This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 Environmental Geography – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 Environmental Geography Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does climate change impact global sea levels? A) Climate change causes sea levels to rise only in polar regions. B) Climate change has no effect on sea levels. C) Climate change causes sea levels to rise due to melting ice and thermal expansion of water. D) Sea levels decrease due to increased rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate change causes sea levels to rise due to melting ice and thermal expansion of water. 2. What is the name of the body of water being described? A) Aral Sea. B) Lake Baykal. C) Caspian Sea. D) Lake Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aral Sea. 3. Select the geographic question that best guides an investigation into consequences after a flood. A) What are the effects?. B) How has it happened / is it happening?. C) Where is something located?. D) When did it / will it happen?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What are the effects?. 4. The force that holds the Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere in place, making life possible, is: A) Centrifugal force. B) Gravity. C) Solar radiation. D) The magnetic field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 5. What is the purpose of the Panama Canal? A) To improve relations among South & Central America. B) To provide a shorter route for trade. C) To avoid ocean currents that could destroy ships. D) To use all of South American ports for trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide a shorter route for trade. 6. The Earth completes one rotation every 23.9 hours. This movement is responsible for the daily occurrence of: A) Seasons. B) High and low tides. C) Day and night. D) Solar and lunar eclipses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Day and night. 7. The density of a planet is a Gross Feature. Earth is cited as the densest of the terrestrial planets, indicating a high concentration of: A) Water and air. B) Iron and nickel in its core. C) Lightweight gases. D) Surface vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron and nickel in its core. 8. Which country among the following has the lowest CO2 emissions? A) Poland. B) Mexico. C) Japan. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poland. 9. According to the section's purpose statement, what is geography mainly concerned with? A) Describing Earth and explaining how humans affect it. B) Counting populations to predict city growth. C) Inventing tools for exploration like compasses. D) Ranking countries by economic development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describing Earth and explaining how humans affect it. 10. Population Geography studies what aspect? A) Human population. B) Ancient life. C) Money. D) Climates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human population. 11. What does drought do on agriculture? A) Increase in aforestration. B) More fertile soil. C) Plants die due to lack of rain. D) Increase in soil minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants die due to lack of rain. 12. Social science input is vital for environmental management because it helps bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and: A) Policy-making and public acceptance. B) Natural resource discovery. C) Geological surveys. D) Satellite imagery analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Policy-making and public acceptance. 13. What type of agricultural production is pictured here? A) Intensive wheat planting. B) Extensive wheat planting. C) Commercial wheat planting. D) Intensive wet rice planting. E) Extensive wet rice planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intensive wet rice planting. 14. Nutrients are recycled in ecosystem by ..... A) Biogeochemical cycle. B) Energy flow. C) Producers. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biogeochemical cycle. 15. Environment management aim is? A) To Study Nature. B) To Study Business Environment. C) To Study Animals, Plants and Human Beings. D) To educate managers about the likely impact of industrial and economic activities on the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To educate managers about the likely impact of industrial and economic activities on the environment. 16. Desert biome covers about how much percent of total geographical area of the earth? A) 23%. B) 33%. C) 13%. D) 43%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33%. 17. What is one effect of a drought(second paragraph)? A) Ponds and streams dry up. B) Animals travel farther to get food. C) Plants dry out and stop producing food. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants dry out and stop producing food. 18. The environment is composed of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. The biosphere is defined as the part of the Earth that is made up of: A) Only the air we breathe. B) Only water bodies. C) All the planet's life forms. D) The solid crust and upper mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the planet's life forms. 19. Chipko Movement was first started in- A) 1974. B) 1973. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1973. 20. The ability to adapt and change can be called A) Resilience. B) Pollution. C) Stability. D) Alteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resilience. 21. List of endangered species are recorded in ..... A) Green Data Book. B) Red Data Book. C) Yellow Data Book. D) Endangered Record. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Data Book. 22. The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 23. Which of these countries would be MOST impacted by a drop in international gasoline prices? A) Venezuela. B) Argentina. C) Bolivia. D) Guyana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venezuela. 24. How does pollution affect water quality and availability? A) Pollution degrades water quality and reduces its availability by contaminating sources and harming ecosystems. B) Pollution has no effect on water quality or availability. C) Pollution improves water quality and increases availability. D) Pollution only affects air quality, not water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollution degrades water quality and reduces its availability by contaminating sources and harming ecosystems. 25. A fan-shaped landform created as rivers leave behind sediment as they meet the ocean A) Delta. B) Valley. C) Canyon. D) Plains. 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