This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 51 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One major effect of ..... in Brazil is the extinction of plant and animal species. A) Air pollution. B) Water pollution. C) Deforestation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 2. How has the Indian practice of cremating the dead been a problem for the river? A) People are not allowed to go near the river when cremation are taking place. B) The banks along the river regularly catch fire and threaten Indian homes built there. C) Factory owners cannot use water once human ashes have been thrown into it upstream. D) The bodies of dead animals, as well as the ashes of human beings, have been placed in the river causing problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bodies of dead animals, as well as the ashes of human beings, have been placed in the river causing problems. 3. What does boycott mean? A) Only shop in one store. B) To not buy products from a Store because they are doing some wrong. C) Nickname for a baby boy's bed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To not buy products from a Store because they are doing some wrong. 4. Which of the following is a common source of water pollution? A) Sewage. B) Pesticides. C) Oil spills. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. ..... of an environmental proposal are often economic. A) Money. B) Costs and Benefits. C) Food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Costs and Benefits. 6. This country is mostly desert and has no rivers. A) Jordan. B) Saudi Arabia. C) Iraq. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saudi Arabia. 7. WHAT IS AN UNDERGROUND LAYER OF ROCK AND SAND THAT CONTAINS POCKETS OF FRESHWATER CALLED? A) Desalination. B) Aquifer. C) Water pick. D) Retention Ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquifer. 8. Which country has been in conflict with Jordan, Syria, & Palestine over water rights to the Jordan River for many years? A) Iraq. B) Israel. C) Syria. D) Unites States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Israel. 9. Animal waste runoff is an example of which of the following? A) Point source pollution. B) Nonpoint source pollution. C) Widespread air pollution. D) Widespread hazardous waste pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint source pollution. 10. Demand for which natural resource has greatly contributed to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest? A) Lumber. B) Coal. C) Diamonds. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lumber. 11. Which among the following is Act of Environmental Protection? A) Biological Diversity Act, 2002. B) National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. C) Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Which statement is true about the status of the water supply in the Middle East? A) The Middle East has no fresh water supplies. B) The Middle East has an abundant supply of fresh water. C) The Middle East has a very limited supply of fresh water. D) The Middle Eastern countries don't think freshwater supplies are important because the all rely on desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Middle East has a very limited supply of fresh water. 13. In Iraq, the water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers is reduced by what due to dams in Turkey? A) 80%. B) 100%. C) 40%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80%. 14. Most Canadians live in northern Canada where the climate is milder. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which statement BEST describes where most people in Iraq live? A) Most live near the Suez Canal. B) Most live near the Caspian Sea. C) Most live near the Arabian and Red Seas. D) Most live near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Most live near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. 16. Anything that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people. A) Natural resources. B) Fake resources. C) Nonpoint source. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources. 17. The building of dams has greatly changed the distribution of water, and caused conflict, between which two Southeast Asian nations? A) Iraq and Iran. B) Saudi Arabia and Iran. C) Iraq and Turkey. D) Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iraq and Turkey. 18. What is the main cause of overpopulation? A) Air pollution. B) Excessive consumption of resources. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excessive consumption of resources. 19. The Atlantic Tuna Commission set a recommended limit to how many tonnes to be fished in the sea? A) 16, 000. B) 60, 000. C) 32, 000. D) 18, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16, 000. 20. One major environmental issue in Canada is Acid Rain A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Changes in the earth's weather, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall A) Degradation. B) Climate Change. C) Carbon Footprint. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate Change. 22. Emissions reacting with sunlight and mixing into the water cycle, dangerous to the environment, a major problem in Germany is ..... A) Air Pollution. B) Acid Rain. C) Nuclear Power. D) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid Rain. 23. Less than ..... of the world's fresh water supply is available to SW Asia's population. A) 1%. B) 5%. C) 20%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1%. 24. Which of the following is NOT a cause of acid rain and air pollution? A) Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas). B) Producing goods in coal-powered factories. C) Vehicle emissions into the air. D) Solar, wind and water power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar, wind and water power. 25. Choose the correct form of the verb:'The government ..... new policies to combat environmental issues in Latin America.' A) Implement. B) Implements. C) Implemented. D) Implementing. 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