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The method of soil conservation in which bare ground between plants is covered with layer of organic matter like straw is called?
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A. Mulching
B. Contour barriers
C. Rock dam
D. Terrace farming
Correct Answer
Mulching
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1. ___________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.
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A. Weathering
B. Attrition
C. Erosion
D. Abrasion
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Correct Answer: Erosion
2. Recently, scientists have found second Great Spot 24000 km across and 12000 km wide on which planet?
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A. Saturn
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury
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Correct Answer: Jupiter
3. Which of the following is an ore of iron?
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A. Dolomite
B. Epsom Salt
C. Siderite
D. Galena
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Correct Answer: Siderite
4. What is study of fungus known as?
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A. Physiology
B. Phrenology
C. Mycology
D. Biology
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Correct Answer: Mycology
5. The boundary between Earth's crust and mantle is _____.
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A. Moho discontinuity
B. Lehman discontinuity
C. Conrad discontinuity
D. Gutenberg discontinuity
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Correct Answer: Moho discontinuity
6. _____________ is the number of deaths in the population during a given period.
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A. Natality
B. Mortality
C. Immigration
D. Emigration
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Correct Answer: Mortality
7. The outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere is _______.
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A. stratosphere
B. troposphere
C. mesosphere
D. exosphere
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Correct Answer: exosphere
8. Triton is the moon of which planet?
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A. Neptune
B. Uranus
C. Saturn
D. Venus
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Correct Answer: Neptune
9. _________ influences the rate of weathering and humus in soil formation.
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A. Flora & Fauna
B. Time
C. Parent rock
D. Climate
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Correct Answer: Climate
10. ___________ is the most ecologically relevant environmental factor.
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A. Water
B. Temperature
C. Light
D. Soil
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