WorksheetsEARTH DAY
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
When was the Earth day first celebrated?
1902
2001
1970
1962
How much of the world's food is never eaten, which means that the food's production wasted land and resources and emitted unnecessary greenhouse gases?
10%
25%
33%
50%
Which was the first book to set the stage for society to change in becoming more environmentally aware?
The lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Population Bomb by Paul Ehrlich
Who is called the father of Earth Day?
Gaylord Nelson
Vandana Shiva
Wangari Maathai
Mark Boyle
What was the purpose of the National Environmental Education Act passed by Congress in 1990?
To require that the US Environmental Protection Agency be a leader in promoting environmental literacy
To establish the office of Environmental Education
All of the above
None of the above
More than half of the breathable oxygen in the world comes from where?
Forests
Flowering plants
Clouds
Oceans
How much of the world's oxygen is produced by just the Amazon rainforest?
1%
20%
50%
10%
Around the world how many indigenous people live in forests?
1 million
18 million
50 million
7 million
The first Earth Day celebrations took place in?
USA
Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
Which is more appropriate reason to observe the Earth Day every year?
To protect the species
To support for environmental protection
To save the ozone layer
None of the above
Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions?
Transportation
Buildings
Industry
Electricity and heat production
Which of the following are threatened with extinction?
Giraffes
Whales
Corals
Elephants
All of the above
Is wasting less food a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. True or False?
True
False
What happens to plastic waste?
It is a biodegradable material so it eventually disintegrates
It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces
There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled
It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat
What is an endangered species?
A type of organism that is at risk of extinction
A species found on land and in the ocean
A species that is threatened by prey
All of the above
