Ecology

Question 1

Name three ways of carbon offsetting

Answer 1

1. Capturing methane from landfills 2. Wind farms 3. Preserving carbon sequestring trees

Question 2

Human induced carbon emissions through aviation

Answer 2

2%

Question 3

What is the advantage of biofuels over fossil fuels

Answer 3

Biofuels burn more cleanly than fossil fuel

Question 4

Biofuels can be obtained from

Answer 4

Sugarcane Algae Household garbage

Question 5

Sea water absorbs carbon dioxide and also releases carbon dioxide, is this true

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What contains more carbon dioxide, seawater or air

Answer 6

Seawater contains 70 times more carbon dioxide than air

Question 7

What is LTBT that was signed in 1963

Answer 7

Limited test ban treaty

Question 8

What does LTBT state

Answer 8

All nuclear tests to be done underground

Question 9

Another name for radioactive fallout is

Answer 9

Ashes of death

Question 10

Which ocean releases twice as much carbon dioxide as it absorbs

Answer 10

Pacific Ocean

Question 11

The sex of the sea turtles is determined by the temperature of the sand where the eggs gestate, is this true

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Warmer sands produce what sex of turtles

Answer 12

Females

Question 13

The hungry leatherbacks mistake plastic for what

Answer 13

Jellyfish

Question 14

The HAWKSBILL are mainly slaughtered for what

Answer 14

Fiery red and golden carapace

Question 15

Name some varieties of sea turtles

Answer 15

Kemp Ridley Olive Ridley Leatherbacks Loggerheads Flat backs Green sea turtles Hawksbill

Question 16

How many species of giraffes have been proven to exist with the help of genetic studies

Answer 16

Four

Question 17

The estimated population of giraffes now in the wild are

Answer 17

110,000

Question 18

Out of 189 countries on the UN,s Human development index, the country that ranks last is

Answer 18

Niger

Question 19

The countries human development index is based on

Answer 19

Life expectancy Schooling National income

Question 20

The science of animal behaviour is

Answer 20

Ethology

Question 21

The bony knobs on a giraffes head are known as

Answer 21

Ossicones

Question 22

The giraffes closest living relative is

Answer 22

Okapi

Question 23

In which country does the okapi live

Answer 23

In the rain forests of the democratic republic of Congo

Question 24

Giraffes are known as natural topiarists, why.

Answer 24

Because they eat the acacia in an hourglass profile

Question 25

Name two important characteristics of a giraffe

Answer 25

1. Long neck 2. It’s eerie silence

Question 26

What is a fission-fusion society

Answer 26

Where groups of individuals get together for a period of time before dissolving

Question 27

Name some animals which have a fission-fusion society

Answer 27

1. Giraffes 2. Elephants 3. Chimpanzees

Question 28

The giraffes heart weighs about

Answer 28

11 kgs

Question 29

The three step approach to reducing carbon footprint

Answer 29

Plan A..cut emissions Plan B .Geoengineering Plan C..carbon sequestering

Question 30

What geo engineering can be done to prevent global warming

Answer 30

Pumping sulphurl into the stratosphere to cool the earth

Question 31

Give some methods for carbon sequestering

Answer 31

1. Bio char formation 2. Altered regimes of agricultural grazing and burning of Savannah 3. Seaweed farming

Question 32

The brain is good at extracting patterns from the environment and assigning meaning to them, is this true

Answer 32

Yes