This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Anthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Anthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment Quiz 12 (27 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an effect of global warming? A) Melting glaciers and rising sea levels. B) Population is increasing. C) More forest areas. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting glaciers and rising sea levels. 2. Which factor is most likely to cause a decline in a population's growth rate? A) High immigration out of the area. B) Decrease in death rate. C) Increase in birthrate. D) Improvements in medical care. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High immigration out of the area. 3. What is a dead zone? A) An area where organisms live on land. B) An area of land where organisms cannot survive. C) An area of water where organisms live. D) An area of water where organisms cannot live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An area of water where organisms cannot live. 4. The trend of increasing global temperatures A) Ozone layer. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Global warming. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global warming. 5. Which actions taken by a school environmental club would make a positive human impact? A) Introducing a new population of foxes to school grounds. B) Making wooden benches by harvesting local trees. C) Clearing an area to make room for additional student parking. D) Planting native trees along the border of the school property. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planting native trees along the border of the school property. 6. Deforestation of areas considered to be rich sources of genetic material could limit future agricultural and medical advances due to A) Thedepletion of the ozone layer. B) Themaintenance of dynamic equilibrium. C) Anincrease in the ecosystem's carrying capacity. D) Theloss of biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theloss of biodiversity. 7. Fishermen have harvested certain fish to the point where the population of that fish is decreasing. This level of direct harvesting could cause A) Ecosystems to be improved for future generations. B) Ecosystems to be severely damaged. C) The restoration of environmental stability. D) All other fish species to increase in number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystems to be severely damaged. 8. Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. A) Natural Resource. B) Biosphere. C) Nonrenewable Resource. D) Renewable Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resource. 9. What is the pH of acid rain? A) Less than 7. B) 7. C) Greater than 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less than 7. 10. Which of the following are possible negative effects on the environment from a dam or reservoir used for hydropower? A) Obstruction of fish migration. B) Change water chemistry. C) Cause animals to relocate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. How are greenhouse gasses harming our environment? A) Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to cool down. B) They aren't. C) Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up. D) More heat is able to escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up. 12. Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere? A) Farming. B) Breathing. C) Burning Fossil Fuels. D) Fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning Fossil Fuels. 13. What is the average weather for a particular time and region called? A) Drought. B) Emissions. C) Weather. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 14. In order to meet human needs, solutions need to:preserve ecosystem services, protect water/soil/climate, and help people meet their needs. These are characteristics of which of the following? A) Sustainable Development. B) Great Acceleration. C) Species Area Rule. D) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable Development. 15. Black bears roam over large areas. What effect would building shopping centers in these areas have on the bears? A) Help increase the black bear reproduction. B) Reduce the black bears' habitat. C) Introduce a new bear population to the area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduce the black bears' habitat. 16. If the human population continues to change at the same rate, what will the population most likely be by the year 2050? A) 5 billion. B) 12 billion. C) 1 trillion. D) 8 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 billion. 17. The human activity, among the following, which causes maximum environmental pollution having regional and global impacts, is: A) Urbanization. B) Industrialization. C) Agriculture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialization. 18. Sustainable agriculture is made more effective through the use of which of the following: A) Increased use of pesticides. B) Increased farm size and increased focus on single cash crop. C) Wind breaks, crop rotation, no-till plowing, and targeted pesticide use. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind breaks, crop rotation, no-till plowing, and targeted pesticide use. 19. The greenhouse effect affects life on Earth by A) Trapping warmth. B) Trapping oxygen. C) Cooling the temperatures. D) Recycling nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trapping warmth. 20. The amount of biological or living diversity per unit area. A) Endangered Species. B) Biodiversity. C) Ecosystem. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 21. In which of the following ways do people increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? A) Cutting down trees. B) Driving gasoline-powered cars. C) Burning coal to create electricity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Plastics in the environment break down into smaller pieces. Which of the following is not true: A) Pieces will biodegrade eventually. B) Pieces are called nurdles. C) Pieces become food for many organisms especially fish and sea birds. D) Re-enter the carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pieces will biodegrade eventually. 23. Measurements of carbon dioxide correlates fairly closely with the measurements of ..... A) Water. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 24. Biomagnification means ..... A) Toxins are not affected by the food chain. B) Toxins decrease as they move up the food chain. C) Toxins increase as they move up the food chain. D) Toxins have nothing to do with the food chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxins increase as they move up the food chain. 25. Which group includes ONLY renewable resources? A) Coal, trees, water, oil. B) Water, wind, sun, plants. C) Minerals, sun, natural gas, water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water, wind, sun, plants. 26. When wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one area to another it is called A) Deforestation. B) Erosion. C) Desertification. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 27. Why are fossil fuels a nonrenewable resource? A) They take millions of years to replace. B) They can be used over and over again. C) They are used to heat and light homes. D) They cause air and water pollution. 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