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Environment Vocabulary Grade 6 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of cutting down trees to get wood or clear an area for building or farming is called

a)

unsustainable

b)

deforestation

c)

agriculture

d)

ranching

2.

This contains harmful chemicals from factory gases and that damages trees, crops and buildings.

a)

ozone layer

b)

sewage

c)

acid rain

d)

greenhouse gas

3.

Changes in the earth's weather patterns, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth's atmosphere that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide and methane.

a)

Climate change

b)

Air pollution

c)

Global warming

d)

Sustainable development

4.

All the plants and living creatures in a particular area considered in relation to their physical environment.

a)

Habitat

b)

Ecology

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

5.

The process where radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface by trapping gasses in the atmosphere.

a)

Greenhouse effect

b)

Deforestation

c)

Overfishing

d)

Climate change

6.

A layer of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation and protects our planet.

a)

Ozone layer

b)

Global warming

c)

Contaminant

d)

Radioactive waste

7.

An area of oil that is floating on the surface of the ocean.

a)

sewage

b)

pollution

c)

oil slick

d)

coal

8.

A natural resource that cannot be replaced after use.

a)

Renewable resource

b)

Non-renewable resource

c)

Plastic

d)

Forests

9.

A measure of the amount of the Earth's resources used by a person or a population that lives in a particular way.

a)

Fossil fuels

b)

Carbon footprint

c)

Ecological footprint

d)

Non-renewable resource

10.

Large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of coral, which are marine invertebrate animals.

a)

Crop

b)

Extinct

c)

Coral reef

d)

Rainforest

11.

Greta Thunberg is a person who works to change laws and attitudes about the environment. What is she called?

a)

Environmental activist

b)

Ecologist

c)

Scientist

d)

Environmentally friendly

12.

The using up of a resource is known as...

a)

Sustainable Development

b)

Logging

c)

Consumption

d)

Drought

13.

Goals led by the UN to end extreme poverty by focusing on 17 key indicators, the top five of which are no poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, and gender equality, with key benchmarks for 2030.

a)

SDGs

b)

United Nations

c)

Ecology

d)

Solar energy

14.

Behaviours and products that do not harm the environment.

a)

Over-fishing

b)

Renewable resource

c)

Unsustainable

d)

Environmentally friendly

15.

A long period of dry weather which can negatively affect food production.

a)

Flood

b)

Crop

c)

Drought

d)

Rainy season