Tag: issues of the environment

Questions Related to issues of the environment

Temperature gradient of 'ambient' air is known as

  1. Lapse rate

  2. ELR

  3. Atmospheric stability

  4. ALR


Correct Option: B

What is adiabatic lapse rate for dry air?

  1. 3.98C per 100meter

  2. 2.98C per 100meter

  3. 0.98C per 100meter

  4. 1.98C per 100meter


Correct Option: C

What is air pressure at sea level?

  1. 4033.6g/sq.cm

  2. 3033.6g/sq.cm

  3. 2033.6g/sq.cm

  4. 1033.6g/sq.cm


Correct Option: D

Narrow valleys are favorable to inversion because horizontal air movement is

  1. Decreased

  2. Favorable

  3. Possible

  4. Restricted


Correct Option: D

The ratio of the mass of water vapor in a given volume (parcel) of air to the mass of the remaining dry air describes the:

  1. Absolute humidity

  2. Mixing ratio

  3. Relative humidity

  4. Dew point


Correct Option: B

The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on:

  1. Air temperature

  2. Relative humidity

  3. Air pressure

  4. Air density


Correct Option: C

Major source of air pollution is

  1. Fossil fuels

  2. Burning of wood

  3. Biogas

  4. Cow dung cakes.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Burning of fossil fuels cause major harms. The burning of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, petroleum in automobiles, industries and thermal plants leads to increase in air pollution.

What was Aldo Leopold 'philosophy' about humans ethics?

  1. Environmental Ethics

  2. Sustainable Ethics

  3. Land Ethics

  4. Frontier Ethics


Correct Option: C

Land breeze blows during _________

  1. Summer

  2. Winter

  3. Day

  4. Night


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

At night, the water cools down more slowly than the land. So, the cool air from the land moves towards the sea. This is called the land breeze.