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WorksheetsEnvironmental Test Study Game
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a reason plastic in the ocean is NOT a devastating effect?
a)
Animals are starved and poisoned from eating it
b)
Animals can't tell the difference between plastic and food
c)
Humans eat the animals that have eaten toxic plastic
d)
More plastics in the ocean causes atmospheric pollution
2.
What is global warming?
a)
Increasing global temperature
b)
Increasing severe weather events
c)
Rising sea levels
d)
Severe droughts
3.
What causes climate change?
a)
An increase in the ozone layer
b)
An increase in the greenhouse effect
c)
An increase in fracking
d)
An increase in sustainability
4.
How are the greenhouse effect and ozone layer related?
a)
They cause each other to increase or decrease
b)
They are the same thing
c)
They balance each other out to make sure one is always working properly
d)
They support each other to protect the atmosphere
5.
What does it mean to increase sustainability?
a)
To cause more pollution
b)
To cause more global warming
c)
To use less nonrenewable sources
d)
To use less renewable resources
6.
Which of the following increases sustainability?
a)
Using plastic products
b)
Leaving lights on in the house
c)
Fracking
d)
Recycling
7.
What do we get from fracking?
a)
Fossil fuels
b)
Renewable resources
c)
Alternative energies
d)
Nonrenewable resources
8.
How quickly can plastic decompose?
a)
Within a few years
b)
Within a few decades
c)
Within a few centuries
d)
More than a few centuries
9.
What is your carbon footprint?
a)
How much carbon your lifestyle contributes to the atmosphere
b)
How much carbon your car is allowed to emit
c)
How much carbon a country is allowed to pollute the atmosphere with
d)
How much carbon you use compared to a national average
10.
Why do we have the GPGP (Great Pacific Garbage Patch)
a)
Ocean gyres
b)
Earth's rotation
c)
Littering and pollution
d)
All of these choices
11.
What type of energy does Brookings mostly use?
a)
Coal
b)
Natural gas
c)
Wind
d)
Hydro
12.
Why don't we just use strictly renewable energy?
a)
Politicians won't allow it
b)
Companies won't allow it
c)
We can't store it
d)
We don't want to
13.
True or False: Gasoline is a renewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
14.
True or False: Natural gas is a nonrenewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False: Wind is a renewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
16.
True or False: Hydroelectric is a nonrenewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
17.
True or False: Solar is a renewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
18.
True or False: Geothermal energy is a nonrenewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
19.
True or False: Coal is a renewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
20.
True or False: A fossil fuel is a type of biomass
a)
True
b)
False
21.
True or False: A biomass is always a type of fossil fuel
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What percentage of energy used in Brookings is renewable?
a)
10%
b)
32%
c)
47%
d)
71%
23.
Why don't we build more wind turbines?
a)
Too expensive
b)
Too dangerous
c)
Too unattractive
d)
Too inefficient
24.
What does "intermittent" mean?
a)
Steady
b)
On and off
c)
Expensive
d)
Between two things
25.
Which of the following combinations are the 4 greenhouse gasses?
a)
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor
b)
Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
c)
Carbon dioxide, oxygen, chlorophyll, nitric oxide
d)
Acetone, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, carbonic acid
26.
Why have we seen increases in methane?
a)
Pollution
b)
Animal farts
c)
Plastic usage
d)
Burning fossil fuels
27.
What event triggered climate change as we know it today?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Population growth
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Colonization of America
28.
What is the EPA?
a)
Environmental Protection Agency
b)
Earth's Pollution Association
c)
Early Protection Agency
d)
Environmental Politician Association
29.
Which of these helps DECREASE greenhouse gasses?
a)
Driving in cars
b)
Raising livestock for meat
c)
Burning fossil fuels
d)
Creating the EPA
30.
What happens when greenhouse gasses increase?
a)
The ozone layer decreases
b)
Climate change decreases
c)
Global temperature decreases
d)
Atmosphere quality decreases
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