Unit 5 — Statistical Approaches & Modelling; Contemporary Environmental Issues
Unit 5 of the TRB (Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board) Environmental Sciences syllabus: Statistical Approaches & Modelling; Contemporary Environmental Issues. Major areas covered: Probability Distributions; Hypothesis Testing; Regression; Environmental Models; Lotka-Volterra; Leslie Matrix; Global Issues (Climate Change, Ozone, Sea-level Rise); NAPCC; National Solar Mission; Indian Issues; River Conservation; Wetlands; Sustainable Habitat; Vehicular Norms; Environmental Disasters. Suggested weightage: 20%. Topics include: Skewness/kurtosis, ANOVA, multiple regression, predator-prey models, NAPCC 8 missions, Namami Gange, Ramsar sites in India, Chipko/Appiko/Silent Valley, Bharat Stage VI, Bhopal/Chernobyl/Fukushima/Minamata, GRIHA, carbon credits, watershed development.
Chapters
- Statistics
- Modelling
- Global Issues
- NAPCC
- Indian Issues
- Conservation Movements
- Wildlife Projects
- Sustainable Habitat
- Epidemiology
- Disasters
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Unit 4 — Solid & Hazardous Waste; Environmental Assessment, Management & Legislation
Unit 4 of the TRB (Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board) Environmental Sciences syllabus: Solid & Hazardous Waste; Environmental Assessment, Management & Legislation. Major areas covered: Solid Waste Management (3R, recycling, sanitary landfill, composting, biomethanation, incineration); Hazardous Waste; e-Waste; Fly Ash; Plastic Waste; EIA & EMP; ISO 14000; Risk Assessment; Indian Environmental Acts (1972-2016); MoEF Notifications; International Conventions. Suggested weightage: 20%. Topics include: Hauled vs stationary collection, RDF, vermicomposting, landfill leachate, EIA Notification 2006, LCA, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Forest Conservation Act 1980, Air Act 1981, EPA 1986, Biological Diversity Act 2002, Solid/e-Waste/Plastic Rules 2016, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto, Paris, Stockholm, Rio, COPs.
Chapters
- Solid Waste
- Hazardous Waste
- e-Waste
- Fly Ash
- Plastic Waste
- EIA
- EMS
- LCA
- Risk Assessment
- Indian Acts
- International
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Unit 3 — Energy & Environment; Environmental Pollution and Control
Unit 3 of the TRB (Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board) Environmental Sciences syllabus: Energy & Environment; Environmental Pollution and Control. Major areas covered: Solar Radiation; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; Nuclear Energy; Air Pollution; Noise Pollution; Water Pollution; Soil Pollution; Thermal/Marine/Radioactive Pollution; Toxicology; Bioremediation. Suggested weightage: 20%. Topics include: Calorific value, photovoltaics, fission/fusion, criteria air pollutants, NAAQS, Gaussian plume, ESP, scrubber, Leq/LDN, IS:10500 (2012), BOD/COD, MPN, primary/secondary/tertiary treatment, biofuels, biosensors.
Chapters
- Solar Energy
- Fossil Fuels
- Renewable Energy
- Nuclear Energy
- Bioenergy
- Air Pollution
- Noise Pollution
- Water Pollution
- Wastewater Treatment
- Soil Pollution
- Thermal Pollution
- Marine Pollution
- Radioactive Pollution
- Toxicology
- Bioremediation
- Biofertilisers
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Unit 2 — Environmental Biology & Environmental Geosciences
Unit 2 of the TRB (Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board) Environmental Sciences syllabus: Environmental Biology & Environmental Geosciences. Major areas covered: Ecology & Ecosystem; Biodiversity; Hotspots; In-situ/Ex-situ Conservation; Plate Tectonics; Weathering & Soil; Hydrogeology; Darcy's law; Natural Hazards; Disaster Management. Suggested weightage: 20%. Topics include: Energy flow, trophic levels, ecological succession, biomes, r/K species, keystone species, allelopathy, biopiracy, restoration ecology, soil-forming minerals, CEC, Ghyben-Herzberg, El Nino, La Nina, Indian monsoon.
Chapters
- Ecology
- Ecosystems
- Biomes
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Geosciences
- Soils
- Hydrology
- Climate of India
- Natural Hazards
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Unit 1 — Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences & Environmental Chemistry
Unit 1 of the TRB (Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board) Environmental Sciences syllabus: Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences & Environmental Chemistry. Major areas covered: Definition, Principles & Scope; Atmosphere/Hydrosphere/Lithosphere/Biosphere; Thermodynamics; Meteorological Parameters; Biogeographic Provinces; Sustainable Development; RS & GIS; Environmental Chemistry; Atmospheric Chemistry; Biogeochemical Cycles; Toxic Chemicals; Analytical Methods. Suggested weightage: 20%. Topics include: Environmental ethics, adiabatic lapse rate, wind rose, agro-climatic zones of India, NDVI/LULC, Gibbs energy, photochemical smog, ozone chemistry, hydrological cycle, pesticide classes, heavy-metal toxicity, GC-MS, AAS, XRD, FTIR.
Chapters
- Fundamentals
- Atmospheric Structure
- Atmospheric Composition
- Thermodynamics
- Meteorology
- Biogeography
- Sustainable Development
- Remote Sensing
- GIS
- Env Chemistry
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Toxic Chemicals
- Analytical Methods
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