Best Environmental Science Quiz For Nature Novices

Night time temperatures rarely drop below the dew point temperature because

At saturation, latent heat of condensation is released into the air

Both (b) and (c)

Saturation vapor pressures always increase at night

The dew will absorb all the heat

Correct! Wrong!

What is symbiosis?

Association between members of same species

None

Association between members of two species

Study of distribution of related species

Correct! Wrong!

Which sea is referred to as an oceanic desert?

Sea of Japan

Sargasso Sea

Red Sea

Arabian Sea

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At night, low clouds:

Enhance the atmospheric greenhouse effect

Are often caused by the atmospheric greenhouse effect

Weaken the atmospheric greenhouse effect

Have no effect on the atmospheric greenhouse effect

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During the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere:

Astronomical winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere

The noon sun is overhead at 23.5o S latitude

All of the above

At middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the longest night of the year

Correct! Wrong!

Where are the days and nights of equal length all year long?

At 23.5o

At the Equator

At 66.5o

Nowhere

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When clouds are viewed near the horizon, the individual cloud elements usually:

Appear to have more vertical development than is actually the case

Appear lighter in color than is actually the case

Appear farther apart than is actually the case

Appear closer together than is actually the case

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The largest annual ranges of temperatures are found:

At polar latitudes over water

At polar latitudes over land

At middle latitudes near large bodies of water

At the Equator

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The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?

Uttar Pradesh

Assam

Maharashtra

Gujarat

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Particulate pollutants are

liquid droplets in atmosphere

are small solid particles released into the atmosphere

all of these

are small solid particles and liquid droplets

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Night time temperatures rarely drop below the dew point temperature because

What is symbiosis?

Which sea is referred to as an oceanic desert?

At night, low clouds:

During the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere:

Where are the days and nights of equal length all year long?

When clouds are viewed near the horizon, the individual cloud elements usually:

The largest annual ranges of temperatures are found:

The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?

Particulate pollutants are

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