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The document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about various topics in ecology, biology and environmental science. It addresses topics like who coined the term "ecology", definitions of different types of organisms, pioneering scientists in evolution, units of measurement for sound, radioactivity and more. The answers are provided at the end.

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Environment Quiz-2

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about various topics in ecology, biology and environmental science. It addresses topics like who coined the term "ecology", definitions of different types of organisms, pioneering scientists in evolution, units of measurement for sound, radioactivity and more. The answers are provided at the end.

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1. Who coined the word ‘ecology’?

a. Ernst Haeckel
b. Charles Darwin
c. Gregory Mendel

2. What are saprophytes?


a. Living beings that feed on the sap from tree bark
b. Living beings that feed on dead or decaying organic matter
c. Living beings that feed on other living beings.

3. Who are ethologists?


a. Scientists who study about ethos
b. Scientists who study about the behaviour of wild animals
c. Scientists who study the behaviour of animals in a particular ecosystem.

4. What are terricolous animals?


a. Animals that live in a particular territory
b. Animals that live on high mountains
c. Animals that live in the soil

5. What are arboreal animals?


a. Animals living in trees
b. Animals living in water
c. Animals living in marshy lands

6. Who is known as the father of evolution?


a. Gregory Mendel
b. Charles Darwin
c. Albert Einstein

7. Which of the following is an amphibian?


a. Salamanders
b. Lizards
c. Fish

8. What is the safe level of noise intensity for humans?


a. Up to 90 decibels
b. up to 70 decibels
c. up to 80 decibels

9. The region of air close to the earth and extending up to 10km high is called
a. Atmosphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Troposphere

10. What are planktons?


a. Plants living in water
b. Very small plants and animals living in water
c. Very small animals living on land

11. What is the meaning of the term ‘abyssopelagic’?


a. Organisms living at water depths greater than 2000 m
b. Organisms living at water depths greater than 4000 m
c. Organisms living at water depths greater than 3000m

12. The production of light by living beings is known as


a. Bio-luminescence
b. Bio-lighting
c. Bio-fluorescence

13. Which country is popularly knowns as ‘land of the windmills’?


a. The Netherlands
b. Poland
c. Norway

14. Who was the first man to travel in space?


a. Edwin Aldrin
b. Neil Armstrong
c. Yuri Gagarin

15. Which instrument is used to measure wind velocity?


a. Barometer
b. Anemometer
c. Hygrometer

16. What is the instrument used to detect earthquakes?


a. Radiometer
b. Barometer
c. Seismograph

17. What is the unit in which radio activity is measured?


a. Newton
b. Roentgen
c. Decibel
18. The region of the atmosphere above 400 km and higher is known as
a. Exosphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Thermosphere

19. The major diet of pandas is


a. Acacia leave
b. Bamboo
c. Grass

20. Which of the following is not an endangered animal?


a. Siberian tiger
b. Loggerhead turtle
c. The Maned Wolf

Answers
1. a | 2. b | 3. b | 4. c | 5. a | 6. b | 7. a | 8. c | 9. c | 10. b | 11. b | 12. a | 13. a | 14. c | 15. b | 16. c
| 17. b | 18. a | 19. b | 20. c

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