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Biomass and Land Degradation!

5th - 12th grades
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1 Question
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Biomass is plant matter that can be converted to an _________.


Algae 

Energy source

Bomb

2 Question
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Biomass is organic as it is made of material that comes from _________ organisms.


Living

Non-living

3 Question
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Biomass contains energy first derived from the sun. where plants absorb the sun’s energy through the process called _________.


Evaporation 

Condensation 

Photosynthesis

4 Question
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Biomass can be converted to energy-producing ethanol and wood pellets.


True

False

5 Question
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Biomass is far away from 'clean', that burning biomass creates _________ pollution.


Noise 

Air

Water

6 Question
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A chemical process called __________ where biomass is heated and dried to be used in combustion or gasification.


Syngas 

Pyrolysis 

Torrefaction

7 Question
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A biological processes in sewage treatment plants, waste landfills, and livestock manure management systems are known to be _________.


Biogas

Firing 

Glassification

8 Question
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Biogas is composed mainly of methane and CO2, where methane is a _________ gas.


Ethanol  

Greenhouse

Bio  

9 Question
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What do you think as a main reason for the degradation of land?


Climate Change

Volcanic eruption  

Melting of ice

10 Question
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How much fertile land is being lost due to degradation each year?


5 million hectares 

6 million hectares 

7 million hectares

11 Question
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What are the two greatest causes of land degradation?


Energy production and pollution. 

Overgrazing and deforestation.

Crop growing and wood collection.

12 Question
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_________ is the major cause of land degradation, which has become a worldwide environmental problem that degrades soil productivity and water quality.


Forestation 

Soil erosion

Irrigation and overdrafting

13 Question
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Which of the following is not one of the methods in preventing land degradation?


Strip farming  

Crop Rotation  

Destruction of Dams

14 Question
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What causes sheet and rill erosion?


Water

Waves  

Ice

15 Question
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Where is desertification most likely to occur?


In deserts.

In tropical rainforests.

In semi-arid regions bordering deserts.