This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 Environmental Geography – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 Environmental Geography Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a consequence of overfishing? A) Water pollution. B) Water scarcity. C) Most fish species in crisis or worse. D) Traffic jams at ports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most fish species in crisis or worse. 2. Seas:fresh or salt water? A) Fresh. B) Salt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt. 3. The process by which fertile land becomes desert as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. A) Desertification. B) Deforestation. C) Fracking. D) Dam building. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desertification. 4. The service provided by natural systems that helps stabilize environmental conditions such as climate and air quality A) Cultural services. B) Supporting services. C) Regulating services. D) Provisioning services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulating services. 5. One of the main aims of Environmental Geography is to help conserve and manage ecological resources through various programs. This is primarily done to achieve: A) Economic exploitation. B) Increased population growth. C) Environmental sustainability. D) Complete elimination of human interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental sustainability. 6. Primary succession begins on which type of surface? A) Abandoned farmland. B) Burned forest. C) Bare rock. D) Fallow field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bare rock. 7. What is the main cause of the current ozone hole's gradual recovery? A) Reduced CO2 emissions. B) Phasing out of CFCs. C) Increased cloud cover. D) Global cooling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phasing out of CFCs. 8. How long a person is expected to live is called what ..... A) Labor. B) High GDP. C) Life expectancy. D) Low GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life expectancy. 9. Mexico was once a colony of ..... ? A) Germany. B) Great Britain. C) Spain. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 10. Among the terrestrial planets, Earth is considered the: A) Smallest. B) Largest. C) Least dense. D) Coldest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Largest. 11. What is a negative effect of strip mining A) Pollute nearby streams, and rivers because of erosion and excessive runoff. B) Alter the flow of waterways and permanently alters the surrounding area. C) Gas explosion. D) Deprives earth of oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollute nearby streams, and rivers because of erosion and excessive runoff. 12. Industrialization is a change in society from farming to: A) Trading goods. B) Making goods in factories. C) Tourism. D) Hunting and gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making goods in factories. 13. Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan is an example of ..... A) Environmental awareness by mass media. B) Social movement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental awareness by mass media. 14. According to the vocabulary bank, which action is listed as environmentally good? A) Driving a car for short trips. B) Using only what we need. C) Dumping untreated sewage into the sea. D) Releasing chemicals into the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using only what we need. 15. How can sustainable activities help the environment? A) They preserve nature. B) They help make products cheaper to buy. C) They give people access to jobs. D) They allow a government to make more money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They preserve nature. 16. What are some ways the Native Americans modified the land to survive? A) Cutting down trees to build roads and businesses. B) Building dams to filter water. C) Cutting down trees to build boats and clearing rocks to plant crops. D) Building airplanes to fly over water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cutting down trees to build boats and clearing rocks to plant crops. 17. Which industry requires the most water usage? A) Agriculture. B) Manufacturing. C) Transportation. D) Construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 18. Wasteful water use and rising population has lead to issue with A) Water insecuity. B) Agriculture. C) Overfishing. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water insecuity. 19. The government is creating laws and national parks to help keep the animals and the environment safe A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. How can water resource management promote sustainability? A) Water resource management increases water consumption. B) Water resource management promotes sustainability by ensuring efficient use, protecting quality, and maintaining ecological balance. C) Water resource management leads to pollution of water bodies. D) Water resource management eliminates the need for conservation efforts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water resource management promotes sustainability by ensuring efficient use, protecting quality, and maintaining ecological balance. 21. Fruits, fish, and livestock are examples of which ecosystem service? A) Regulating. B) Provisioning. C) Cultural. D) Supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provisioning. 22. The sudden movement of the Earth's crust, usually at a fault line A) Tsunami. B) Fracking. C) Earthquake. D) Godzilla doing the Renegade for his Tik Tok channel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 23. Which of the following is an aim of Environmental Geography regarding ecological resources? A) Exploit them rapidly. B) Conserve and manage them. C) Leave them completely untouched. D) Convert them into non-ecological resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conserve and manage them. 24. This is an overflow of water onto land. A) Flood. B) Drought. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 25. What is a genetically modified organism (GMO)? A) Foods that have been created through genetic engineering. B) Foods that are forbidden in many world religions. C) Foods that cause allergies in people who eat them. D) None of the above. 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