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What is the percentage of earth surface which is covered by oceans and seas?

  1. 50%

  2. 75%

  3. 88%

  4. 97%


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

97% of earth surface is covered by ocean and seas.

Which of the following is a source of fresh water?

  1. Rain water

  2. Ground water

  3. Surface run-off

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The rainwater ,groundwater and surface runoff are the source of freshwater.

Fresh water is naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams.
Thus all the three of the options are correct.

The given table shows properties of 

system  intracellular concentration of water  Extracellularconcentration of water
A 0.09 m  0.11 m
B 0.2 m 0.5 m
C 0.05 m 0.7 M
D 0.03 0.6 M

four cells system A, B, C and D. The maximum rate of inward diffusion of water will be observed in which of these system?

  1. system A

  2. system B

  3. system C

  4. system D


Correct Option: A

Solubility of oxygen in water is directly proportional to

  1. Temperature

  2. Pressure

  3. Nutrients

  4. All of above


Correct Option: B

What are examples of lotic water?

  1. Streams, river and springs

  2. River, Lake and Ponds

  3. Swamps and Lakes

  4. Lakes and ponds


Correct Option: A

What is structure of water?

  1. Bihedral

  2. Trihedral

  3. Tetrahedral Arrangement

  4. Singe hedral


Correct Option: C

The upper part of sea water mainly contains ______________.

  1. Nektons only

  2. Planktons only

  3. Nektons and planktons both

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plankton's are passively drifting or floating organisms. Most of these minute organisms, plankton includes photosynthesizing organisms as well as heterotrophic organisms.

So, the correct answer is 'Planktons only'