This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Environmental Studies – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Studies Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable energy source? A) Water. B) Coal. C) Wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 2. Why is it important to reduce, reuse, and recycle? A) To use more resources. B) To reduce the number of animal habitats. C) To reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills. D) To increase the amount of trash sent to landfills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills. 3. Development activities on the hydrosphere cause A) Soil erosion. B) Water pollution. C) Air pollution. D) Soil pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil erosion. 4. A way to measure how much we use and consume in relation to tout environments capacity to provide the support we need A) Carbon footprint. B) Ecological footprint. C) Limiting factors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 5. Which of the following most accurately describes BIOTIC factors? A) Non-living and living parts of the ecosystem. B) Non-living parts that provide habitats in an ecosystem. C) Living organisms and the air they breathe. D) Living organisms in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living organisms in an ecosystem. 6. Root of a plant grow under the ground. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. When there is an algae bloom in a body of water A) The water temperature decreases. B) The dissolved oxygen decreases. C) The water gets more clear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dissolved oxygen decreases. 8. Which of the following is a highest contributing green house gas? A) Ill. B) Ill. C) Storm. D) Ch4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ill. 9. In a food chain humans are A) Producers. B) Primary consumers. C) Secondary consumers. D) Primary and secondary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary and secondary consumers. 10. The organisms who directly feed on producers are called A) Decomposers. B) Saprophytes. C) Herbivores. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivores. 11. The Clean Air Act-regulates vehicle emissions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Which is an example of a natural disaster? A) A small earthquake strikes an area without any cities or towns. B) A blizzard hits a city and roofs collapses under the weight of the snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small earthquake strikes an area without any cities or towns. 13. Who was Aurangzeb's uncle? A) Fazelkha. B) Afzalkha. C) Shiva. D) Shaista Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shaista Khan. 14. Light helps us to ..... A) See. B) Hear. C) Feel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 15. Who among the following comes to our house everyday? A) Policeman. B) Milkman. C) Postman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milkman. 16. ORGAN USED FOR CHEWING A) STOMACH. B) ICE CREAM. C) TEETH. D) TONGUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TEETH. 17. Which of the following conceptual spheres of the environment is having the least storage capacity for matter? A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 18. Which of the following does not cause pollution? A) Burning of petrol. B) Use of solar energy. C) Burning of rubber. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of solar energy. 19. .....is an example of desert in India A) Vindhya. B) Eastern Ghats. C) Deccan. D) Thar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thar. 20. Branch of Biology which is concerned with the inter-relationship between plants and animals is called: A) Ecology. B) Morphology. C) Anatomy. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 21. Problems of Hydrogen fuel cell is A) Storage and distribution. B) Availability of hydrogen. C) Creates pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storage and distribution. 22. What does conserving resources mean? (સંરક્ષણ સંસાધનોનો અર્થ શું છે?) A) Protecting the resource so it does not run out. B) USE AS MUCH OF THE RESOURCES AS YOU CAN. C) Only use the resources at the school (ફક્ત શાળાના સંસાધનોનો ઉપયોગ કરો). D) Any other (કોઇ પણ બીજુ). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protecting the resource so it does not run out. 23. Deserts, grasslands, forests and tundra regions are examples of A) Biomes. B) Biogeographically regions. C) Ecosystems. D) Biospheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystems. 24. .... is an example for Lotic ecosystem A) Pool. B) Sea. C) Pond. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River. 25. India is a land of ..... A) Festivals. B) Gandhi Jayanti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Festivals. 26. In an ecosystem, the flow of energy is A) Multidirectional. B) Unidirectional. C) Bidirectional. D) Cyclic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unidirectional. 27. The term for the deterioration of the soil characteristics needed for plant growth or other ecosystem services ..... A) Soil enhancement. B) Soil improvement. C) Soil amendments. D) Soil degradation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil degradation. 28. Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matchesthe description.free-swimming organisms A) A. temperature. B) C. pond. C) B. coral reef. D) F. nekton. E) D. benthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F. nekton. 29. Which human activity would help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Increase the number of cars being driven. B) Increase the human population. C) Decrease the burning of fossil fuels. D) Decrease the number of recycling programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease the burning of fossil fuels. 30. The type of natural resource that has a continuous supply and is expected to last at least 6 billion years. A) Recyclable resource. B) Inexhaustible resource. C) Renewable resource. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inexhaustible resource. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesEnvironmental Studies Quiz 1Environmental Studies Quiz 2Environmental Studies Quiz 3Environmental Studies Quiz 4Environmental Studies Quiz 5Environmental Studies Quiz 6Environmental Studies Quiz 7Environmental Studies Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books