Everyday Science MCQs – Page 144

✅ A. Land degradation in dry areas

a: Land degradation in dry areas | b: A type of rainfall | c: Ocean tides | d: A desert becoming a city overnight Read more

✅ C. Keep products and materials in use and reduce waste

a: Maximize single-use products | b: Stop all repair | c: Keep products and materials in use and reduce waste | d: Increase landfill only Read more

✅ D. A species facing a high risk of extinction

a: A species with no habitat needs | b: A nonliving resource | c: A species found everywhere | d: A species facing a high risk of extinction Read more

✅ C. Maintaining plant cover and reducing erosion

a: Overgrazing slopes | b: Burning topsoil | c: Maintaining plant cover and reducing erosion | d: Removing all vegetation Read more

✅ C. Total greenhouse-gas emissions associated with an activity or entity

a: A tree's height | b: The weight of coal only | c: Total greenhouse-gas emissions associated with an activity or entity | d: A shoe mark in soil Read more

✅ B. Establishing forest on land not recently forested

a: Draining wetlands | b: Establishing forest on land not recently forested | c: Building roads | d: Removing trees Read more

✅ C. Using efficient appliances and switching off unused devices

a: Leaving every light on | b: Opening a refrigerator door for long periods | c: Using efficient appliances and switching off unused devices | d: Blocking ventilation filters Read more

✅ D. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

a: International Olympic Committee | b: International Court of Justice | c: World Trade Organization | d: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Read more

✅ C. A non-native organism that spreads and causes or is likely to cause harm

a: Every native species | b: A species that cannot reproduce | c: A non-native organism that spreads and causes or is likely to cause harm | d: A fossil Read more

✅ D. Ocean absorption of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide

a: Sand movement only | b: Extra oxygen dissolving | c: Moonlight | d: Ocean absorption of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide Read more

✅ D. Troposphere

a: Thermosphere | b: Mesosphere | c: Exosphere | d: Troposphere Read more

✅ B. Breakdown of larger plastic items and synthetic fibres

a: Only fresh snow | b: Breakdown of larger plastic items and synthetic fibres | c: Only volcanic ash | d: Only untreated timber Read more

✅ B. Meeting present needs without undermining future generations' ability to meet theirs

a: Banning all technology | b: Meeting present needs without undermining future generations' ability to meet theirs | c: Using every resource as quickly as possible | d: Ignoring environmental impacts Read more

✅ C. Organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment

a: A weather instrument | b: Only a single animal | c: Organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment | d: A mineral deposit Read more

✅ A. An area of land draining to a common outlet

a: An area of land draining to a common outlet | b: A sea current | c: A weather satellite | d: A water bottle Read more

✅ C. Controlled decomposition of organic material

a: Burning plastic | b: Distilling seawater only | c: Controlled decomposition of organic material | d: Mining coal Read more

✅ A. Land degradation in dry areas

a: Land degradation in dry areas | b: A type of rainfall | c: Ocean tides | d: A desert becoming a city overnight Read more

✅ D. Paris Agreement

a: Montreal Protocol only | b: Basel Convention | c: Ramsar Convention | d: Paris Agreement Read more

✅ D. Carbon dioxide

a: Neon | b: Argon | c: Helium | d: Carbon dioxide Read more

✅ C. Processes materials so they can be used again

a: Creates new raw materials from nothing | b: Always turns waste into fuel | c: Processes materials so they can be used again | d: Prevents all waste automatically Read more