eco quiz 2010

ECO QUIZ 2010

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Why did the  Arla Foods colour their Swedish milk cartons black-grey, as distinct from the typical white-green?

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To raise awareness for Earth Hour

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This is a procedure used as a means of sealing an oil well that is experiencing an uncontrolled eruption of crude oil or natural gas.

The process involves pumping heavyweight drilling mud into the manifolds connected to the top of the well. What is it known

as?

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Top Kill

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The death of female tigress due to accident with Government Vehicle

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PETA launched a campaign against KFC. What was it called?

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What is "NIMBY" an acronym for??

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Not in my backyard

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TALPONA

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Sunderlal bahuguna

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Medha Patkar

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He was mentioned as himself in Anita Desai's best selling novel "Village by the Sea"

He wrote the Foreword to the Sixth Edition of "Flowering

Trees and Shrubs in India" by D V Cowen?

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Dr. Salim Ali

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Identify4

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Al Gore

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Wangari Mathaai

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Prof. M S Swaminathan

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CHAPORA

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CFCs (chloro-fluro-carbons) are greenhouse gases that have caused a rise of 0.3 ºC in the global temperatures in the past century. Name

the CFC that is used in refrigerators.

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Freon

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What is car–pooling?  

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You and your friends sharing a ride

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Which disease is caused by high nitrate contamination in ground water resulting in decreased oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin in babies leading to death?

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Blue baby syndrome or Methemoglobinemia

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Who/what is a climate refugee ?

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if the causes for the migration are believed to be due to global

warming related environmental disasters

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How do we know Polyethyleneterephthalate better as?

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PET bottles

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What is a cascade effect?

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it is a series of secondary extinctions that is triggered by the primary extinction of a key species in an ecosystem.

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature

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What is a process whereby water bodies receive excess nutrients that

stimulate excessive plant growth called?

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Eutrophication

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______ is a name given to the periodic development of a warm ocean current along th e coast of Peru as a temporary

replacement of the cold peluvian current.______ in Spanish means 'the child' and refers to the 'baby Christ'.

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El Nino

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PUC certificates are issued to all vehicles, they serve as a guide to the performance of the vehicle and the

maintenance needed. What does PUC stand for?

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Pollution Under Control

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What does the Cryosphere comprise of?

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the portions of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form

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ZUARI

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The first ever conservational programme of crocodiles in India was initiated by Dr. H. R. Bustard. Where was it set up?

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Tikerpada in Satkoshia George Sanctuary, Orissa

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Name the world’s only floating sanctuary in Manipur?

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Keibul lamjao sanctuary in loktak lake

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Hailey National Park was established in 1935, What is it now known as ?

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Jim Corbett National Park

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Complete the list:

Kanha, Pench,

Bandhavgarh, Bori-Satpura,

__________?

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Panna

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Complete the List:

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Mollem Wildlife Sanctuary Cotigao Wildlife SanctuarySalim Ali Bird Sanctuary

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Mhadei Wildlife SanctuaryNetravali Wildlife Sanctuary

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This tiger reserve lies in Lakhimpur Kheri district in North Uttar Pradesh with its northern edge running along the Indo-Nepal border. Which Tiger reserve?

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Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

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TEREKHOL

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Which phenomenon was discovered by Joseph Fourier in 1824, first reliably experimented on by John Tyndall in 1858, and first reported

quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in 1896?

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Greenhouse Effect

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What was discovered in 1913 by the French physicists Charles Fabry and Henri Buisson?

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The ozone layer

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Wetlands are very rich and diverse ecosystems. Of the wetlands of international importance in the world, a large number are subject to moderate or high threat. Which convention

signed in Iran protects this specific ecosystem (wetlands) on a global basis?  

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 The Ramsar Convention

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On 30 November 2007, the business leaders of 150 global companies published a communiqué  to world leaders calling for a comprehensive, legally binding United Nations framework to tackle climate change.

This was held in Indonesia.What was is it known as?

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Bali communiqué

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The _________ was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 . As of November

2009, 187 states have signed and ratified the _______but a country has refused to ratify the ___________. Which treaty

and which country?

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The Kyoto Protocol and U S A

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Which country has been chosen to host the World Environment Day 2010?

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Rwanda

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SAL

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Identify this desert animal whose body makes water when their food combines with oxygen when they breathe:

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Kangaroo rat

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Which Indian bird is also called the ‘snake bird’ due to its long and flexible neck?

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Darter

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Peregrine

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The fish showing phenomenon of ‘male pregnancy’?

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Seahorse

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What is the baby/young name of an eel?

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Elver

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Ruby throated yellow bulbul/black crested yellow bulbul

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In Scandinavian Mythology, this animal was known to cause Aurora Borealis. Which

Animal?

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Arctic Fox

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The Great Indian Bustard

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Hyneas

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Sambar

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Indian Gaur or Bison

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GALJIBAGA

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The Geysers, a large steam reservoir located north of San Francisco is the world’s largest source of

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Geothermal Energy

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The phrase Big Five game was coined by big-game hunters and refers to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot? Which

animals comprise of Big Five?

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The GAP (Ganga Action Plan) – a project to clean up the polluted waters of the Ganga - plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in thee states. Name them

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UP, Bihar and West Bengal

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Some plants are able to assess the levels of pollution and even soak it. (peepal, arjuna, neem, banyan tree etc. are the examples of such trees) What are these trees called?

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Phytoindicators/bioindicators

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Why is the red sea called so?

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the seasonal blooms of the red-coloured Trichodesmium erythraeum near the water's surface.

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What is the baby/young name of a skunk?

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kit

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The Sundarban Delta derives its name from this tree which grows well in marshlands.

Which tree?

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Sundari

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Indian Ecomark

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R K Pachauri

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Red list of endangered species

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Decline of vulture population due to diclofenac

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Red caped Manakin or the Moonwalking bird

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What is common to the following places:-

Abbey, Barkana, Sathodi, Gersoppa,Gokak

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Waterfalls in Karnataka

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Neelakurunji, blooms once in 12 years

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The last documented sighting of _______ in India was in 1947 when the Maharaja of Surguja, ruler of a state in what is now eastern Madhya Pradesh, killed three during a hunting trip. The species

was declared extinct in 1952. Which animal?

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