ELSS

Question 1

Carbon sink

Answer 1

store of carbon

Question 2

Combustion

Answer 2

Process of burning

Question 3

Downwelling

Answer 3

The sinking sense , salty water in the oceans

Question 4

Lithification

Answer 4

Transformation of sediment to rock

Question 5

Net Primary Productivity (NPP)

Answer 5

The rate at which plants accumulate energy in the form organics matter taking into account

Question 6

Respiration

Answer 6

Process in living organisms where the intake of oxygen oxidises organic substance to produce energy

Question 7

Terrestrial

Answer 7

On land

Question 8

Evaporation

Answer 8

The process by which liquid water is transformed to water vapour

Question 9

Sublimation

Answer 9

Solid to a gas

Question 10

Transpiration

Answer 10

Process by which water is lost from a plant through stomata in its leaves

Question 11

Evapotranspiration

Answer 11

Total amount of moisture removed by evaporatiom and transpiration

Question 12

Condensation

Answer 12

Process by which droplets of water or ice are formed when water vapour is cooled to dew point

Question 13

Interception

Answer 13

Process by which raindrops are prevented from falling directly on to the soil surface by the presence of layer and vegetation. Water is intercepted by plant leaves, sems and branches.