WorksheetsENVIRONMENT QUIZ BEE FOR GRADE 8
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 6mins
EASY: Hydroelectric energy is produced from ________.
waste
gas
water
fire
EASY: What is the most abundant gas on the earth’s atmosphere?
oxygen
nitrogen
carbon
hydrogen
EASY: Ozone layer is being depleted by __________.
smog
carbon monoxide
sulfur dioxide
chlorofluorocarbon
EASY: Exposure to indoor second hand smoke, dirty cooking fuel, and dampness increases the risk of which infectious disease in children?
tuberculosis
mumps
malaria
cholera
EASY: A category of life forms which consists of animals.
fauna
flora
EASY: Which of the following is an amphibian?
salamander
lizard
fish
lion
EASY: What is the instrument used to detect earthquakes?
radiometer
barometer
seismograph
anemometer
AVERAGE: A ___________ is a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular area.
ecosystem
population
community
AVERAGE: Erosion is a process by which soil is being gradually destructed and displaced because of natural forces. Which among the following DOES NOT cause erosion?
wind
water
human activities
pollution
AVERAGE: These are types of cells that have no well-defined nuclei and other membrane bound organelles.
prokaryotes
eukaryotes
AVERAGE: The production of light by living beings such as fireflies is known as ____________.
bio-luminescence
bio-lighting
bio-fluorescence
AVERAGE: Which branch of biodiversity provides 60% of all the worlds medicine?
animals
bacteria
plants
AVERAGE: Which of the following is causing the most extinction?
pollution
loss of habitat
old age
AVERAGE: Which of the following environments would you expect to have the most biodiversity?
Sahara Desert
North Pole
Amazon Rainforest
Mt. Everest
DIFFICULT: Areas near the (a) receive almost equal amount of sunlight all year round making the region “temperate.” This is the reason that the Philippines does not experience other seasons.
DIFFICULT: Asexual reproduction involves only one parent. A hydra reproduces asexually when it produces a smaller version of itself through the process called (a) .
DIFFICULT: In biology, (a) is the scientific study of naming, defining, and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
DIFFICULT: Colored plastids are called chromoplasts.
An example of a chromoplast is the chloroplast which contains the green coloring pigment in plants called the (a) .
DIFFICULT: It is the action of clearing a wide area of trees. This can be in the form of kaingin or illegal logging.
(a)
