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WorksheetsEarth Day 2021
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
I. Questions on Earth Day
On what date is Earth Day celebrated?
March 15
April 22
April 23
May 4
What is the purpose of Earth Day?
To show you love the world.
To give our planet a day to rest.
To increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems.
To unite everyone in celebrating Earth's birthday
What disaster lead to the founding of Earth Day?
An oil spill off the coast of California
Extinction of American mega fauna
The Chernobyl disaster
An oil spill off the coast of Africa
II. To reduce, reuse, and recycle:
How can we solve the problem of littering?
Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emission.True or False ?
True
False
In 2015, ________ was the annual revenue of the plastic bottle manufacturing industry in the USA.
5 billion USD
13 billion USD
35 billion USD
55 billion USD
What are the environmental risks caused by plastic?
Plastic is non-biodegradable and if not correctly disposed, can remain in the environment for a very long time.
Plastic is often swallowed by animals mistakenly thinking it’s food, potentially resulting in their death.
Plastic is the main reason of forest fire due to the light refraction.
Since plastic can take up to thousand years to fully break down, most of the plastic that has been produced is still on our Earth in some form.
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
Which suggestions below could be useful to be more sustainable ?
Buy a refillable stainless steel water-bottle instead of always buying plastic ones.
Use fabric bags instead of plastic ones when shopping.
Pay attention every time you buy a product and try to seek for a non-plastic alternative first.
Use aluminum foil to cover your food instead of using plastic bag.
What is the city of Kamikatsu in Japan famous for?
It is the first municipality in Japan to have banned plastic use
It is the first municipality in Japan to have a set a Zero Waste target by end of 2021
It is a municipality in Japan where all trash is burned in incinerators
It is a municipality in Japan where elderly people are not expected to recycle
Who takes care of separating and disposing garbage in the city of Kamikatsu?
Waste is not separated by residents and is collected by garbage collectors who then separate it
Residents dispose only organic waste in public composting bins; the rest of the waste is collected and separated by garbage collectors
Kamikatsu residents bring the waste to the recycling station and separate the waste themselves
Residents separate the garbage in their homes and garbage collectors pick it up twice per week
III. Plant-based Nutrition:
Which one is a plant-based nutrition action?
Conserve water by taking shorter showers
Start composting at home
Turn off the lights when you leave the room
Cut meat one day a week
How can you recognize if a food product comes from sustainable and trusted source?
If there is a farm picture on the packaging of the product
If there is a certificate of EU food standard on the packaging
If the cost of the product is higher than on average
When you see "Organic" writing on the lable
What are the benefits of buying fresh food at local farmer’s markets?
Due to the fact that farmer food products serve for a boutique range, they do not create a big change in government revenue.
Animal products come from animals which live in good conditions and are fed with natural foods.
We are supporting real farmers who can understand animals and agriculture.
The consumption of organic food has benefits on the human body, prolonging life expectancy.
Which one below sets a strong example when it comes to farmer’s markets?
EU Nordic countries
Germany
Poland
France
What are the negative aspects of buying industrial food?
Supporting companies which breed chicken in dark tents with no windows because this increases the level of stress which makes animals fatter.
Industrial Food sector has a big effect on countries` growth.
Vegetables are grown by using chemical products such as Ethylene, which is injected into tomatoes to make them red.
Supporting companies (such as Mc Donalds, Cargill, Tyson, National Beef, etc) which dominate the market and manage the sector however they want.
IV. To conserve natural resources:
Which animated characters have partnered with the EU to campaign against plastic pollution in the oceans?
The Smurfs
SpongeBob
The Simpsons
All Disney Animated Characters
Instead of flying, how did Greta Thunberg get to the Climate Action Summit in New York?
Tandem Bike
Sailboat
She joined virtually
Train
Which European country gets the most of its electricity from renewable sources?
Norway
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
What is the Greenhouse effect?
The name of climate change legislation that was passed by Congress
When you paint your house green to become an environmentalist
When the gases in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet
When you build a green house
If you live north of the equator, in which direction would you point your solar panels to get the best result?
(a)
What might be the approximately daily water consumption of an average EU citizen?
2500 liters
1000 liters
4000 liters
5000 liters
V. To consume sustainably:
Do items such as cell phone chargers, fans, coffeemakers, desktop printers, radios, etc. consume energy even when they are turned off?
YES
NO
Which city’s fashion week was cancelled over sustainability concerns?
Stockholm
Berlin
Tokyo
Barcelona
What is causing the slash-and-burn deforestation in Indonesia which is contributing to a large portion of the world’s carbon emissions?
Transportation (Cars, Buses, Trains, Planes)
Production of palm oil and paper
Forest Fires
Production of plastics
150 million people are being forced to leave their homes due to what ?
Rising Sea Levels
Increased Drought
Creating more space for farmers
Insect born disease & flooding
In the USA, when exploring health emergencies, they noticed a natural disaster which was the highest cause of death. What is that?
Long Heat Waves
Hurricanes
Floods
Earthquakes
How many people are expected to become climate refugees over the next century?
100 Million
800 Million
1 Billion
250 Million
What is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon forest?
Cattle Ranching
Illegal mining
Massive hydroelectric dams
Drought
More than half of the breathable oxygen in the world comes from where?
Forests
Flowering plants
Clouds
Oceans
Oceans cover about ______ of the surface of the earth.
60%
70%
80%
90%
