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forest resources,

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is called for the practice of regulating forest resources to meet the needs of society and industry while preserving the forest’s health?

a)

Environmental protection

b)

Sustainable Forest Management

c)

Forest policy framework

d)

Unsustainable Forest Management

2.

Where can we find coniferous forest in India?

a)

Deserts

b)

River Deltas

c)

Grassland

d)

Himalayas

3.

How forests increase the atmosphere’s humidity?

a)

By Transpiration

b)

By photosynthesis

c)

By nitrogen fixation

d)

By evaporation

4.

What was the aim of Chipko movement?

a)

Human rights

b)

Political rights

c)

Agricultural expansion

d)

Forest conservation

5.

Sacred Groves are:

a)

parts of large forests that have been left untouched by the locals and as regarded as sacred.

b)

places for grazing animals.

c)

forests earmarked for commercial felling of trees.

d)

forests used for planting trees with medicinal properties.

6.

Which one of the following is not responsible for the decline in India’s biodiversity?

a)

Mining activities

b)

Hunting and poaching

c)

Forest fire

d)

Afforestation

7.

Which one of the following is not considered a consequence of deforestation?

a)

Desertification

b)

Food Shortage

c)

Displacement of local communities

d)

Biodiversity enrichment

8.

What percentage of total number of species discovered in the world are found in India ?

a)

3 %

b)

8%

c)

15%

d)

30%

9.

of the estimated 47000 plant species found in India , about 15000 flowering species belong to which category ?

a)

Endangered species

b)

Extinct Species

c)

Endemic Species

d)

Vulnerable species

10.

Which of the following birds do not fall in the category of Critical species?

a)

Pink headed duck

b)

Peacock

c)

Mountain quail

d)

Forest spotted owl

11.

Black Buck belongs to which of the following categories of fauna ?

a)

Extinct category

b)

Rare Category

c)

Endemic Category

d)

Endangered Category

12.

Gangetic dolphin belongs to which of the following categories of fauna ?

a)

Endangered

b)

Vulnerable

c)

Rare

d)

Extinct

13.

Which of the following species of animal is a rare species ?

a)

Wild Asiatic buffalo

b)

Gangetic Dolphin

c)

Indian Rhino

d)

Black Buck

14.

Which of the following species was declared extinct in India long back in 1952?

a)

Leopard

b)

Gangetic Dolphin

c)

Black Buck

d)

Asiatic Cheetah

15.

What is the Himalayan Yew?

a)

A type of deer

b)

A medicinal Plant

c)

A species of bird

d)

A food crop grown in the Himalayas

16.

Which of the following is a natural resource?

a)

Dam

b)

Forest

c)

Paper

d)

Glass

17.

How can we use wood

a)

As eating

b)

wearing

c)

As a building material

d)

As making different types of furniture

18.

We get oxygen from _______________________ .

a)

We get oxygen from nothing

b)

We get oxygen from tree

c)

We get oxygen from wood

d)

We get oxygen from humans

19.

How were the trees of the coniferous forest?

a)

Pointed from upper side broad from downside

b)

Pointed from downside and broad from the upper side

20.

How were the trees of the deciduous forest?

a)

They shade their leaves in the summer season

b)

They shade their leaves in the Winter season

21.

Which forest never shed its leaves?

a)

Thorny and scrub forest

b)

Coniferous forest

c)

Evergreen forest

d)

Tidal forest

22.

Which forest roots grow upwards?

a)

Tidal forest

b)

Coniferous forest

c)

Thorny and scrub forest

23.

Which forest trees have thorns on it?

a)

Tidal forest

b)

Evergreen forest

c)

Coniferous forest

d)

Scrub forest

24.

3 R approach means

a)

Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

b)

Reduce, Rethink and Resale

c)

Reduce, Rework and Resale

d)

Reduce, Rethink and Rework

25.

Shifting

cultivation means?

a)

rotational

farming

b)

contour forming

c)

alley cropping

d)

slash and burn farming

26.

Maintenance of an ecological balance between the_________ in relation to their surroundings

a)

biotic and abiotic entities

b)

Biotic entity

c)

Abiotic entity

d)

None of the above

27.

Depletion of ozone is exposing life on earth to harmful _____ from the sun.

a)

UV rays

b)

IR rays

c)

Gamma rays

d)

X rays

28.

