The Arctic means:

Related Mcqs:

1. Silviculture means:

   A. Methods of raising tree crops and their growth and care upto the time of the final harvesting
   B. Silviculture is the science and art of cultivating forest crops, based on knowledge of silvics
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. Forests means:

   A. To society of American forests (SAF) is an eco-system characterized by a more or less dense and extensive tree cover
   B. A plant community with predominance of trees and other woody vegetation, growing more or less closely together
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. Acclimatization means:

   A. The process by which plants and animals become accustomed to unusual environmental conditions
   B. That they are able to live and produce
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

4. Acid rain means:

   A. A type of pollution which washes out of the atmosphere as dilute sulphuric and nitric acids
   B. It tends to be a regional rather than a global phenomenon linked to particular industrial activities and meteorological conditions
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

5. Biosphere reserves means:

   A. The protected land and coastal areas
   B. That are approved under the Man and the Biosphere
   C. In conjunction with the Conception on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
   D. All of the above

6. Biosphere means:

   A. The part of the earth that supports life and consists of the soil, oceans
   B. The waterways and the atmosphere upto 15 km above the earth’s surface
   C. Waterways and the
   D. None of these

7. Biota means:

   A. The general description of all the flora and fauna of the planet
   B. It covers all living things from the tiniest submicroscopic organism to the elephant and giant redwood tree
   C. All of which are supported by the biosphere
   D. All of the above

8. Foraminifera means:

   A. An abundant family of simple mostly marine organisms
   B. The important to scientists who are studying climatic change
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. C4 Plants means:

   A. A group of plants which include maize and sorghum
   B. The process of carbon fixation usually found in tropical plants with high growth rates
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. Peat means:

    A. A dense accumulation of only partially decomposed plant materials which has formed in wetlands over a period of thousand of years
    B. It collects in still water which does not have enough oxygen to complete the total process of decay
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these