This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 16 Environmental Issues Quiz 60 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur in A) 2010. B) 2000. C) 1986. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1986. 2. What industry can be found around the Rocky Mountains? A) Fishing. B) Textile Mills. C) Timber. D) Maple Syrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timber. 3. What is one major consequence of deforestation? A) Improved air quality. B) Loss of habitat for wildlife. C) Increased rainfall. D) Decrease in greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loss of habitat for wildlife. 4. Israel, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine have been in many conflicts over which river? A) Tigris. B) Euphrates. C) Jordan. D) Mississippi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jordan. 5. A species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction. A) Fossil Fuels. B) Endangered Species. C) Habitat Destruction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered Species. 6. What are the consequences of deforestation on the ecosystem? A) Increase in biodiversity. B) Consequences of deforestation on the ecosystem include loss of habitat, soil erosion, disruption of the water cycle, and increased greenhouse gas emissions. C) Improved air quality. D) Stabilization of the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consequences of deforestation on the ecosystem include loss of habitat, soil erosion, disruption of the water cycle, and increased greenhouse gas emissions. 7. If we ..... fewer trees it will be better for the planet. A) Pick up. B) Cut down. C) Give up. D) Turn up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut down. 8. What is the main function of environmental policy? A) Prevent the use of natural resources. B) Reduce human impact on the environment. C) Prevent nature from having a harmful effect on humans. D) Reduce the use of natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduce human impact on the environment. 9. Less oxygen in the air, more carbon dioxide in the air, fewer medicines available, extinction of plants and animals, and desertification are all effects of what? A) Desertification. B) Deforestation. C) Water pollution. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 10. The range of biomagnification of DDT in an aquatic food chain, if starting from 0.003 ppb level in water may go at fish-eating bird level upto A) 0.5 ppm. B) 5.0 ppm. C) 15.0 ppm. D) 25.0 ppm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25.0 ppm. 11. Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries such as Brazil. How does this affect their trade? A) Cuba only exports manufactured products. B) Brazil only imports manufactured products. C) Cuba needs to import more products than Brazil. D) Cuba needs to import fewer products than Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuba needs to import more products than Brazil. 12. Which of the following words describes deforestation? A) The destruction of the ozone layer due to human activities. B) When factory smoke mixes with fog. C) The destruction of a forested area usually due to human activities. D) When nuclear waste mixes with the clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The destruction of a forested area usually due to human activities. 13. The amount of something that is allowed or approved A) Quota. B) Widely. C) Stock. D) Either. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quota. 14. Part of mexico's pollution comes from vehicle exhaust. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Logging has removed trees and other vegetation that could help contain flooding in China. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What feature makes Canada and the United States great trading partners? A) The Great Lakes. B) The St. Lawrence River. C) The 3, 000 Mile Border. D) The Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 3, 000 Mile Border. 17. The US has not traded with ..... since the 1960's because of the country's communist government. A) Venezuela. B) Mexico. C) Brazil. D) Cuba. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cuba. 18. This type of pollution pollutes rivers like the Danube and kills wildlife in the water. A) Air pollution. B) Acid rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. 19. How does Brazil's location make it easy to trade with other nations? A) It is located on the Gulf of Music and can ship goods. B) It is located on the Pacific Ocean and can ship goods. C) It is located on the Atlantic Ocean and can ship goods. D) It is not easy for them to trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is located on the Atlantic Ocean and can ship goods. 20. What common garbage is found in oceans? A) Plastic waste. B) Organic waste. C) Metal cans. D) Glass bottles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastic waste. 21. Which environmental issue has become more prominent in the UK recently? A) Radioactive waste. B) Air contamination. C) Acidic precipitation. D) Water contamination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air contamination. 22. What are the effects of acid rain? A) Damages buildings and statues and contaminates water. B) Asthma and exhaust. C) Factories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damages buildings and statues and contaminates water. 23. Resources that are either always available or that are naturally replaced in a relatively short time A) Non-renewable resources. B) Natural resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Human resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable resources. 24. Food chain A) The order in which organisms in an ecosystem eat one another. B) To add chemicals or organic material to soil so that plants grow better. C) The complex system of relationships between living things and their environment. D) A gas in the atmosphere that stops heat from escaping into space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The order in which organisms in an ecosystem eat one another. 25. The provisions of environmental protection in theconstitution were made under: A) Article 5-A. B) Article 21-B. C) Article 27-B (h). D) Article 48-A and Article 51-A (g). 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