This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To use something again. A) Reduce. B) Redo. C) Reuse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reuse. 2. What is a solution to control flooding? A) Regulate pollution from industry. B) Set up clean-up campaigns along the rivers. C) Replant trees along the Yangtze River. D) Monitor what industries do with their wastes materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replant trees along the Yangtze River. 3. To help the environment, we should ..... glass and plastic. A) Prevent. B) Recycle. C) Pollute. D) Damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycle. 4. What was the Southeastern Anatolia Project? A) A project used to build desalination plants in Iraq. B) A project created to supply water to less fortunate people. C) A project used to build dams along rivers in Turkey. D) A failed project by Saddam Hussein that drained marshlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A project used to build dams along rivers in Turkey. 5. Put the following in order:A. Soil and statues are damagedB. Emissions from cars and factories pollute the airC. Acid rain forms A) A, B, C. B) B, C, A. C) C, B, A. D) B, A, C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B, C, A. 6. What contributes the MOST to heavy smog in London, England? A) Agricultural runoff. B) Clear-cutting forests. C) Automobile emissions. D) Slash-and-burn farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Automobile emissions. 7. Why are the monsoons important to the people of India? A) They give people an opportunity to build new homes. B) They bring rain for crops. C) Because they make it easy to raise cattle. D) Monsoons bring cold weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They bring rain for crops. 8. A chemical element found in coal, oil, and living things. A) A fossil fuel. B) A drill. C) Carbon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon. 9. Canada's land is divided up into ..... A) States. B) Territories. C) Provinces. D) Both provinces and territories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both provinces and territories. 10. Which of these SW Asian nations has the MOST secure and reliable access to water? A) Turkey. B) Kuwait. C) Israel. D) Iraq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turkey. 11. Pollution is something that has harmful or poisonous effects on the environment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Public ..... is crucial for ensuring that environmental policies are enacted effectively. A) Unaware. B) Awareness. C) Awaring. D) Aware. E) Awarenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awareness. 13. Which word acts as a verb meaning 'destroy' or 'spoil'? A) Save. B) Prevent. C) Damage. D) Limit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Damage. 14. India's fertile land and water supplies are some of its resources. Which statement is supported by this fact? A) Mining is the most important part of the Indian economy. B) Few of India's largest cities are located along the Ganges River. C) Most Indians make their living through farming and agriculture. D) Most Indians live in the hilly northern regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most Indians make their living through farming and agriculture. 15. Which natural resource has caused many disputes in the Middle East? A) Timber. B) Bauxite. C) Uranium. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 16. What has contributed to rivers flooding in China? A) Rains during monsoon seasons. B) Farmers draining wetlands that previously acted as sponges. C) Loggers cutting down too many trees that previously contained the rivers water. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. How many years does a plastic bag decompose? A) 100-300 years. B) 10-100 years. C) 400-700 years. D) 1000 years and more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 400-700 years. 18. Watershed is the name of the land area that drains into a river system. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What is recycling? A) It is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. B) To use fuel, energy, or time, especially in large amounts. C) The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects. D) Bringing down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. 20. Which is a leading cause of death in China? A) Skin cancer. B) Respiratory and heart disease. C) Injuries from automobile accidents. D) Injuries related to industrial and factory accidents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiratory and heart disease. 21. More than half of Europe is covered by a landform called the A) Ural Mountains. B) European Plain. C) Russia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) European Plain. 22. Which mountain range is often considered the dividing line between Europe and Asia? A) Pyrenees. B) Alps. C) Ural Mountains. D) Atlas Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ural Mountains. 23. What have been the effect of the rapid growth of algae in the Yangtze River? A) The oxygen levels in the water go down and fish die. B) The river dolphins and porpoises can rely on the algae as a food source. C) The Yangtze River can longer be used for shipping and transportation. D) The algae have provided a good source of fertilizer for those who live along the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The oxygen levels in the water go down and fish die. 24. True or False:The Ganges has the most populated river basin in the world. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. A photochemical smog is ..... A) A form of air pollution outdoors caused mainly by motor vehicles such as cars and trucks. Methane released from animals such as cows also send pollutants into the atmosphere. B) Is a thick, brownish haze formed when certain gasses in the air react with sunlight. C) Which is toxic, is the major chemical found in smog. D) A layer of warm air prevents the rising air from escaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is a thick, brownish haze formed when certain gasses in the air react with sunlight. 26. Which is the largest country in the western hemisphere? A) Brazil. B) Canada. C) United States. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 27. A high global demand for which resource has greatly contributed to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest? A) Uranium. B) Cotton. C) Fish. D) Lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lumber. 28. The scrubber is used mainly to remove which of thefollowing gas/es from the exhaust after spraying water/lime? A) CO2. B) SO2. C) O2 and N2. D) CO and CO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SO2. 29. Cuba's fertile soil allows it to grow the following crops except ..... A) Tobacco. B) Sugarcane. C) Lettuce. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lettuce. 30. Which one of the following is mismatched A) Biomass burning-release of CO2. B) Solar energy-the greenhouse effect. C) Nuclear fuel-Radioactive wastes. D) Fossil fuels-release of CO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar energy-the greenhouse effect. 