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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following are considered as Ecosystem Services?
1. Erosion and flood control
2. Building of knowledge and the spreading of ideas
3. Creation of soils
4. Water purification
Select the correct answer codeCorrect
All of the above are correct.
Four major categories of ecosystem services: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services.
Provisioning Services: A provisioning service is any type of benefit to people that can be extracted from nature. Along with food, other types of provisioning services include drinking water, timber, wood fuel, natural gas, oils, plants that can be made into clothes and other materials, and medicinal benefits.
Regulating Services: A regulating service is the benefit provided by ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomena. Regulating services include pollination, decomposition, water purification, erosion and flood control, and carbon storage and climate regulation.
Cultural Services: A cultural service is a non-material benefit that contributes to the development and cultural advancement of people, including how ecosystems play a role in local, national, and global cultures; the building of knowledge and the spreading of ideas; creativity born from interactions with nature (music, art,
architecture); and recreation.
Supporting Services: Ecosystems themselves couldn’t be sustained without the consistency of underlying natural processes, such as photosynthesis, nutrient cycling, the creation of soils, and the water cycle.Incorrect
All of the above are correct.
Four major categories of ecosystem services: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services.
Provisioning Services: A provisioning service is any type of benefit to people that can be extracted from nature. Along with food, other types of provisioning services include drinking water, timber, wood fuel, natural gas, oils, plants that can be made into clothes and other materials, and medicinal benefits.
Regulating Services: A regulating service is the benefit provided by ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomena. Regulating services include pollination, decomposition, water purification, erosion and flood control, and carbon storage and climate regulation.
Cultural Services: A cultural service is a non-material benefit that contributes to the development and cultural advancement of people, including how ecosystems play a role in local, national, and global cultures; the building of knowledge and the spreading of ideas; creativity born from interactions with nature (music, art,
architecture); and recreation.
Supporting Services: Ecosystems themselves couldn’t be sustained without the consistency of underlying natural processes, such as photosynthesis, nutrient cycling, the creation of soils, and the water cycle. -
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following are the sources of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)?
1. Improper use and/or disposal of agrochemicals
2. Elevated temperatures and combustion processes
3. Unwanted by-products of industrial processes
Select the correct answer codeCorrect
Sources of pollution from POPs include the improper use and/or disposal of agrochemicals and industrial chemicals, elevated temperatures and combustion processes, and unwanted by-products of industrial processes or combustion.
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Sources of pollution from POPs include the improper use and/or disposal of agrochemicals and industrial chemicals, elevated temperatures and combustion processes, and unwanted by-products of industrial processes or combustion.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following can be threats to the biodiversity of a geographical area?
1. Global warming
2. Fragmentation of habitat
3. Invasion of alien species
4. Promotion of vegetarianism
Select the correct answer codeCorrect
1, 2 and 3 are correct.
Global Warming, fragmentation of habitat and invasion of alien species can be threats to the biodiversity of a geographical area.
Promotion of vegetarianism doesn’t threat biodiversity of geographical area.Incorrect
1, 2 and 3 are correct.
Global Warming, fragmentation of habitat and invasion of alien species can be threats to the biodiversity of a geographical area.
Promotion of vegetarianism doesn’t threat biodiversity of geographical area. -
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsDue to improper / indiscriminate disposal of old and used computers or their parts, which of the following are released into the environment as e-waste?
1. Beryllium
2. Cadmium
3. Chromium
4. Heptachlor
5. Mercury
6. Lead
7. Plutonium
Select the correct answer codeCorrect
1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are correct.
Heptachor is an insecticide. Plutonium is radioactive and hence not used in day to day computer/electronic items.Incorrect
1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are correct.
Heptachor is an insecticide. Plutonium is radioactive and hence not used in day to day computer/electronic items. -
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Phosphorus and Phosphorus Cycle.
1. Phosphorus cycle is largely atmospheric and easily dissolves in water from air.
2. Phosphorus occurs as a mineral in phosphate rocks and enters the Phosphorus cycle from erosion and mining activities.
3. Phosphorus is responsible for excessive growth of rooted and free-floating microscopic plants in water bodies.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?Correct
2 and 3 are correct.
Phosphorous cycle is mainly terrestrial. The main storage for phosphorus is in the earth’s crust. On land phosphorus is usually found in the form of phosphates.
It occurs in large amounts as a mineral in phosphate rocks and enters the cycle from erosion and mining activities.
By the process of weathering and erosion phosphates enter rivers and streams that transport them to the ocean.
Being an important nutrient, phosphorous promotes eutrophication in lakes. Along with nitrogen related compounds it leads to undesirable situations like algal bloom.Incorrect
2 and 3 are correct.
Phosphorous cycle is mainly terrestrial. The main storage for phosphorus is in the earth’s crust. On land phosphorus is usually found in the form of phosphates.
It occurs in large amounts as a mineral in phosphate rocks and enters the cycle from erosion and mining activities.
By the process of weathering and erosion phosphates enter rivers and streams that transport them to the ocean.
Being an important nutrient, phosphorous promotes eutrophication in lakes. Along with nitrogen related compounds it leads to undesirable situations like algal bloom.
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