Environment and Sustainable Development MCQ — Class 12

Test your understanding of Environment and Sustainable Development with 20 free questions across Easy and Moderate. Hard and Extreme require Premium. Choose a level in the interactive quiz to answer questions and review explanations.

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Key concepts to revise

Environment

Environment: the biotic and abiotic surroundings and natural systems that affect life and economic activity

Resource-supply function of environment

Resource-supply function of environment: the environment provides natural resources used as inputs in production

Life-support function of environment

Life-support function of environment: natural systems provide conditions such as air, water and ecological balance necessary for life

Waste-assimilation function

Waste-assimilation function: the environment absorbs and processes wastes up to its assimilative capacity

Renewable resource

Renewable resource: a natural resource that can regenerate or be replenished when use remains within sustainable limits

Non-renewable resource

Non-renewable resource: a resource with a fixed or extremely slow-forming stock that is depleted through extraction

Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation: deterioration in environmental quality through pollution, resource depletion or ecosystem damage

Carrying capacity

Carrying capacity: the ability of the environment to sustain resource use and absorb waste without unacceptable long-run damage

Sustainable development

Sustainable development: development that meets present needs while protecting the ability of future generations to meet their needs

Sustainable-development strategy

Sustainable-development strategy: policies such as renewable energy, organic farming, efficient waste management, public transport and conservation reduce environmental pressure while supporting development

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1. Which concept best matches this situation? Air, water, soil, plants and animals together form the environment.

  1. Resource-supply function of environment
  2. Environment
  3. Waste-assimilation function
  4. Environmental degradation
Check answer and explanation

Environment. Environment: the biotic and abiotic surroundings and natural systems that affect life and economic activity

2. Which concept best matches this situation? Minerals, water and timber support production processes.

  1. Life-support function of environment
  2. Renewable resource
  3. Resource-supply function of environment
  4. Carrying capacity
Check answer and explanation

Resource-supply function of environment. Resource-supply function of environment: the environment provides natural resources used as inputs in production

3. Which concept best matches this situation? Clean air and water are essential for human survival.

  1. Waste-assimilation function
  2. Non-renewable resource
  3. Sustainable development
  4. Life-support function of environment
Check answer and explanation

Life-support function of environment. Life-support function of environment: natural systems provide conditions such as air, water and ecological balance necessary for life

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