Environmental Quiz

What is the most important environmental problem/issue today?

What is the meaning of deforestation?

• Deforestation is the process of planting more trees in an area.
• Deforestation is the process of conserving forests and trees.
• Deforestation is the process of increasing the forest cover.
• Deforestation is the process of clearing forests or trees on a large scale.

Overfishing is....

• Planting more trees to increase fish population
• Building more fishing boats to catch more fish
• Reducing pollution in the oceans
• Catching too many fish at once, depleting the population and preventing it from replenishing itself.

When plant or animal species are in danger of becoming extinct due to overhunting or to the destruction of their native habitat, we call them...

What is plastic pollution?

• Plastic recycling process
• Biodegradable materials production
• Accumulation of plastic products in the environment causing harm
• Air pollution caused by plastic

Rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, caused by the large scale emission of acidic gases into the atmosphere from thermal power plants, industries and automobiles.

It's called...

What is global warming?

• Global warming is caused by excessive use of air conditioning.
• Global warming is a natural phenomenon that does not involve human activities.
• Global warming is a temporary cooling of the Earth's surface.
• Global warming is the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities.

What are melting caps?

• Melting caps are a type of winter headwear that is designed to melt in extreme heat.
• Melting caps refer to the process of melting chocolate chips for baking purposes.
• Melting caps are the polar ice caps that are melting due to global warming and climate change.
• Melting caps are caps for our pens to keep them fresh.

Greenhouse effect is...

• a natural process that warms the Earth's surface.

• a process that only affects other planets.

• caused by depletion of the ozone layer.

• a man-made phenomenon that cools the Earth's surface.

The contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials is called?