1. What do you call the area that is inhabited by a particular species? a) Habitat b) Environment c) