Lesson Y7-U06-L09

Protecting Our Planet: Conservation in Action Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 6

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U06-L09, Protecting Our Planet: Conservation in Action: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 6: Year 7: Ecosystems and Biomes, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the primary goal of conservation?

    • Expanding cities
    • Extracting minerals
    • Protecting nature
    • Clearing woodland

  2. What does sustainable mean when using natural resources?

    • Destroying habitats
    • Wasting materials
    • Not using up
    • Using very quickly

  3. What is illegal hunting or catching of wild animals called?

    • Conservation
    • Deforestation
    • Overfishing
    • Poaching

  4. What is the main role of a wildlife ranger?

    • Protecting endangered wildlife
    • Building new roads
    • Mining for metals
    • Clearing forest land

  5. What term describes an area where damaging human activities are banned?

    • Protected area
    • Industrial zone
    • Urban centre
    • Agricultural field

  6. What strategy involves planting new trees to rebuild lost forests?

    • Replanting
    • Mining
    • Urbanisation
    • Deforestation

  7. Which country is given as an example of people replanting forests that had been cut down?

    • Iceland
    • Egypt
    • Costa Rica
    • Kenya and Tanzania

  8. What type of tourism brings income while protecting wildlife areas?

    • Business travel
    • Mass tourism
    • Ecotourism
    • Industrial shipping

  9. A national park bans logging inside its boundaries. Which conservation strategy is this?

    • Replanting
    • A protected area
    • A community project
    • Building a new road

  10. Paying local residents to guard rhinos is an example of what?

    • Community project
    • Globalisation
    • Privatisation
    • Nationalisation

  11. Which conservation action provides local wages while protecting wildlife?

    • Clearing more land
    • Hiring local rangers
    • Importing foreign staff
    • Banning all visitors

  12. What term describes a situation where both wildlife and locals benefit?

    • Compromise failure
    • Deadlock
    • Win-win
    • Ecosystem collapse

  13. Why do paid rangers have less reason to join poachers?

    • Strict government fines
    • Distance from towns
    • Steady tourism income
    • Lack of weapons

  14. Which strategy best balances forest protection with local wood needs?

    • Urban development
    • Total ban
    • Complete clearance
    • Sustainable use

  15. Which action directly restores a destroyed forest habitat?

    • Replanting native trees
    • Building a fence
    • Opening a quarry
    • Paving new roads

  16. Besides protecting animals, what else does good conservation do?

    • Increases factory output
    • Removes all villages
    • Stops all farming
    • Provides local jobs

  17. What is a major drawback of strictly protected areas?

    • Too many tourists
    • Local access conflict
    • Excessive tree growth
    • Rapid soil erosion

  18. Why is replanting trees not an instant environmental solution?

    • Forests stop rain
    • Seeds never grow
    • Saplings need salt
    • Trees take decades

  19. Why must wildlife conservation schemes involve local communities?

    • Prevent local opposition
    • Collect local taxes
    • Provide free labour
    • Build new roads

  20. What is a major limitation of community conservancies in Kenya?

    • Guaranteed profits
    • No local people
    • Zero wildlife
    • Tourism dependence

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