31. What is pollution hanging over urban areas that causes reduced visibility called? A) Air pollution. B) Smog. C) Temperature inversion. D) Light pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smog. 32. What type of environmental issue is in Brazil? A) Air Pollution. B) OIl Spills. C) Deforestation. D) Water Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 33. What 25 mile long strip of land has been a source of conflict between Israel and Palestine for many years? A) Gaza Strip. B) Strait of Hormuz. C) Suez Canal. D) Persian Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaza Strip. 34. When and where the Ozone hole was discovered? A) 1985, Arctic. B) 1987, Antarctica. C) 1987, Arctic. D) 1985, Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1985, Antarctica. 35. Smog forms when gasses in the air react with ..... A) Sunlight. B) Soil. C) Metal buildings. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunlight. 36. WHICH SW ASIAN COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL CONFLICTS OVER THE JORDAN RIVER WITH SYRIA, JORDAN, AND PALESTINE? A) Afghanistan. B) Turkey. C) Iran. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Israel. 37. UK's solutions to air pollution include A) Laws requiring bicycles instead of cars. B) Monitoring air quality. C) Allowing factories to produce what they choose. D) Making it illegal to use fuels in vehicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monitoring air quality. 38. What is the main cause of air pollution in the United Kingdom? A) Nuclear reactor explosion. B) Smog. C) Automobile exhaust & emissions. D) Smokeless zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Automobile exhaust & emissions. 39. Which of the following represents the best placement for the radon-testing mechanism in order to achieve the most accurate results? A) On the second living floor. B) On the deck or patio. C) On the lowest living floor. D) In the attic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the lowest living floor. 40. Canada's largest trading partner is ..... A) Japan. B) United States. C) West Africa. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States. 41. Nuclear energy is an alternative way to produce energy besides using ..... like coal, oil, or natural gas. A) Metals. B) Capital. C) Fossil fuels. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 42. How many children die worldwide due to outdoor air pollution? A) 3 million. B) 1 million. C) 500, 000. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 500, 000. 43. In what ways does nature play a role in the spread of acid rain and air pollution? A) Water can transport sulfur dioxide. B) Wind can carry pollution for miles. C) Trees produce carbon dioxide. D) Birds pollute the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind can carry pollution for miles. 44. True or False:Radiation from the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl, Ukraine spread to other countries? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. The Huang He (Yellow River) is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because flooding from the river has caused more deaths than any other river in the world. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Canada's location determines its major trading partner, and its climate and natural resources determine what Canada trades A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. Why is acid rain a prominent problem in Germany? A) Germany does not believe in pollution. B) Germany is a world leader in exporting vehicles, steel, and chemical products. C) The Rhine River does not produce enough clean water. D) Nuclear fission has caused numerous disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany is a world leader in exporting vehicles, steel, and chemical products. 48. What do many African's have to do to reach water? A) Pay extra for it. B) Walk to the closest source. C) Drink ocean water. D) Go to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walk to the closest source. 49. The wide-ranging effects of globalization are complex and politically charged. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. Which magazine named Greta Thunberg the person of the year for 2019? A) Wired. B) Life. C) Newsweek. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 51. Northern Canada is less populated than southernCanada because A) It has a mountainous terrain. B) It lacks natural resources. C) It has a harsher climate. D) It lacks inland waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has a harsher climate. 52. How can poor air quality affect human health? A) It leads to respiratory problems. B) It improves lung capacity. C) It has no significant health impact. D) It strengthens the immune system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It leads to respiratory problems. 53. What is NOT mentioned as an effect of sea pollution? A) The overpopulation of the sea. B) The poisoning of human beings. C) The waste eaten by sea creatures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The overpopulation of the sea. 54. What are the 3 Rs of waste management? A) Recycle, reduce, and reuse. B) Recycle, reuse, and release. C) Recycle, reduce, and retain. D) Recycle, release, and retain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycle, reduce, and reuse. 55. What does 'Drought' refer to? A) Biodiversity. B) Frequency or occurrence. C) The decline or decrease. D) A period of dryness with little or no rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A period of dryness with little or no rainfall. 56. All of the following are ways to help stop pollution execpt A) Smokestack filters and cleaner fuels. B) Continue to burn fossil fuels like coal. C) Encase Chernobyl in cement. D) Use new types of energy like solar, wind, and water power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continue to burn fossil fuels like coal. 57. Why do governments often begin clean-up efforts long after the health of a country's population has begun to suffer? A) Because the effects of environmental and health problems take years to show up in the general population. B) Because they prioritize economic development over health. C) Because they lack the necessary technology for clean-up. D) Because they do not believe in the impact of pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the effects of environmental and health problems take years to show up in the general population. 58. At home, you can reduce environmental pollution by ..... A) Helping your mother burn the garbage. B) Helping your father wash the family car. C) Helping your sister water her flower garden. D) Switching off the lights and fans in empty rooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Switching off the lights and fans in empty rooms. 59. Dust from deserts are a cause of air pollution in China. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. The substances from factories, houses, etc. that go into the air. A) Emissions. B) Domestic Waste. C) Global Warming. D) None of the above. 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