This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Biomass Energy – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biomass Energy Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hot water or steam carrying geothermal energy often comes up to surface in A) New Zealand. B) Ice land. C) Germany. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 2. What is biomass also called? A) Renewable Heat Energy. B) Non-Renewable Heat Energy. C) Hot Energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable Heat Energy. 3. Material produced from living or recently living plants or animals and their metabolic byproduct is ..... A) Biofuel. B) Char. C) MSW. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomass. 4. ..... uses sugar cane for 40% of its fuel A) US. B) Panama. C) China. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brazil. 5. Skin, hair and nails are a product of: A) Meiosis. B) Mitosis. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitosis. 6. Which of the following best indicates photosynthesis? A) Carbon dioxide + water $\rightarrow$ oxygen + glucose. B) Oxygen + glucose $\rightarrow$ carbon dioxide + water. C) Carbon dioxide + water $\rightarrow$ glucose + oxygen (in the presence of sunlight). D) 6CO2 + 6H2O $\rightarrow$ C6H12O6 + 6O2 (in the presence of sunlight). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6CO2 + 6H2O $\rightarrow$ C6H12O6 + 6O2 (in the presence of sunlight). 7. When animals and plants are rotten in the absence of air, there produces a gas called A) Carbondioxide. B) Methane. C) Oxygen. D) Biogas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biogas. 8. How can errors be minimised when sampling with a quadrat A) Placing the quadrat randomly in the sample area. B) Sampling with a quadrat several times in an area. C) Counting all the organisms within and touching all the edges of the quadrat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placing the quadrat randomly in the sample area. 9. What would happen if their were no producers? A) Every population would grow larger. B) Everything would die out. C) The animals would make their own food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everything would die out. 10. How renewable is biomass energy A) Biomass energy is 100% renewable. B) Biomass energy is not renewable. C) Biomass energy is 85% renewable. D) Biomass energy is 23.5% renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass energy is 100% renewable. 11. "Wet biomass or animal waste are converted to biogas through decomposition process by the action of anaerobic bacteria" .The above process produce 55%-65% of ..... gas which can be used to generate renewable heat and power. A) Ethanol. B) Hydrogen. C) Methane. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Methane. 12. The amount of biomass energy in the U.S. that comes from garbage is about? A) 23%. B) 20%. C) 12%. D) 4.50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12%. 13. Meiosis is responsible for: A) Staying the same. B) Similar cells. C) Genetic Diversity. D) Creating identical cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic Diversity. 14. Which organisms eat only producers? A) Tertiary Consumers. B) Apex Predators. C) Primary Consumers. D) Secondary Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary Consumers. 15. Plants take in radiant energy and turn it into what form of energy? A) Kinetic. B) Thermal. C) Chemical. D) Electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical. 16. Biomass is ..... A) The number of living things. B) The mass of all the organisms at one level in a food chain when dried out. C) The mass of all the living things in a food chain. D) The amount of energy in the organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mass of all the organisms at one level in a food chain when dried out. 17. If a Diploid cell has 20 chromosomes, how many will a haploid have? A) 20. B) 10. C) 15. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 18. What would happen to the ecosystem if the biomass of 1st level consumers was higher than the biomass of producers? A) The primary consumers will eat all of the producers . B) The primary consumers will become the producers and perform photosynthesis. C) The producers will become primary consumers. D) This is DEFINITELY not the right answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The primary consumers will eat all of the producers . 19. What type of biomass gas i s produced when garbage rots? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Hydrogen. E) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Methane. 20. What is renewable energy? A) An energy source that will never run out. B) A resource that cannot be replaced once used. C) A resource that can be replaced when needed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A resource that can be replaced when needed. 21. The following are the examples of thermochemical conversion processes, EXCEPT: A) Fermentation. B) Pyrolysis. C) Incineration/ combustion. D) Gasification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fermentation. 22. This type of diagram shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web. A) Food Chain. B) Energy Pyramid. C) Food Web. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy Pyramid. 23. What are the two main products of anaerobic digestion? A) Carbon monoxide and hydrogen. B) Methane and carbon dioxide. C) Methane and carbon monoxide. D) Hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane and carbon dioxide. 24. This biomass can grow up to 30 times faster than other crops and in almost any kind of water ..... A) Algae. B) Pond scum. C) Lillies. D) Moss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae. 25. Which of the following is not used as food for humans? A) Fats. B) Cellulosic matter. C) Sugars. D) Glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellulosic matter. 26. What is the most common way biomass converted to energy A) Direct combustion. B) Indirect combustion. C) Converted to a synthetic petroleum. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct combustion. 27. What is a bio fuel? A) The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume. B) A fuel derived from living matter. C) A new type of gasoline from aquatic plants. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fuel derived from living matter. 28. Which of the following is not an example of a biomass energy source? A) Nuclear Energy. B) Coal. C) Wood. D) Gobar Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear Energy. 29. An example of a producer is a A) Plant. B) Person. C) Animal. D) Fungus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant. 30. Among the disadvantages of biomass energy is that although the source is renewable, many of the processes produce large amounts of? A) Toxic metal. B) Harmful emissions. C) Hydrogen. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harmful emissions. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesBiomass Energy Quiz 2Biomass Energy Quiz 3Biomass Energy Quiz 4Biomass Energy Quiz 5Air Pollution QuizAnthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment QuizBiomedical Waste QuizClimate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books