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49. The display of horizons on a vertical cross 54. Which of the following navigational devices
section through the soil is termed the soil depends on artificial satellites to determine
locations?
(A) bed
(B) layer (A) GPS
(C) profile (B) Sonar
(D) strata chart (C) Radar
(D) Compass

50. Finely divided, partially decomposed organic

matter found in soil is called 55. Which of the following is true about the
greenhouse effect ?
(A) silt
(B) sand I. It makes the earth cooler
(C) loam II. It is associated with carbon dioxide
(D) humus gas
III. It is caused by heat trapped in the
atmosphere
51. Two major processes that occur in the carbon
cycle are (A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(A) weathering and erosion (C) II and III only
(B) fixation and denitrification (D) I, II and III
(C) evaporation and transpiration
(D) photosynthesis and respiration
56. Which of the following gases is NOT believed
to contribute to the increase in global
52. The LEAST effective way to purify water is temperatures via the greenhouse effect?

(A) boiling (A) Oxygen

(B) filtration (B) Methane
(C) distillation (C) Nitrous oxide
(D) chlorination (D) Carbon dioxide

53. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be 57. Which of the following systems uses a non-
a source of water pollution? renewable resource to generate electricity?

(A) Storm water (A) Geothermal plants using steam

(B) Untreated sewage (B) Wind turbines using air movement
(C) Agricultural runoff from farms (C) Solar panels using the sun
(D) Effluent from industries and factories (D) Nuclear power plants using
radioactive elements

58. Which of the following is NOT considered an

alternative source of energy?

(A) Solar
(B) Wind
(C) Gasoline
(D) Geothermal

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59. The weight of a body acts through a single 60. There are three states of equilibrium. Which
point called the of the following is NOT one of these states?

(A) edge (A) Stable

(B) fulcrum (B) Regular
(C) moment (C) Neutral
(D) centre of gravity (D) Unstable

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