This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Human And Environment Interaction – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Farming and raising livestock for profit is called A) Subsistence farming. B) Commercial farming. C) Arable farming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commercial farming. 2. Is waste that contains radioactive material. A) Water pollution. B) Solid waste pollution. C) Air pollution. D) Radioactive waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radioactive waste. 3. The following uses approximately 50% of energy in the USA A) Businesses. B) Transportation. C) Residencial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Businesses. 4. The moral of the Lorax is an example of how we should? A) Just make Thneeds. B) Not worry about wildlife. C) Use natural anytime. D) Practice Sustainable Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Practice Sustainable Development. 5. Kolkata is located on the river ..... A) Orange. B) Hooghly. C) Bhagirathi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hooghly. 6. Which of the following was a result of London's deadly smog? A) Reduction in water pollution. B) Reduction in air pollution in London. C) International attention to reducing air pollution. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 7. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is which of the following: A) National Travesty. B) National Park. C) National Forest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Park. 8. The contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities A) Radioactive waste. B) Water pollution. C) Air pollution. D) Solid waste pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water pollution. 9. Where do most Japanese live? A) In garbage cans. B) In pop-up campers. C) In suburbs. D) In cities. E) In cardboard boxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In cities. 10. The purpose of the Mayans' astronomical observations was to A) Choose their leaders. B) Determine where to build roads. C) Develop calendars. D) Plan travel routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Develop calendars. 11. EHAT IS THE MAIN OCCUPATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN? A) FISHING. B) AGRICULTURE. C) MINING. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AGRICULTURE. 12. Why are the Rainforests being destroyed? A) Diseases carried by insects. B) Wildfires. C) Tropical storms. D) Human demand for wood and farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human demand for wood and farmland. 13. Ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above where the water flooded. This is an example of.. A) Modifying. B) Depending. C) Adapting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adapting. 14. The place where a living organism lives is known as its: A) Home. B) Territory. C) Dwelling. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat. 15. A gas threatening Earth's ozone layer is A) Chlorofluorocarbons. B) The greenhouse effect. C) Photochemical smog. D) Sulfur dioxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorofluorocarbons. 16. Which group consumes one-fifth of the world's energy, while only making up one-twentieth of Earth's population? A) Indians. B) Chinese. C) Americans. D) Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Americans. 17. Desi is a farmer who lives in a rural mountain town far from cities with no trees. One way he might adapt to this particular environment is by ..... A) Moving to a big city when he graduates from college. B) Terrace farming to grow crops in a mountain region. C) Never learning to ski, ice skate or hike. D) Making houses and furniture out of tree bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrace farming to grow crops in a mountain region. 18. The Amazon Basin is referred as- A) Equatorial Region. B) Humid Region. C) Tropical Region. D) Cold Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equatorial Region. 19. The disposal of waste products. A) Solid waste pollution. B) Mechanical dredging. C) Waste pollution. D) Sanitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanitation. 20. The increase in Earth's temperature caused by carbon dioxide trapping radiation is A) Photochemical smog. B) The greenhouse effect. C) Thermal feedback. D) The anaerobic process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The greenhouse effect. 21. Mount Vesuvius erupting over the city of Pompeii helps to show A) Humans do not have total control over the environment. B) Humans have total control over the environment. C) Environment does not impact humans. D) Humans depend on the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans do not have total control over the environment. 22. ..... has/have led to the loss of habitat for many species, and it has increased global warming. A) Tsunamis. B) Soil degradation. C) Deforestation. D) Solar eclipses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 23. Major sources of water pollution include all but A) Industries. B) Motor boats. C) Municipal sewage. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor boats. 24. This example of human-environment interaction took place in Ukraine during the Cold War, leading to the world's hesitancy to grow nuclear power. A) Building of the Channel Tunnel. B) Construction of polders. C) Accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. D) Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 25. In dry regions of the world, farmers use a technique in which a sprinkler system is at the center of a large, circular field A) Center-pivot irrigation. B) Terraced farming. C) Slash-and-burn agriculture. D) Using resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Center-pivot irrigation. 26. The Sahel, once home to many grazing animals, is quickly becoming part of the Sahara Desert for all of the following reasons EXCEPT- A) Over-grazing. B) Air pollution. C) Over-crowding. D) Poor land management. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over-crowding. 27. A process of breaking rock by injecting large amounts of chemicals into cracks A) Terraced farming. B) Fracking. C) Hydroelectric power. D) Center-pivot irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracking. 28. A boy wears shorts and lightweight clothing in a hot climate. This is an example of ..... A) A person having a positive effect on the environment he lives in. B) A person being affected by the environment he lives in. C) A person destroying the environment he lives in. D) A person who does not interact with his environment at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person being affected by the environment he lives in. 29. Large, industrial farms produce much needed food crops, but also add to environmental problems with water contamination by pesticides. A) Human activity influenced by the environment. B) Modification to the environment. C) Type of environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modification to the environment. 30. Water carries broken down rocks, deposits them into rivers damaging water sources A) Sedimentation. B) Deposition. C) Agriculture. D) Sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesHuman And Environment Interaction Quiz 1Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 2Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 4Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 5Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 6Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 7Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 8Human And Environment Interaction Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books