This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is 'Marine environment'? A) The environment in urban areas. B) The environment in forests. C) The environment in rural areas. D) The environment in the sea or ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The environment in the sea or ocean. 2. What effect does the physical characteristics of the Tropical Rain Forest have on trade? A) Large highways make trade easy. B) Poor roads make trade challenging. C) Physical characteristics have no effect on trade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poor roads make trade challenging. 3. This incident caused poisonous air, thermal burns, animal mutations, and made a 30 mile area uninhabitable. A) Acid rain. B) Air pollution. C) Cuban Missile Crisis. D) Chernobyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chernobyl. 4. Why can't people live in the area around Chernobyl now? A) The environment is not safe to grow food on or to drink from the water there. B) The radiation is still too high. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 5. What are the effects of deforestation on biodiversity? A) Deforestation has no impact on biodiversity. B) Deforestation reduces biodiversity by causing habitat loss, species extinction, and ecosystem disruption. C) Deforestation increases biodiversity by creating new habitats. D) Deforestation improves ecosystem stability and health. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation reduces biodiversity by causing habitat loss, species extinction, and ecosystem disruption. 6. What is meant by the "Green Line" when one is talking about desertification? A) The line between the desert and cultivated areas. B) The line dividing rural and urban neighborhoods. C) The point in a river at which water pollution begins. D) A barrier put up around factories to keep people away for their own safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The line between the desert and cultivated areas. 7. A serious environmental problem facing Mexico today is A) Loss of the world's largest living coral habitat. B) Air pollution in Mexico City. C) Loss of the Amazon Rainforest. D) The Chernobyl nuclear accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pollution in Mexico City. 8. Humans throughout the world compete with other organisms for water resources. Which technique is best used to manage water resources and allow all components of the environment to share them? A) Draining wetlands. B) Restricting irrigation. C) Building a hydroelectric dam. D) Diverting rivers through canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Building a hydroelectric dam. 9. Reuse discarded objects or material in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original. A) Upload. B) Upcycling. C) Recycling. D) Refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upcycling. 10. Which of the following is the most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) MethaneTagsEnvironmental. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 11. It is the largest desert in Asia.It covers parts of northern China and southern Mongolia.It was formed because the Himalayan mountain range blocks rain from reaching the area.Which geographic feature of Asia is being described? A) The Lop Nor Desert. B) The Gobi Desert. C) The Taklimakan Desert. D) The Sayan Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gobi Desert. 12. What climate do most Canadians live in? A) Humid-Continental. B) Humid-Tropical. C) Arctic. D) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humid-Continental. 13. In which country did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur? A) The United Kingdom. B) Spain. C) Germany. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ukraine. 14. What is the does Fair Trade do? A) Keeps the balance. B) Ensures that the developed countries make good profits. C) Ensures developing countries are treated equally when trading products. D) Makes products look more official with the stickers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ensures developing countries are treated equally when trading products. 15. What was the purpose of the Ganges Action plan begun in the 1980's? A) To try and clean up the river. B) The bring an end to the cremations. C) To end using the river for drinking water. D) To slow down the building of new factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To try and clean up the river. 16. What are the benefits of recycling? A) Recycling increases waste production. B) Recycling reduces waste, conserves resources, saves energy, lowers pollution, and creates jobs. C) Recycling uses more resources than it saves. D) Recycling has no impact on job creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycling reduces waste, conserves resources, saves energy, lowers pollution, and creates jobs. 17. Today, one cause of air pollution in this country that we studied is exhaust from automobiles.The name of this European country is ..... A) Germany. B) The United Kingdom. C) Ukraine. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The United Kingdom. 18. Three general categories of environmental issues are related to pollution, resource use, and ..... A) Money. B) Animals. C) Population growth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population growth. 19. Which are contaminated by environmental effects of the nuclear disaster A) Farmland. B) Surface Water. C) Groundwater. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 20. What is one major effect of deforestation in Brazil? A) Lack of access to clean drinking water. B) Declining profits for the mining industry. C) High levels of smog in major cities. D) The extinction of plant and animal species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The extinction of plant and animal species. 21. What is the seasonal wind that can bring heavy rainfall that leads to flooding? A) Tornado. B) Hurricane. C) Tsunami. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon. 22. Which among the following is not an Act of Environmental Protection? A) Biomedical Waste (Management and handling) Rules, 1998. B) Recycled Plastics, Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999. C) Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016. D) Conservation of plastic, waste and increasing act 2016. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conservation of plastic, waste and increasing act 2016. 23. Which two rivers flow through Turkey and Iraq? A) Jordan and Tigris. B) Jordan and Euphrates. C) Tigris and Euphrates. D) Red and Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tigris and Euphrates. 24. Big fishers cast nets big enough to hold how many tons of tuna? A) 1, 200 tons. B) 800 tons. C) 500 tons. D) 1, 000 tons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 500 tons. 25. An increase in the level of greenhouse gases has led to considerable heating of the earth leading to A) Ozone depletion. B) Global warming. C) Skin cancer. D) Both Ozone depletion and Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global warming. 26. One of the main causes of desertification is ..... A) People irrigating their farms. B) Clearing trees for larger cities. C) Storing water indoors. D) Overgrazing of livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overgrazing of livestock. 27. The Chernobyl blast released 100 times more radiation than the two atomic bombs released over Japan near the end of WWII! A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Monsoons ( seasonal winds) bring heavy rainfall which leads to what? A) Flooding. B) Dried up fields. C) Better crops to be produced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flooding. 