Environment Quiz 78 - Green Olympiad

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Environment Quiz 78 - Green Olympiad 



1. What is the branch of ecology dealing with the relations between natural communities and their environments called?
Autecology
Synecology
Palaeoecology
Ethology

2. Who introduced the concept of ecosystem into biology?
Arthur Tansley
Eugene Odum
Ernst Haeckel
Eugenius Warming

3. The association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm is called
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parabiosis
Parasitism

4. Name the device for measuring the growth in plants
Anemometer
Nephoscope
Crescograph
Hygrograph

5. The intensity of earthquake is measured with
Barometer
Hydrometer
Polygraph
Seismograph

6. The Lake Nyos disater caused suffocation of 1746 people and 3500 livestock in 1986 due to the emission of a large cloud of CO2. Where is Lake Nyos located?
Cameroon
Congo
Brazil
Nigeria

7. Which one of the following quadrupeds us knuckle-walking style of locomotion?
Chimpanzees
Zebras
Tigers
Horses

8. Which one of the following is the smallest breeds of horse?
Appaloosa
Percheron
Mustang
Falabella

9. The International Centre for Birds of Prey (ICBP) which houses a large collection of birds of prey is situated at
USA
France
United Kingdom
Egypt

10. Which one of the following livestock is affected by the Ranikhet disease or Newcastle disease?
Cattle
Chicken
Goat
Rabbit

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