Some Environmental Facts

The biggest energy source on the surface of the earth is	Solar radiation
The acid found in soil is	Humic acid
Burning of fossil fuels releases	Carbon-di-oxide
The place referred to as the Valley of Death is	Cubatao in Brazil
The Valley of Flowers is located at	Garhwal in Himalayas
The element found abundant in the crust of the earth is	Oxygen
99 percent of the crust of earth is composed of	Elements
The crust of the earth is called	Lithosphere
The type of soil found in the dessert is	Aridisols
Acid rain was discovered by	R.A.Smith
The simplest and least polluting way of deriving energy is	Solar energy
Junk of appliances and vehicles is known as	Solid Waste
Oceans are ecologically divided into how many regions	Five
Uranium miners more frequently suffer from	Cancer
Textile workers more frequently suffer from	Byssinosis
Coal miners more frequently suffer from	Black lung diseases
The type of living beings more sensitive to nuclear radiations are	Mammals
The most acute pollution problem faced by nuclear power industry is	Disposal of nuclear waste
Excessive inhalling of manganese causes	Pneumonia
Hay fever is due to the presence of which thing in the air	Pollen
The metal which causes systemic poisoning in man is	Lead
Dust containing silica causes	Silicosis
Intensive use of nitrate fertilizers causes	Methemoglobinemia
The most economic and pollution free form of transport is	Bicycle
The main source of harmful radiations in our house can be due to	Televisions
The most recently discovered ecosystem is	Vent
The most biologically productive ecosystem is	Alluvial plains
Ecologists divide divide lakes into how many zones	Three
Death valley is located in which dessert	Nevada
Man first cultivated crops in which age	Neolithic
Sheep were initially domesticated for	Meat and milk
The industrial chemical which increases the chance of developing Leukemia is	Benzene
The Royal society for the Protection of Birds was formed in	1889 AD
`Man and the Biosphere'an ecological programme was launched by	UNESCO
Chemicals which get rid of pests are called as	Pesticides
The living beings which are known as teritary consumers are	Meat-eating animals
A motor car produces least amount of pollution while	Moving
The first living beings who established themselves on rocky slopes were	Lichens
Birds evolved on earth during the	Jurassic period
Water covers about how many percent of the earth's surface	Seventy
Oxygen was discovered by	Joseph Priestley
Oxygen was discovered in	August 1774
The word `Oxygen'was coined by	Antonie Levoiser
When something burns in air, it combines with oxygen and the process is called	Oxidation
When we breather,oxygen combines chemically with glucose in the body to create	Energy
The two major components of air are oxygen and	Nitrogen
The French chemist who showed that air was the same all around the world was	Henri Regnault
William Ramsay discovered that air also contained tiny traces of	Inert gases
The gases which are slow to react with other chemicals are called	Inert gases
The air surrounding the earth is forever on the move because of	Sun's heat
A space with nothing in it is called	Vacuum
Air pressure is related to density of air. This was discovered by whom in 1662 AD	Robert Boyle
Earth's atmosphere has how many layers	Five
Moon gets very hot and very cold as it has no	Atmosphere
78 percent of the atmosphere is	Nitrogen
21 percent of the atmosphere is	Oxygen
The atmospheric layer immediately around the earth is called	Troposphere
The second atmospheric layer is called	Stratosphere
The third atmospheric layer is called	Mesosphere
The fourth atmospheric layer is called	Ionosphere
The fifth atmospheric layer is called	Exosphere
Human beings inhale what and give out what	Oxygen,carbon dioxide
Plants inhale what and give out what	Carbon dioxide,oxygen
Bubbles in soda water is due to presence of	Carbon dioxide
Ozone is actually a form of	Oxygen
We are protected from ultraviolet radiation from the sun due to the presence of	Ozone layer
The main culprit which is destroying the ozone layer is	CFC gases
The main green house gas is	Carbon dioxide
As one goes higher in the atmosphere,air pressure	Decreases
As per Daniel Bernoulli,whenever air moves,its pressure	Drops
The most common compound on earth is	Water
Life originally emerged from	Water
About how many percent of the world's water is solid	Two
Less than how many percent of the world's water is fresh water	Three
The amount of water vapour in the atmosphere is known as	Humidity
Any substance that dissolve in the water vapour it absorbs is said to be	Deliquescent
Henry Cavendish proved that water was a compound which included	Hydrogen
The french chemist who showed that water was a simple compound of hydrogen and oxygen was	Antoine Lavoiser
In case of heavy water,oxygen combines with	Deuterium
A special type of hydrogen with an extra neutron in its nucleus is	Deuterium
Heavy water can be extracted from ordinary water by the process of	Distillation
In every water molecutl,there are how many hydrogen atoms and how many oxygen atoms	Two,one
Water expands when it is	Frozen
Oxygen condenses at a temperature of	-183.c
The ultimate source of nearly all our energy is the	Sun
Solar cells turn light energy from the sun into	Electrical energy
Two types of basic energy is	Potential energy,kinetic energy
Energy that is not doing anything but is simply stored for action is called	Potential energy
Energy in the nucleus of an atom is called	Nuclear energy
As per the Law of Conservation of energy,energy can neither be nor be	Created,destroyed
In all energy conversions,heat is produced as	Waste
Coal,Oil,natural gas,etc.are known as	Fossil fuels
At the present rate of consumption of coal,it is estimated that it will last about	200
At the present rate of consumption of coal,it is estimated that it will last about	40
Nuclear energy is released by a process called	fission
It is estimated that nuclear power stations are presently producing about how many percent of world's electricity	20
Joule proved that heat was a form of	Energy
The sun heats the earth by a process called	Radiation
Nuclear radiations can cause an eye disease called	Cataract
A Landfill produces a pollutant gas,	Methane
The gases that produce acid rain are	Sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide
Hydrogen bomb was tested on a	Pacific atoll
The European river Rhine was till recently called as	Europe's industrial sewer
Ultraviolet radiations from the sun can cause	Skin cancer
When lakes become acidic,the substance used to counteract the acidity is	Lime
Water Resources Institute is located at	Washington D.C.
The science of human settlements is called	Ekistics
Bhopal Gas tragedy occured in	1984 AD
The city which has the highest sulphur dioxide pollution is	Milan
CITES is an international law concerned with	Endangered species
CITES stands for	Convention on Int.Trade in Endangered Species
NCEPC stands for	National Committee on Environmental Planning and Co-ordination
Project JAWS deals with	Winds
JAWS stands for	Joint Airport Weather Studies
Project FAMOUS deals with	Ocean beds
FAMOUS stands for	French-American Mid Ocean Under Sea Study
Pollution Control Research Institute is located at	Hardwar
International Environmental Prize is awarded by	United Nations
The use of DDT for agricultural purposes was banned in India in the year	1985 AD
The major source of fuel in rural India is	Fuelwood and charcoal
Asia's largest slum is located at	Mumbai
The Department of Environment was set up in