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Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad Warning: (Department of Environmental Science)

This document contains instructions and questions for an environmental science assignment for Allama Iqbal Open University students. It warns that plagiarism or hiring someone to complete the assignment will result in penalties. The assignment contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key environmental science concepts spanning two units, including defining terms, differentiating concepts, and explaining topics like the levels of organization in nature, types of erosion, and important islands in Pakistan. Students must answer all questions correctly to pass.

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Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad Warning: (Department of Environmental Science)

This document contains instructions and questions for an environmental science assignment for Allama Iqbal Open University students. It warns that plagiarism or hiring someone to complete the assignment will result in penalties. The assignment contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key environmental science concepts spanning two units, including defining terms, differentiating concepts, and explaining topics like the levels of organization in nature, types of erosion, and important islands in Pakistan. Students must answer all questions correctly to pass.

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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of Environmental Science)


WARNING
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING
THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD
OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
“AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Course: Introduction to Environment (1421/5443) Semester: Spring, 2021
Level: BA (General)/AD/ADC/BS Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
Pass Marks for AD/ADC/BS: 50

ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1–4)

Q. 1 Define the following terms in your own words. (20)


(i) Environment (ii) Abiotic components
(iii) Green House Effect (iv) Exploitation
(v) Thermosphere (vi) Ozone layer
(vii) Sustainable development (viii) Biosphere
(ix) Infiltration (x) Global warming

Q. 2 Write short notes on the following: (20)


i) Scope of Environmental Science and Education
ii) Ecological Pyramid
iii) Productivity of ecosystem
iv) Structure off atmosphere

Q. 3 What are the levels of organization in nature? Discuss any four of them in detail. (20)

Q. 4 (a) What are the sources of green house gases? Write down any two methods
which contribute to control global warning. (10)
(b) Differentiate between the following: (10)
i) Browsing and Grazing
ii) Major and Trace gases
iii) Lava and rocks
iv) Intrusive and extrusive rocks
v) Convergent and divergent boundries
Q. 5 Explain different types or erosions and its impacts on environment. Give an
account about erosion in Pakistan. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units 5–8)
Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
Pass Marks for AD/ADC/BS: 50

Q. 1 a) Differentiate between the following terms. (10)


i) Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
ii) Pollution and deforestation
iii) Infiltration and percolation
iv) Nitrification and carbon cycle
v) Habit and Habitat
b) Define the following terms. (10)
i) Salinity
ii) Endemic species
iii) Natural selection
iv) Chlorofluorocarbons
v) Species and population

Q. 2 Write detailed notes on the following: (20)


i) Biological Resources
ii) Ecosystem Services
iii) Eutrophication
iv) Phosphorus cycle

Q. 3 a) Why is studying species diversity preferred over genetic and ecological


diversity? (10)
b) Differentiate between the following: (10)
i) bio-degradable and non-biodegradable
ii) Species and population
iii) Natural selection and adaptation
iv) Mutation and migration
v) Respiration and photosynthesis

Q. 4 a) What is acid rain, how it is caused? Enlist a few nitrogen fixing microbes. (10)
b) What does a rural area lack when compared to an urban area? (10)

Q. 5 What is island? Discuss important islands of Pakistan in detail. (20)

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