29. What is the name of the gas that plants and trees take in? A) Methane. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide. 30. The advance of desertlike conditions into areas that previously were fertile. A) Landification. B) Desertification. C) Fertilizer. D) Incineration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desertification. 31. Mexico City lies at the base of two mountain ranges that traps the A) Vehicle emissions. B) Mercury. C) Soot. D) Air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air pollution. 32. Many cases of cancer have been linked to the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. What is the issue with the laws Brazil has passed to help prevent their environmental issue? A) The citizens cannot afford to buy the cars that pollute less. B) Lack of funding to enforce the laws. C) It cannot afford to buy all its citizens masks. D) Officials of the country cannot agree with the type of filters to use on its factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of funding to enforce the laws. 34. Save energy. Don't ..... the lights you don't need them. A) Pick up. B) Turn on. C) Turn down. D) Turn off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn on. 35. Brazil is able to produce steel and then make cars, machines, and other goods because it has vast deposits of which resource? A) Silver. B) Oil. C) Gold. D) Iron ore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron ore. 36. Less than ..... of the world fresh water is available to the people of Southwest Asia. A) 1%. B) 3%. C) 2%. D) 4%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1%. 37. According to the WFN, the best projects must be practical, help local people, and be based on what? A) Good science. B) Social media trends. C) Cheap materials. D) Fast results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good science. 38. How can Canadian citizens reduce air pollution? A) Walk. B) Use public transportation. C) Ride a bike. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use public transportation. 39. Ocean acidification begins with A) Pollution from ships. B) Carbon dioxide released from combustion. C) Dumping of waste from cities into the ocean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide released from combustion. 40. Which European country is having massive air pollution problems? A) Russia. B) The United Kingdom. C) Spain. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The United Kingdom. 41. Continued use of chemical fertilizer causes what to build up in soil? A) Silt. B) Salt. C) Animal waste. D) Rocks and gravel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt. 42. Where in Canada are the most valuable minerals found? A) Canadian Shield. B) Golden Horseshoe. C) St. Lawrence Seaway. D) Hudson Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canadian Shield. 43. Which of the following is a significant contributor to CO2 emissions? A) Agricultural soil management. B) Industrial processes. C) Ozone depletion. D) Water wars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial processes. 44. Pollution or waste released into the air, often by cars or factories A) Radioactive. B) Radiation. C) Emissions. D) Arable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emissions. 45. Which of the following has NOT contributed to thepollution of the Great Lakes? A) Surface water runoff. B) Loss of wildlife. C) Acid rain. D) Dumping of industrial waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loss of wildlife. 46. Why is attention to health issues related to air and water pollution of critical importance in countries like China and India? A) Because they have small populations. B) Because they have no environmental issues. C) Because they have enormous populations. D) Because they have already solved their pollution problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because they have enormous populations. 47. Which of the following are PROS and CONS of globalization? A) Spread of ideas, information, and culture. B) Access to a variety of products. C) Environmental destruction. D) Loss of unique and individual cultures. E) All of the following are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the following are correct. 48. What gas is increasing in large amouts due to human activities? A) Carbon Dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon Dioxide. 49. What island country lies north of France? A) United Kingdon. B) Ukraine. C) Italy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Kingdon. 50. Why is the Chernobyl disaster considered the most significant nuclear event in European history? A) It is the sole nuclear incident to have occurred in Europe. B) It released deadly radiation across all European countries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It released deadly radiation across all European countries. 51. Which of these is MOST impacted by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam? A) Indus Rivers. B) Ganges River. C) Yangtze River. D) Volga River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yangtze River. 52. You ..... pck up dog waste. A) Have to. B) Mustn't. C) Shouldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have to. 53. Four effects of air pollution are: A) Damage to cactus plantsHarm to statuesHarm to reptilesCauses waste production accidents. B) Damage to cars and bikesHarm to sidewalksHarm to many monkey speciesCauses industrial shut downs. C) Damage to vegetation Harm to the atmosphereHarm to human beingsCauses Acid Rain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Damage to vegetation Harm to the atmosphereHarm to human beingsCauses Acid Rain. 54. Which of the following compound is responsible for thinning of egg shells A) Calcium carbonate. B) TTD. C) DDT. D) Sodium Carbonate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DDT. 55. Because the Chang Jiang River is the main source of drinking water in China, A) Air pollution is of little to no concern in China. B) Pollution of that river is a major problem in China. C) Industrial waste from it's major cities is allowed in limited quantities. D) Human waste from it's major cities is allowed in limited quantities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution of that river is a major problem in China. 56. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is A) Butane. B) Methane. C) Propane. D) Ethane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 57. Which two Southwest Asian nations have come into conflict over the building of dams on the Euphrates River? A) Iran and Iraq. B) Saudi Arabia and Iran. C) Iraq and Turkey. D) Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iraq and Turkey. 58. Where an animals lives A) Habit. B) Habitat. C) Hobbit. D) Halifax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 59. Which of the following is a natural pollutant? A) Smog. B) Volcanic gases. C) Gale. D) Strong wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanic gases. 60. Filling the kettle for one cup of tea will help us to conserve water A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 1Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 2Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 3Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 4Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 5Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 6Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 7Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books