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EARTH DAY QUIZ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

More than half of the breathable oxygen in the world comes from where?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

How much oxygen does an average 50-year-old tree provide? (enough for .......... person/s a year)

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of the following ailments can be treated by prescription drugs derived from plants found in the rain forest?

a)

Cancer

b)

Hypertension

c)

Asthma

d)

All of these three

4.

Which land-based ecosystem holds the most biodiversity, i.e. concentration of plants and animals?

a)

Tropical Forests

b)

African Savannah

c)

South Pacific Islands

d)

Coral Reefs

5.

Earth is the only body in the solar system thought to have oceans of liquid water.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the theme for Earth Day 2020?

a)

Climate Action

b)

Endangered Species

c)

Soil Erosion

d)

Dinosaurs

7.

In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when a historic agreement on climate change was signed into force. Where was it signed?

a)

New York

b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

Tokyo

8.

Who founded Earth Day?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Ralph Nader

c)

James Hansen

d)

Senator Gaylord Nelson

9.

When was the first Earth Day?

a)

1970

b)

1988

c)

2003

d)

2009

10.

What 1997 global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases was signed by virtually every country in the world except for the United States?

a)

Reykjavik Summit

b)

Kyoto Protocol

c)

Oslo Accords

d)

Millennium Summit

11.

What does 350, the 'Magic Number' of climate change, refer to?

a)

350 million hybrid/electric cars on the road globally

b)

350 million kiloliters of ocean water

c)

350 parts per million of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere

d)

350 million megawatts of energy from carbon dioxide-free sources

12.

What are the 3 R's?

a)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

b)

Recycle, Reopen, Redo

c)

Reuse, Restart, Recycle

d)

Reduce, Reuse, Radiate

13.

Which of the following can NOT be recycled?

a)

plastic bottles

b)

newspaper

c)

glass jars

d)

oil

14.

How can we solve the problem of littering?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

The name of climate change legislation that passed by Congress

b)

When you paint your house green to become an environmentalist

c)

When the gasses in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet

d)

When you build a green house