Environment Quiz 2021

What is the significance of World Water Day?

• To remind us that water is a critical resource that should be cherished and protected

• To celebrate the abundance of water we have

• to celebrate the discovery of water

Women and girls in developing countries walk an average of _____ kilometers a day to fetch water.

Singaporeans do not have to scrimp and save on water because of the abundance of water that we have in our reservoirs.

• True

• False

As part of the SG Green Plan, 20% of schools must be ___________ __________ by 2030.

• carbon effective

• carbon neutral

• carbon free

• carbon efficient

What does it mean to be carbon neutral?

• To achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by balancing emissions of carbon dioxide with its removal (often through carbon offsetting).

• To calculate our carbon footprint.

• To plant trees on empty plots of land that remove carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

As part of the SG Green Plan, the government hopes to safeguard our ________ security by producing 30% of our nutritional needs locally by 2030.