Chapter 12 - Environmental Impacts - Quiz 1

Population explosion happened after the 1800s because of _____(Select any 2)

• Improved health care

• Clean water

• better transport

• more trees

The Earth has ___________ resources.

• unlimited

• less

• limited

• no

Observe the given Graph.

In which year do you see a sharp increase in the Population

• 800

• 1600

• 1800

• 600

Approximately how many people live on the Earth

• 7.6 billion

• 6.7 billion

• 12.1 billion

• 2.4 billion

Percentage of Nitrogen gas present in the Earth’s atmosphere is _________

• 90

• 60

• 85

• 79

What is Population?

• All the animals in the Zoo

• All the people in a Park

• All the Plants in a Meadow

• All living things in the Forest

___________ is clearing of large area of forest for human purposes (use)

• Recalamation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Restoration

About ____ of the trash is recycled and composted

• 51%

• 44%

• 61%

• 31%

______________ is the process of restoring land disturbed by mining

• Reclamation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Restoration

__________ is using an item for a new purpose

• Recycling

• Reducing

• Reusing

• Innovation