Environment and natural resourse

Why is sustainable agriculture important?

• Sustainable agriculture has no impact on climate change.

• Sustainable agriculture is only important for large corporations.

• Sustainable agriculture is crucial for environmental health, economic viability, and food security.

• Sustainable agriculture is primarily focused on increasing crop yields.

How does climate change impact food resources?

• Climate change leads to more rainfall and better soil quality.

• Climate change negatively impacts food resources by reducing crop yields, increasing pests, and causing water scarcity.

• Climate change improves crop yields and increases food variety.

• Climate change has no effect on food resources.

Describe the impact of overfishing on food resources.

• Overfishing increases fish populations and promotes biodiversity.

• Overfishing has no effect on local economies or communities.

• Overfishing leads to depletion of fish stocks, disrupts ecosystems, reduces food security, and impacts livelihoods.

• Overfishing leads to an abundance of seafood and lower prices.

Green House gases are

• Absorbers of solar radiations for warming the atmosphere of earth

• Absorbers of long-wave radiations from earth

• Transparent to emissions from earth for passage into outer space

• Transparent to both solar radiations and long-wave radiations from earth

A coal deposit that is not economical to mine today would be considered part of our

__________ .

• coal reservoirs

• coal reserves

• coal resources

• none of these

A resource that can be replaced in the same rate at which it is consumed or used is

known as

• Artificial Resources

• Natural Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

Which group consists of non-renewable organic resources?

• Water, air and minerals

• wood, water and natural pastures

• sand, air and clay

• natural gas, oil and coal

Why does overgrazing lead to desertification?

• Increase in vegetation destroys the soil

• Loss of grass destroys the soil.

• Loss of grass causes droughts.

• None of these

Trapped heat inside the earth is known as_______________

• Heat energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

• Geothermal energy

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• They convert inorganic material into simpler forms

• They convert inorganic materials to an organic compound

• They convert organic material into simple forms

• None of these