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1.It is known as the poor lack sufficient food A. food security B. food insecurity C. malnutrition D.

over nutrition

2. A form of industrialized agriculture used primarily in tropical developing countries A. agriculture B. plantation factories C. plantation agriculture D. marine agriculture

3. The movement of soil components, especially surface litter & topsoil A. pollution B. soil erosion C. water pollution D. irrigation

4. It occurs when the productive potential of dry lands fall because of natural combination A. erosion B. desertification C. denitrification D.distillation

5. Involves using a variety of ways to reduce soil erosion and restore soil fertility A. soil irrigation B. soil erosion C. soil conservation D. irrigation

6. It consists of freshly cut or growing green vegetation that is plowed into the topsoil A. green manure B. organic C. animal waste D. human waste

7. Involves planting alternating strip of row crop A. wind breaks B. terracing C. alley cropping D. strip cropping

8. Involves raising fish & selfish for food instead of hunting and gathering them A. mining B. cultivation C. aquaculture D. agriculture

9. Chemicals that control or kill populations of organisms like insects and pests A. pest B. pesticides C. plants D. soil

10. The movement of water in the sea A. natural cycle B. nutrient cycle C. water pollution D. hydrologic cycle

11. Top of the groundwater zone A. water table B. aquifer C. underground D. water bed

12. Underground caverns & porous layers of sand A. aquifer B. groundwater C. water table D. well

13. The amount of surface water run-off that we can generally count on as a stable source of freshwater A. surface run-off B. water surface C. septic tank D. reliable run-off

14. also known as microfiltration A. filtering B. reverses osmosis C. desalinization D. denitrification

15. It is converting saltwater to freshwater A. dentrification B. desertification C. desalinization D. distillation

16. heating saltwater until it evaporates A. denitrification B. desertification C. desalination D. distillation

17. Scattered or diffuse and cannot be traced to any single site of discharge A. point source B. non-point source C. point-off D. garbage

18. The name given to natural nutrient enrichment of a shallow lake A. estuary B. eutrophication C. lakes D. microfiltration

19. A physical process that uses A. B. C. D.

20. It bears the brunt of our enormous inputs of pollutants and wastes into the ocean A. lake B. coastal areas C. shore D. river beds

21. It is the straightening and deepening streams A. eutrophication B. Channelization C. culturation D. mineralization

22. It uses science and engineering to create materials out of atoms & molecules A. satellite B. tiny tech C. nanometer D. technology

23. Earths inter-most zone A. craton B. crust C. mantle D. core

24. Outermost and thinnest zone of the earth A. craton B. crust C. mantle D. core

25. Also called the molten rock A. magma B. minerals C. lava D. ash

26. A physical, chemical, biological, process that breaks down rocks A. breaking B. weathering C. cutting D. melting

27. Solid combination of one or more minerals that is part of the earths crust A. rock B. sand C. magma D. minerals

28. An element or inorganic compound that occurs naturally in the earths crust A. rock B. sand C. sand D. minerals

29. A rock that contains a large enough concentration of a particular mineral A. ore B. rock C. mineral D. sediment

30. Process that change rocks from one type to another A. Weathering B. sedimentation C. rock cycle D. rock erosion

31. Rocks made of sediments A. metamorphic rock B. rock C. igneous rock D. sedimentary rock

32. Forms when shale & mudstone are heated A. anthracite B. marble C. ore D. slate

33. Produced when limestone is exposed to heat & pressure A. anthracite B. marble C. ore D. slate

34. Economical & useful for extracting mineral deposits A. ore B. strip mining C. contour strip D. area strip

35. Wall of dirt left in front of a highly erodible bank of soil & mud A. water beds B. high water C. lake D. high wall

36. Can create products from atoms & molecules and eliminate many of the harmful environmental effects A. nanotechnology B. extracting C. radio technology D. radio active

37. Removes coal and metal ores that die too deep to be extracted by surface mining

A. rock mining B. surface mining

C. surface water D. subsurface mining

38. It is the releasing of metals from heating ores A. smelting B. draining C. melting D. rocking

39. Contains a smaller amount if the desired mineral A. small-ore B. low- grade ore C. little-grade ore D. diffuse ore

40. The most widely used non-metallic minerals A. loam and soil B. topsoil and rock C. sand and gravel D. rock and sand

41. The flow of energy and heated material in the mantles convection cells A. slow moving tectonic plate B. rigid plates 42. Removing water coloration A. Chlorination B. disinfection C. bleaching D. none of the above C. tectonic plates D. moving plates

43. Kills disease causing bacteria and some viruses in water A. chlorination B. disinfection C. bleaching D. none of the above

44. This is were sewage from each house is discharged A. septic tank B. toilet bowl C. water tank D. drainage

45. Oil that comes out of the ground A. crude petroleum B. crude oil C. fuel oil D. fossil fuel

46. Also called micro irrigation A. tickle irrigation B. reverse osmosis C. current drip D. none of the above

47. Called as the sex attractants A. hormones B. pheromones C. microfiltration D. pesticide

48. A new genetically strain of rice containing beta-carotene which is converted to vitamin A A. Golden rice B. rice C. Jangky D. none of the above

49. People who cannot grow or buy enough food to meet their basic needs suffer from A. chronic malnutrition B. improper nutrition C. Chronic under nutrition D. none of the above

50. Every person in a given area has daily access to enough nutritious food to have an active and daily life A. food insecurity B. food security C. proper nutrition D. None of the above

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