GENERAL APTITUDE- ENVIRONMENT Flashcards
Which natural disaster causes more deaths than any other?
Fire
The natural process of the earths atmosphere heating through the traping of re-radiated infra-red radiation is known as
Green House Effect
Temperature forests are likely to have which of the following species or trees?
All - Maple, Pine ,Spruce
About what percentage of Earth people live in areas where water shortage are common
40 percent
Which of the following is not associated with industrial food production?
Large Amount of Labor.
bc its not using machinery
With what BIO REGION is the team steppe associated?
Grass Land
In which of the following areas do international environmental treaties exist?
- Fisheries, Whaling, Ocean Pollution
What percentage of earths water is fresh water?
3 Percent
Which country ratified the Kyoto protocol in late 2004 and thus caused it to become international law?
Russia
The world’s growing appetite for what food product is leading cause of tropical deforestation?
Beef
Between 1950 and 1980 , an area of the size of Denmark has been decertified in which country
China
If current rates of deforestation continues in south-east Asia, then how many years would it take for the region to become completely stripped of its forest?
50 years
In what type of BIO-REGION is desertification most likely occur?
GRASSLANDS
Why is cattle ranching is not sustainable in areas that were formerly tropical forest?
-Cattle ranching quickly exhausts the nutrient-poor soil of tropical rainforests
According to United National estimate, about how much of the world’s range-lands are threatened by desertification?
60 percent
