This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Continuing to emit radiation even after the nuclear reaction has stopped A) Smog. B) Radioactive. C) Arable. D) Acid Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radioactive. 2. When we pollute the atmosphere, we release ..... into the atmosphere A) Renditions. B) Conditions. C) Emissions. D) Emmisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emissions. 3. How is Germany trying to fix their acid rain problem? A) Cleaning the smoke before it goes into the air. B) Using alternative energy sources like wind, water, and solar. C) Paying factories not to produce cars anymore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using alternative energy sources like wind, water, and solar. 4. FUEL A) A substance that is used to provide heat o power, usually by being burned. B) A hard transparent material. C) Unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something. D) A measure of how much impact one person has on the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hard transparent material. 5. What caused the Chernobyl incident to occur? A) Air pollution. B) Acid rain. C) Faulty reactor and error by workers. D) It was a natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faulty reactor and error by workers. 6. Trash in the environment is a problem because A) Animals can eat it and die. B) Animals can get their heads stuck in containers. C) It can kill ocean plants and animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. When a population grows, the demand for resources ..... A) Lessens. B) Grows. C) Stays the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grows. 8. When seasonal winds bring heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding is referred to as A) Typhoons. B) Monsoons. C) Hurricanes. D) Tornadoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 9. How much of the worlds fresh water is available in Southwest Asia? A) 5%. B) 20%. C) 5%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1%. 10. Don't ..... a heater, put on a jumper if you're cold. A) Throw away. B) Turn on. C) Turn up. D) Turn down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turn up. 11. The greenhouse effect is responsible for which of the following conditions on Earth? A) Increasing global temperatures significantly above normal. B) Maintaining global temperatures in a range where life can exist. C) Stimulating the generation of oxygen in the atmosphere. D) Trapping the Sun's heat and preventing it from returning to spaceTagsEnvironmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing global temperatures significantly above normal. 12. ENVIRONMENT A) A substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned. B) The air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live. C) A measure of how much impact one person has on the environment. D) A fuel formed in the earth from plant or animal remains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live. 13. Nutrient Depletion is ..... A) The process of restoring an area of land to a more productive state. B) When soil becomes less fertile. For instance if a farmer plants the same crops in a field every year, the crops may use. C) The advance of desertlike conditions into areas that previously were fertile. D) Leachate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When soil becomes less fertile. For instance if a farmer plants the same crops in a field every year, the crops may use. 14. What is the cause of Brazil's environmental issue? A) Illegal logging of trees. B) Unfiltered drinking water. C) Nuclear waste disposal. D) Polluted drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illegal logging of trees. 15. What factor below makes Brazil's environmental issues worse? A) The government cannot afford to filter their cities drinking water. B) The city is located in the valley of an extinct volcano making the air pollution stay in the atmosphere above the city. C) Many citizens only source of income is harvesting trees from the forest, so the problem never stops. D) The government cannot afford to filter their cities drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many citizens only source of income is harvesting trees from the forest, so the problem never stops. 16. In Saudi Arabia, most drinking water comes from (a) A) A. desalination plants. B) Pipelines from Israel. C) Underground rivers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. desalination plants. 17. What is an effect of water pollution in the Ganges and Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Rivers? A) Water born illnesses are spreading. B) Animals and plant life are dying. C) Water is not safe to drink. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Why has Brazil's government been slow to stop deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest? A) Brazil's government is not interested in protecting the environment. B) The native Amazonians refuse to give up any more of their land to loggers. C) Ranchers have started turning over their land to the government, so it is no longer an issue. D) Money from sales of the Amazon's resources has led to economic growth for Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Money from sales of the Amazon's resources has led to economic growth for Brazil. 19. Which of the following is a potential impact of rising temperatures on weather patterns? A) Reduced greenhouse gas emissions. B) Improved ecosystem health. C) Increased biodiversity. D) Decreased freshwater supplies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decreased freshwater supplies. 20. A gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide. A) Global Warming. B) Depletion. C) Reuse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global Warming. 21. The introduction of harmful gases or particles into the atmosphere A) Litter. B) Water Pollution. C) Air Pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air Pollution. 22. Since this young activist began protests, more than 60 countries have promised to eliminate their carbon footprints by 2050. A) Donald Trump. B) Greta Thunberg. C) Catalina Silva. D) Jamie Margolin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greta Thunberg. 23. What causes water pollution? A) Raw sewage and waste. B) Mixing of saltwater and freshwater. C) Dams. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. What are the two main rivers that give Turkey a "water advantage" over other Middle Eastern countries? A) Nile and Jordan. B) Tigris and Euphrates. C) Jordan and Indus. D) Tigris and Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tigris and Euphrates. 25. Citizens can only get water from public sources twice a week in this country. A) Israel. B) Iraq. C) Turkey. D) Jordan. E) Saudi Arabia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jordan. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 8Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 9Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books