Environmental Geosciences Practice Test | Environmental Science Quiz

1.Element Which are not easily accommodated in the structure of the principal igneous minerals are called
Trace elements
Insoluble elements
Unfriendly elements
Incompatible elements

2.The boundary between fresh and salty groundwater along shortlines is determined by
Nature aquifer
Rainfall
Composition of salty and fresh groundwater
Recharge and Discharge in freshwater aquifer

3.Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement
Humus represnts organic matter, dark in colour
Acid soils are devoid of basic cations
Humus contains cellulose and hemi cellulose
Humic and fulvic acids in humus form hydrophobic colloid whereas clay colloids are hydrophilic in nature

4.Which one maong the following is not an example of dentrial sedimentary rocks?
Shale
Sandstone
Conglomerate
Chalk

5.Besides steam, next gas in order of abundance emitted from a volcanic erption is
Sulphuyr dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Carbon monoxide

6.La lina is a spanish word meaning
The little boy
The daughter of the ocean
The little girl
The son of the ocean

7.Hardness of minerals depends on
Taiga
Parent material
Chemical composition and atomic constitution
Physical makeup and atomic consitution

8.Which is the first mineral to form in cooling magma?
Mica
Quartz
Olivine
Potassium feldspar

9.Seismic waves travel faster through
Gas
Liquid
Solid
Lava

10.Beaufort scale is used to classify which of the following meterological parameters?
Pressure
Precipitation
Wind direction
Wind velocity

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