Global warming caused by

a)

Oxygen

b)

Green house gases

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Cold gases

29.

Conservation of soil can be done with

a)

Forest resources

b)

Water resources

c)

Air resources

d)

None of the above

30.

Reduction of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be done with

a)

Forest resources

b)

Water resources

c)

Air resources

d)

None of the above

31.

Mettur dam construction might have done

a)

Deforestation

b)

Evacuation of people from their habitat

c)

shifting of animals

d)

all of the above

32.
Which of these is one cause of deforestation?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
c)
Overbreeding birds in the wild
d)
Cutting down the tree in your backyard
33.
Which of these is one cause of deforestation?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
c)
Overbreeding birds in the wild
d)
Cutting down the tree in your backyard
34.
What is deforestation?
a)
Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
b)
Eating too much vegetables
c)
Going to a forest and pulling weeds
d)
Clearing the five trees in my backyard
35.
How much forest is lost every minute?
a)
20 football fields
b)
20 feet
c)
20 centimenters
d)
20 inches
36.
Deforestation has an affect on the water cycle
a)
true
b)
false
37.

Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

a)

true

b)

false

38.
how much of the world do forests cover?
a)
63%
b)
.2%
c)
30%
d)
70%
39.
What are the effects of deforestation ?
a)
loss of habitat
b)
increased green house gasses 
c)
soil erosion and flooding
d)
all of the above
40.
Does deforestation contribute to global warming?
a)
No, trees aren't that important
b)
Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
c)
No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
d)
Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.
41.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
42.
Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?
a)
trees soak up carbon dioxide
b)
trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
c)
trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
d)
trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil
43.

What is a carbon sink?

a)

Something that adds to the atmosphere.

b)

Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere.

c)

Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust.

d)

Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust.

44.
What is deforestation?
a)
Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
b)
Eating too much vegetables
c)
Going to a forest and pulling weeds
d)
Clearing the five trees in my backyard
45.
what is the leading cause of deforestation?
a)
Diseases 
b)
Housing market
c)
Agriculture and Farming
d)
Paper mill
46.
What does deforestation effect?
a)
Plants and animals
b)
Our biosphere
c)
Humans
d)
All of the above
47.
Does deforestation contribute to global warming?
a)
No, trees aren't that important
b)
Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
c)
No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
d)
Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.
48.

Why are peat bogs important.

a)

They look good

b)

They are an important nitrate sink,containing more ‘locked-away’ nitrates than the Earth’s forests.

c)

They are an important carbon sink,containing more ‘locked-away’ carbon than the Earth’s forests.

d)

The dark colour helps provide warmth for birds

49.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
50.
What does not produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
51.
How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
a)
respiration and photosynthesis
b)
 decomposition and respiration
52.
Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?
a)
It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 
b)
It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses 
c)
It leads to more factories
d)
It causes a major decrease in people
53.
The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.
a)
Greenhouse Effect
b)
Global Warming
c)
Carbon Dioxide Gases
d)
Methane
54.
What is deforestation?
a)
Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
b)
Eating too much vegetables
c)
Going to a forest and pulling weeds
d)
Clearing the five trees in my backyard
55.
Deforestation is caused by
a)
agriculture activities
b)
snakes
c)
banks
d)
schools
56.

Deforestation has created negative impacts on social conditions such as:

a)

loss of tribal languages (30% endangered), loss of land (12% given away to foreign companies)

b)

loss of forests with 5-7% of world species, animal habitat threatened

c)

money generated in country not staying in PNG as foreign owned

57.

It refers to the cutting down of trees for timber.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Mining

c)

Logging

d)

Cattle ranching

58.

What is "removal of the top layers of soil by rain water, wind, and destructive human activities"?

a)

Soil erosion

b)

Enhanced green house effect

c)

Logging

d)

loss of biodiversity

59.

What is "the chances of flooding, for example, in areas where trees are cleared?"

a)

Flood

b)

Risk of flooding

c)

Water quality

d)

Logging

60.

What is "The rise in the earth's average temperature as more heat is trapped in the atmosphere"?

a)

Greenhouse effect

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Soil erosion

d)

Enhanced greenhouse effect

61.

