271. _________ are used for converting saline or brackish water into pure distilled water.

A. Photo voltaic cells
B. Solar desalination systems
C. Solar cookers
D. Solar water-heating
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Distillation desalination is one of mankind’s earliest forms of water treatment, and it is still a popular treatment solution throughout the world today. In ancient times, many civilizations used this process on their ships to convert sea water into drinking water.

274. Which functional feeding groups are involved in the process of in-stream physical breakdown of coarse material into fine particulate organic matter?

A. Collector filterers
B. Shredders
C. Grazers
D. Collector gatherers
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Shredders are involved in the process of in-stream physical breakdown of coarse material into fine particulate organic matter.

276. Much of Tibet lies at altitudes over 18,000 feet where the pressure is about 500 mb. At such altitudes, the Tibetans are above roughly:

A. 10% of the air molecules in the atmosphere
B. 25% of the air molecules in the atmosphere
C. 50% of the air molecules in the atmosphere
D. 75% of the air molecules in the atmosphere
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Much of Tibet lies at altitudes over 18,000 feet where the pressure is about 500 mb. At such altitudes, the Tibetans are above roughly 50% of the air molecules in the atmosphere.

280. Two objects, A and B, have the same mass but the specific heat of A is larger than B. If both objects absorb equal amounts of energy,

A. A will become warmer than B
B. B will become warmer than A
C. Both A and B will warm at the same rate
D. A will get warmer, but B will get colder
✅ The correct answer is option B.
B will become warmer than A.