Environmental Science - Study Mode

[#811] Which sea is referred to as an oceanic desert?
Correct Answer

(B) Sargasso Sea

Explanation

Solution: Because of its stillness and seaweeds on the surface, the Sargasso Sea is a fascinating ECOSYSTEM. Marine biologists have called it a biological desert, largely devoid of plankton, a basic food supply for fish.

[#812] At night, low clouds:
Correct Answer

(A) Enhance the atmospheric greenhouse effect

Explanation

Solution: At night the reflection effect is zero so the greenhouse effect and reflection of thermal radiation dominate and the low thick clouds have a warming effect. The greenhouse effect could at most return 50 percent of the outgoing radiation back to the Earth

[#813] Green Revolution in India was initiated by __________
Correct Answer

(A) M.S. Swaminathan

Explanation

Solution: M.S. Swaminathan is an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's Green Revolution a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers.

[#814] The legally binding international agreement to reduce Greenhouse gases by 5% 2012 is _________
Correct Answer

(C) Kyoto Protocol

Explanation

Solution: The Kyoto Protocol implemented the objective of the UNFCCC to reduce the onset of global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to "a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".

[#815] The only known breeding colony of the greater and lesser Flamingos in our country is seen in _______ desert.
Correct Answer

(A) The Great Rann of Kutch

Explanation

Solution: Little Rann of Kutch or Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary has the largest and most popular breeding grounds for the Lesser Flamingos in India.