What is "the loss of the variety of plants and animals"?

a)

Sediment

b)

Tropical rainforest

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Loss of biodiversity

62.

What is Agriculture?

a)

the cutting down of trees for timber

b)

small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things

c)

the growing of crops and raising of animals to provide food

63.

What is an ore?

a)

a solid metal

b)

a rock containing a metal combined with other elements, often oxygen

c)

an element

d)

an object used to row a boat

64.

a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted.

a)

Minerals

b)

Ore

c)

Oil

d)

Water

65.

Mining that is done above ground is called...

a)

surface mining.

b)

subsurface mining.

66.

Mining that is done below ground is called...

a)

surface mining.

b)

subsurface mining.

67.

This type of mining involves moving HUGE amounts of Earth to access ore.

a)

surface mining

b)

subsurface mining

68.

When ore is extracted from near the surface by digging deep into the ground.

a)

Strip Mining

b)

Contour Mining

c)

Mountaintop Removal

d)

Open Pit Mining

69.

When ore is removed in layers by removing the soil that is on top.

a)

Open Pit Mining

b)

Oil Derricks

c)

Strip Mining

d)

Fracking

70.

Whether or not something is mined is determined by its monetary value.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

This form of mining uses tunnels and shafts to bring ore to the surface.

a)

surface mining

b)

subsurface mining

72.

Removing ore along a seam in a hillside.

a)

Open Pit Mining

b)

Fracking

c)

Mountaintop Removal

d)

Contour Mining

73.

A natural resource that can only be replaced only through geological, physical, and chemical processes that take millions of years.

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Nonrenewable Resource

74.

A natural resource that can be replaced by nature in a short period of time.

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Nonrenewable Resource

75.

This type of mining does less damage to the environment.

a)

surface mining

b)

subsurface mining.

76.

A Dam is very important because it

a)

comes in different types 

b)

causes flooding

c)

 supplies water to homes and industries

77.

Which of the following is a harmful effect of beaver dams?

a)

Water does not reach plants or animals downstream who depend on it for survival.

b)

Beavers get stuck behind the dam.

c)

There are no harmful effects.

d)

Beaver dams create lakes.

78.

Which of the following is a beneficial effect of beaver dams?

a)

They create droughts.

b)

Dams create places for beavers to play with their friends.

c)

Dams create pond environments in which new plants and animals can survive

d)

Dams are great for keeping floods from happening.

79.

What is a dam?

a)

It is a structure that blocks water created by beavers.

b)

It is a structure that blocks fire created by firemen.

c)

It is a structure that blocks animals from getting into rivers by beavers.

80.

What is overgrazing?

a)

When beavers create a structure that keeps water from flowing through.

b)

When humans put toxic chemicals in the water.

c)

When herd animals (like cows) over graze or eat too much from the land.

d)

When people throw seeds all over the land.

81.

What is a harmful effect of overgrazing?

a)

Animals may pollute streams or lakes with their droppings

b)

Land with less or no grass can be easily eroded by wind and water

c)

Animals may become overweight.

d)

A and B.

82.

What is mining?

a)

Humans dig mines in the ground or inside mountains.

b)

Humans using their mind to think with a large group of people.

c)

When herd animals eat too much in one place.

d)

When beavers create a structure that stops water from coming through.

83.

A beneficial effect of overgrazing is that herd animals fertilize the land with their droppings which lead to new plant growth.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Which of the following are NOT a beneficial effect of mining?

a)

Extract metals and minerals to build things.

b)

Make jewelry.

c)

Make medicines and materials, etc…

d)

Water can be polluted from runoff from mines.

85.

What is a large amount of water that covers normally dry land called? / ¿Cómo se llama una gran cantidad de agua que cubre normalmente una tierra seca?

a)

drought

b)

wildfire

c)

erosion

d)

flood

86.

What is it called when small pieces of rock are carried away by water and sometimes by wind?/ ¿Cómo se llama cuando pequeños trozos de roca son arrastrados por el agua y, a veces, por el viento?

a)

drought

b)

wildfire

c)

erosion

d)

volcanic erruption

87.

What natural event occurs when it does not rain for a long time?/ ¿Qué evento natural ocurre cuando no llueve durante mucho tiempo?

a)

erosion

b)

drought

c)

wildfire

d)

flood

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