Climatic Change

Q. Which of the following cause land degradation?

1. Chemical fertilisers
2. Acid rains
3. Overgrazing
4. All of the above

Q. What are the major steps taken to combat climate change?

1. The UNEP
2. Global conferences to discuss climate change
3. Using clean renewable energy
4. Industrialisation

Q. Complete the following sentence:

The Chernobyl disaster happened in ____ and Fukushima disaster in ____.

1. Japan, Ukraine
2. Ukraine, Japan
3. Russia, China
4. China, Russia

Q. Which of the following is India's major source of power?

1. Nuclear Energy
2. Wind Energy
3. Geothermal Energy
4. Fossil Fuel

Q. The ozone layer protects the Earth from the ____ of the sun.

1. Ultraviolet rays
2. Gamma rays
3. Infrared rays
4. Radio waves

Q. Consider the following statement and choose the correct answer:

Increase in the levels of _____ in the atmosphere resulted in global warming and climate change.

1. Oxygen
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Hydrogen
4. Nitrogen

Q. How has modern farming methods degraded the land?

Q. Release of chemical compounds containing gaseous chlorine or bromine from industry and other human activities leads to a severe threat to the environment.

Which type of atmospheric depletion is being talked here?

1. Land and soil depletion
2. Radioactive pollution
3. Ozone layer depletion
4. Damage to carbon cycle

Q. Select all the factors that contribute to climate change.

1. Deforestation
2. Afforestation
3. Factory smoke
4. Agriculture
5. Nuclear waste
6. Fertilizers
7. Urbanisation
8. Fossil fuels
9. Industrialisation
10. Migration

Q. Which is the largest nuclear disaster in history?

1. Chernobyl incident
2. Hiroshima & Nagasaki
3. Fukushima disaster
4. Hindenberg tragedy