This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the primary environmental issue in Germany? A) Smog. B) Acid rain. C) Nuclear disaster. D) Zombie outbreak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. 2. What is the main pollution problem in Mexico City? A) Oil pollution. B) Air pollution. C) Water pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pollution. 3. What is 'Marine environment'? A) The environment in forests. B) The environment in the sea or ocean. C) The environment in rural areas. D) The environment in urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The environment in the sea or ocean. 4. 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. 5. This incident caused poisonous air, thermal burns, animal mutations, and made a 30 mile area uninhabitable. A) Air pollution. B) Acid rain. C) Chernobyl. D) Cuban Missile Crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chernobyl. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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) Recycling. C) Refuse. D) Upcycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upcycling. 12. Which of the following is the most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) MethaneTagsEnvironmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 13. 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 Gobi Desert. B) The Sayan Desert. C) The Taklimakan Desert. D) The Lop Nor Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gobi Desert. 14. What climate do most Canadians live in? A) Arctic. B) Humid-Tropical. C) Humid-Continental. D) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humid-Continental. 15. In which country did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur? A) The United Kingdom. B) Germany. C) Spain. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ukraine. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Today, one cause of air pollution in this country that we studied is exhaust from automobiles.The name of this European country is ..... A) Ukraine. B) Germany. C) The United Kingdom. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The United Kingdom. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. What is the seasonal wind that can bring heavy rainfall that leads to flooding? A) Hurricane. B) Monsoon. C) Tornado. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoon. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← 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