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True or False - Chapter 2

 



Q1. Biomes are regional assemblages of living things.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?

Q2. Heterotrophs obtain their energy from sunlight or from inorganic
 compounds.
Choice 1True?
Choice 2 False?

Q3. Net primary productivity is usually about 80–90 per cent of gross primary
productivity.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q4. Sulphur is a bioelement.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?




Q5. The carbon cycle is an example of a gaseous biogeochemical cycle.
Choice 1True?
Choice 2False?

 


Q6. Five per cent of the water in the hydrosphere is fresh water.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?



Q7. The oceans contain 90 per cent of all water in the hydrosphere.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q8. Substrate has little effect on soil formation.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q9. Salinization is a soil-forming process? .
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q10. Volcanoes emit carbon dioxide.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q11. Atmospheric ozone is essential for the survival of life on Earth.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q12. Temperature inversions always occur near the ground.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q13. The stratosphere plays a minor role in atmospheric chemistry.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q14. Polar maritime air is typically cold and dry.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q15. According to the Köppen system of climate classification, dry climates
occur where annual potential evapotranspiration exceeds annual precipitation.


Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




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