This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Anthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Anthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When toxic chemicals end up on the land or in water, they can be absorbed by producers. When these chemicals are passed through the trophic levels of a food chain, the chemicals become more concentrated. This describes which of the following? A) Invasive Species. B) Biomagnification. C) Urban Sprawl. D) Eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomagnification. 2. Which of the following historical events most likely triggered the largest increase in the human population? A) The Black Death plague, which occurred in the mid-1300s. B) The domestication of wheat crops, which began around 8000 B.C. C) The fall of the Roman Empire, which occurred around A.D. 800. D) The Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 1700s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 1700s. 3. Which parts of the environment can humans affect? A) Air. B) Food. C) Soil and water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Which of these is an example of a way that a school can reduce the amount of water the school uses? A) Install automatic faucets in the restrooms. B) Recycle aluminum cans and plastic bottles in the cafeteria. C) Turn off computers in the computer lab when they're not in use. D) Collect waste food and create a compost pile for a school garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Install automatic faucets in the restrooms. 5. The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain A) Trophic Level. B) Food Web. C) Biomagnification. D) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomagnification. 6. Pesticides kill .....? A) Weeds and insects. B) Insects and other pests. C) Weeds only. D) Insects only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insects and other pests. 7. Do you have an impact on the environment? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. Toxins accumulate in the tissues of organisms as they pass through a food chain/web. A) Biomagnification. B) Eutrophication. C) Ecological succession. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomagnification. 9. Wide variety of life on the planet A) Invasive species. B) Biodiversity. C) Biomagnification. D) Indicator species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 10. What does conserving resources mean? A) Use as much of the resources as you can. B) Only use the resources at school. C) Protecting the resources so it does not run out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protecting the resources so it does not run out. 11. The impact on the planet due to global warming is called ..... A) Climate change. B) The seasons. C) The weather. D) Natural change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate change. 12. When we talk about "a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates" , we are referring to ..... A) Atmospheric pollution. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Climate change. D) The hole in the ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate change. 13. What is a mixture of pollution, smoke from burning and fog? A) Air pollution. B) Bad weather conditions. C) Smog. D) Trapped smoke in a cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 14. People often build structures to control how rivers flow. What is the name for the type of structure that uses raised land to prevent the water from spreading out when river water rises? A) Delta. B) Levee. C) Dead zone. D) Lock-and-dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Levee. 15. When excess nutrients make their way into the waterways, what happens? A) Fish populations increase. B) People getting more vitamins in their water. C) Algal blooms increase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algal blooms increase. 16. Increased industrialization will most likely A) Decreaseavailable habitats. B) Decreaseglobal warming. C) Increasethe stability of ecosystems. D) Increaseenvironmental carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreaseavailable habitats. 17. Which building will not impact the environment? A) Home. B) Tree house. C) Apartment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 18. Deforestation results in which of the following A) Increase in CO$_{2}$. B) Increase in O$_{2}$. C) Decrease in H. D) Decrease in CO$_{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase in CO$_{2}$. 19. Which of the following is biodegradable? A) Glass jar. B) Orange peel. C) Plastic tray. D) Aluminium can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orange peel. 20. ..... and ..... absorb large amounts of CO$_{2}$. A) Forests and people. B) Forests and livestock. C) Coral and Oceans. D) Forests and Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forests and Oceans. 21. Gas given off by the burning of fossil fuels A) UV rays. B) Smog. C) Acid rain. D) Emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emissions. 22. Which environmental concern is most associated with burning fossil fuels? A) Global climate change. B) Ozone layer destruction. C) Decrease in levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global climate change. 23. Humans depend on the ecosystem and its resources to meet their basic needs. Which of the following illustrates an action that preserves and protects ecosystem resources? A) Recycling plastic, paper, and glass. B) Dumping trash in the ocean. C) Clear cutting a forest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling plastic, paper, and glass. 24. Identify the result of human activities in Earth's ecosystem A) Water evaporates in the Sun. B) Everyone watching anime all day. C) Acid rain kills aquatic animals. D) An animal living in its habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid rain kills aquatic animals. 25. A mountain lake that becomes acidic is likely the result of A) Air pollution. B) A new forest is planted. C) Decreasing human population. D) Dynamic equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air pollution. 26. What major problem is caused by increased levels of CFCs in the atmosphere? A) Ozone depletion. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Thermal pollution. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone depletion. 27. What affect does logging (removal) of trees have on the forest ecosystem? A) It increases soil erosion and water runoff. B) It decreases soil erosion and water runoff. C) It increases soil erosion and decreases water runoff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It increases soil erosion and water runoff. 28. In lakes in New York State that are exposed to acid rain, fish populations are declining. This is primarily due to changes in which lake condition? A) BioticFactors. B) Ozonelevels. C) Increasedsunlight (optional). D) PH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PH. 29. Which of the following has the greatest impact on reducing your ecological footprint? A) Reducing. B) Reusing. C) Recycling. D) These all have the same impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reducing. 30. Which of the following gases are naturally occurring and cause acid rain? A) Carbon dioxide (CO2). B) Nitric Oxide (NO3). C) Sulfur trioxide (SO3). D) None of above. 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