Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Practice Test | Applied Biology

1.A plot of soil contaminated with diesel oil was inoculated with oyster mushrooms. After 4 weeks, more than 95% of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons had been reduced to non toxic compounds. This process is called
Phytoextraction
zooremediation
mycoremediation
chemoremediation

2.Chinese Brake Fern (Pteris vittata) is hyperaccumulator of
cadmium
arsenic
lead
chromium

3.Among the following which plant removes heavy metal from water
Eichornia
Pistia
Nymphia
Salvinia

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4.Among the following which plant family has been extensively used for phyto remediation?
Poaceae
Brassicaceae
Malvaceae
Annonaceae

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5.The process of phytoremediation where complexation and immobilization of toxin takes place within the soil is called?

Phytoextraction
phytodegradation
phytovolatilization
phytostabilisation

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