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Question 21. The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on:
  1.    Air temperature
  2.    Relative humidity
  3.    Air pressure
  4.    Air density
  5.    The specific heat of air
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Air pressure
Question 22. In a temperature inversion:
  1.    Air temperature increases with increasing height
  2.    Air temperature decreases with increasing height
  3.    Air temperature remains constant with increasing height
  4.    It is warmer at night than during the day
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Air temperature increases with increasing height
Question 23. A term biotype means
  1.    all individuals having same phenotype
  2.    all individuals having same genotype
  3.    all individual with different phenotype
  4.    all individuals with different genotype
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> all individuals having same genotype
Question 24. Fatal degenerative lung disease caused by particulate asbestos is referred to as
  1.    asbestosis
  2.    asthma
  3.    allergy
  4.    sinusitis
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> asbestosis
Question 25. Radiations are harmful as it
  1.    causes skin cancer
  2.    causes anemia
  3.    alters body tissues
  4.    is unstable
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> causes skin cancer
Question 26. In middle latitudes, which cloud will have the lowest base?
  1.    Cirrostratus
  2.    Stratocumulus
  3.    Altocumulus
  4.    Cirrus
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Stratocumulus
Question 27. The wind direction is:
  1.    The direction from which the wind is blowing
  2.    The direction to which the wind is blowing
  3.    Always directly from high toward low pressure
  4.    Always directly from low toward high pressure
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> The direction from which the wind is blowing
Question 28. Which association below is not correct?
  1.    Cumulus congestus - anvil top
  2.    Cumulus - fair weather cumulus
  3.    Altocumulus castellanus - resemble "little castles"
  4.    Stratus fractus - scud
  5.    Cumulonimbus - thunderstorm clouds
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Cumulus congestus - anvil top
Question 29. The pyramid of energy in any ecosystem is
  1.    Always upright
  2.    May be upright or invented
  3.    Always inverted
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Always upright
Question 30. Barnacles growing on the back of whale is an example for
  1.    mutualism
  2.    parasitism
  3.    amensalism
  4.    commensalism
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> commensalism

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