This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Desertification > Control > Desertification And Its Control – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Desertification And Its Control Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is desertification A) A mixture of hills and rain. B) Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a dry area becomes a desert. C) Desertification is when you sneeze and your country becomes a desert. D) Desertification is when a desert area becomes a green land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a dry area becomes a desert. 2. Magic Stones can also help by ..... A) Adding more litter. B) To drink. C) Preventing water from washing away the nutrients. D) By washing away the nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preventing water from washing away the nutrients. 3. The definition of Desertification is ..... A) Land that is fertile and able to grow plants. B) The process of ocean water losing salt. C) The process in which land loses fertility and ability to grow plants. D) Giving humans the advantage of having fertile soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process in which land loses fertility and ability to grow plants. 4. An unusually long period of time where little to no rain falls. A) Marginal land. B) Drought. C) Desertification. D) Pastoral nomads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drought. 5. In the Sahara and Sahel Region, the countries that are located here, are ..... A) More Developed. B) Less Developed. C) Highly Populated. D) Industrialized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less Developed. 6. Desertification is the most serious at the ..... of deserts. A) Western part. B) Edge. C) Southern part. D) Centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edge. 7. Which has been a major cause of desertification? A) Years of uncontrolled flooding. B) Overuse of the land by the people. C) Heavy seasonal winds coming off the desert. D) Sharp and unexpected changes in the climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overuse of the land by the people. 8. What is the name of the grassland that lies on the southern edge of the desert in North Africa? A) Sahel. B) Serengeti. C) Sahara. D) Rift Valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sahel. 9. How much of Africa is covered or prone to Desertification A) 70%. B) 65%. C) 90%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 65%. 10. What term describes the loss of vegetation and trees? A) Desalinization. B) Deforestation. C) Physical scarcity. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 11. In the Sahel, overgrazing, poor farming methods, and drought have resulted in a decrease in the grassland region. What is this process called? A) Desertification. B) Deforestation. C) Environmental Pollution. D) Unequal distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desertification. 12. How is desertification linked to over cultivation? A) Over cultivating land leads to more crops. B) Land becomes more fertile. C) The need to produce more food can lead to the soil becoming exhausted. It will turn into dust and become infertile. D) Land produces high yields. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The need to produce more food can lead to the soil becoming exhausted. It will turn into dust and become infertile. 13. The Sahel Region is A) Is the only known desert located in Eastern Europe. B) Located south of the Sonoran Desert in North America. C) Is a region located within the Gobi Desert. D) Located south of the Saharan Desert in Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Located south of the Saharan Desert in Africa. 14. Which area of Africa is most at risk for desertification? A) The Sahel. B) The Sahara. C) The rainforests of the Congo River Basin. D) The Namib Desert of southern Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sahel. 15. The method of removing salt and other minerals from sea water is: A) Desert. B) Desalination. C) Dehydration. D) Destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desalination. 16. Increasing desertification will most likely causes ..... A) An increase in farming. B) A reduction in arable (farmable) land. C) An increase in standard of living. D) An increase in infant mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reduction in arable (farmable) land. 17. The U.N. is helping residents fight deforestation by using what method? A) Encouraging diet of only fish. B) Helping residents move out of the Sahel. C) Increased animal husbandry. D) Training residents to use smarter farming practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Training residents to use smarter farming practices. 18. What is NOT a solution to desertification? A) Cutting down trees. B) Placing rows of stones in the soil. C) Replanting trees. D) Filling the soil with organic matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting down trees. 19. An economic indicator that would be impacted greatly in this region would be which of the following? A) Literacy rate. B) Life expectancy. C) Infant mortality rate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Reverse osmosis uses ..... to remove salt. A) Wind turbines. B) Oxygen. C) Pressure. D) Filters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pressure. 21. Desertification is a major problem in A) Sahel. B) Savanna. C) Madagascar. D) Tropical Rain Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sahel. 22. Sandstorms and migration are possible negative consequences of: A) Deforestation. B) Desalination. C) Desertification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desertification. 23. What was the MAIN cause of the Dust Bowl A) Desertification. B) Migration. C) Nothing. D) Grass eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desertification. 24. What is a drought? A) Loss in vegetation. B) Allowing animal herds to consume all vegetation. C) A long period without rainfall. D) When fertile soil turns barren. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A long period without rainfall. 25. The 'Great Green Wall' helps to put what back into the soil? A) Trees. B) Soil. C) Stones. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nutrients. 26. The process by which dry land is transformed into desert like conditions is called: A) Desertification. B) Evaporation. C) Deforestation. D) Demarcation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desertification. 27. What good is most likely to be shipped on the Congo River? A) Fresh drinking water. B) Petroleum. C) Timber. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timber. 28. The ..... desert is the largest desert in the world. A) Thar desert. B) Gobi desert. C) Sahara desert. D) Great Sandy desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sahara desert. 29. Why is soil erosion a cause of desertification? A) Soil is covered by trees and plants. B) Linked with desertification due to soil being exposed to wind and rain causing the soil to be destroyed. C) Vegetation destroyed by flooding. D) Vegetation destroyed by intensive farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linked with desertification due to soil being exposed to wind and rain causing the soil to be destroyed. 30. Desertification is the most serious in ..... China. A) Central. B) Northwest. C) Southwest. D) Northeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northwest. Next →Related QuizzesDesertification QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesDesertification And Its Control Quiz 2Desertification And Its Control Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books