plants that are attached to stones and rocks are

  1. lithophytes
  2. halophytes
  3. aerophytes
  4. psammophytes
  5. hydrophytes
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following substances would not necessarily be found in a normal soil?

  1. Clay
  2. Chalk
  3. Sand
  4. Silt
  5. Water
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following will not cause any atmospheric pollution?

  1. Nitrogen oxide
  2. Sulphur dioxide
  3. Free oxygen
  4. Carbon monoxide
  5. CFCs