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 inverted

The pyramid of BIOMASS MAY be "inverted". For example, in a POND ECOSYSTEM, the standing CROP of phytoplankton, the major producers, at any given point will be lower than the mass of the heterotrophs, such as fish and insects.

 SWEDEN

The United Nations CONFERENCE on the Human ENVIRONMENT was HELD in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5–16 in 1972.

 HOTTER SUMMERS and COLDER WINTERS than at PRESENT

Hotter summers and colder winters than at present

 The Great Rann of Kutch

Little Rann of Kutch or Kutch Desert Wildlife SANCTUARY has the LARGEST and most POPULAR breeding grounds for the Lesser Flamingos in INDIA.

 LAND and water

Oceans are POLLUTED by oil on a daily BASIS from oil spills, routine shipping, run-offs and DUMPING. Oil spills are a source of pollution for land and water.

 Increase

At higher TEMPERATURES, the kinetic energy of WATER vapour molecules increases, so INCREASING the PRESSURE

 Producers

An autotroph or primary producer is an ORGANISM that produces complex organic compounds using carbon from simple substances such as carbon dioxide, GENERALLY using energy from LIGHT or INORGANIC CHEMICAL reactions.

 J SHAPED CURVE

Human POPULATION GROWTH curve is a J shaped curve.

 All of these

Condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the AIR on which water vapyor CONDENSES and they are the key to making clouds, fog, haze, RAIN, and other FORMS of precipitation.

 INEFFICIENT

Energy TRANSFORMATION through the FOOD CHAIN is inefficient.

 LYMPHOCYTES

When human body is INFECTED by INFECTION lymphocytes are ACTIVATED to defend the body.

 Around SUNRISE

The lowest temperature is USUALLY OBSERVED around sunrise.

 asbestosis

Asbestosis is LONG term INFLAMMATION and scarring of the lungs due to ASBESTOS fibres.

 CO

The major POLLUTANT from automobile EXHAUST is Carbon MONOXIDE (CO).

 2002

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of INDIA for preservation of biological diversity in India, and provides mechanism for equitable sharing of BENEFITS ARISING out of the use of traditional biological resources and knowledge.

 habitat loss

Habitat DESTRUCTION (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native SPECIES. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or DIE, thereby reducing BIODIVERSITY and species abundance.

 Larger than

A CHANGE of ONE DEGREE on the Celsius scale is larger than a change of one degree on the FAHRENHEIT scale.

 LEUKEMIA

Radiation can CAUSE leukemia.

 River

A Lotic Ecosystem has flowing WATERS. Examples INCLUDE: creeks, STREAMS, RUNS, rivers, springs, brooks and channels. A Lentic Ecosystem has still waters. Examples include: ponds, basin marshes, ditches, reservoirs, seeps, lakes, and vernal / ephemeral POOLS.

 Stay the same

If the air temperature increased, with no ADDITION or removal of WATER VAPOUR, the actual vapour PRESSURE would stay the same.

 Lapse rate

The actual rate at which the TEMPERATURE drops with altitude is CALLED the environmental lapse rate. In the troposphere, the average environmental lapse rate is a drop of about 6.5 °C for every 1 km (1,000 METERS) in increased HEIGHT.

 Absolute humidity

The air PARCEL expands as it rises and this expansion, or work, causes the temperature of the air parcel to DECREASE. As the parcel rises, its humidity increases until it REACHES 100%. When this OCCURS, cloud droplets begin forming as the excess WATER vapour condenses on the largest aerosol particles.

 2007

YEAR 2007 is WATER Year DECLARED by the GOVERNMENT.

 Vandana Siva

Vandana Shiva was one of India's LEADING physicists and is now a leading ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner, the winner of the Alternative NOBEL Peace PRIZE and the author of several books, including Soil not OIL (2008), Earth Democracy (2005) and Stolen Harvest (2001).

 DIFFUSE melanosis

The darkening of the SKIN DUE to arsenic poisoning is CALLED diffuse melanosis.

 DECOMPOSERS

In recycling of mineral ELEMENTS within an ECOSYSTEM, the responsible direct acing organism are CALLED decomposers.

 DESTRUCTION of habitat

The REASONS are deforestation, pollution, KILLING, over exploitation etc. The most important AMONG them is deforestation or destruction of their natural habitat because it will affect the species (flora and FAUNA) of complete area and not only the few organisms.

 GIR Forest

Asiatic LION is FOUND only in Gir FORESTS.

 Keystone species

A keystone species is a PLANT or animal that plays a UNIQUE and CRUCIAL role in the way an ecosystem FUNCTIONS.

 Microscopic floating organisms - Plants and animals.

PLANKTON are the DIVERSE collection of organisms that live in large bodies of WATER and are unable to SWIM against a current. The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankters. They provide a crucial source of food to MANY small and large aquatic organisms, such as bivalves, fish and whales.

 Latent HEAT

Globally, water vapour CONTAINS a HUGE AMOUNT of STORED energy, known as latent heat.

 8

The global TEMPERATURE has risen by about 8 degree celsius, SINCE the PEAK of last glacialisation.

 SKIN

Bears are USUALLY HUNTED and KILLED for their skin.

 Silicosis

Pottery WORKERS are at HIGH RISK of silicosis LUNG disease.

 TROPOSPHERIC

Low LEVEL OZONE is REFERRED to as tropospheric ozone.

 INSITU CONSERVATION

Conservation WITHIN the NATURAL HABITAT is insitu conservation.

 21ST MARCH

World FOREST DAY is CELEBRATED on 21st March.

 SMALLER, lower

In summer, HUMID regions typically have smaller DAILY temperature ranges and lower MAXIMUM temperatures than drier regions.

 Biological Oxygen Demand

BOD stands for Biological Oxygen Demand. It is the amount of DISSOLVED oxygen REQUIRED by aerobic biological organisms to break down organic material present in a GIVEN water sample at certain temperature over a specific TIME PERIOD.

 Rachel CARSON

Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book was PUBLISHED on September 27, 1962, DOCUMENTING the adverse environmental effects caused by the INDISCRIMINATE use of PESTICIDES.

 decibel

Noise of SOUND MEASUREMENT is CALLED DECIBELS (DB).

 Dew POINT TEMPERATURE

Dew point is a good indicator of the AIR's actual water vapour content, unlike relative humidity, which TAKES the air's temperature into account. High dew point indicates high water vapour content; LOW dew point indicates low water vapour content.

 Radiation

Often before sunrise on a CLEAR, calm, COLD morning, ice (frost) can be seen on the top of parked cars, even when the air temperature is above FREEZING. This happens because the tops the tops of the cars are COOLED by radiation.

 EUTROPHICATION

Enrichment of water BODY by NUTRIENTS like phosphorus and nitrogen is CALLED eutrophication.

 KYOTO Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol IMPLEMENTED the OBJECTIVE of the UNFCCC to reduce the onset of global warming by REDUCING greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to "a level that WOULD prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".

 30

The ALBEDO of the EARTH's surface is only about 4%, yet the combined albedo of the earth and the ATMOSPHERE is about 30%.

 IRON

Water USED for PAPER MILLS should not CONTAIN iron.

 Natural gas

Methane ALSO is the chief CONSTITUENT of natural gas, which contains from 50 to 90 percent methane (depending on the SOURCE), and occurs as a component of FIREDAMP (flammable gas) along coal SEAMS.

 lichen

Lichens are the best indicator of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION MAINLY SO₂.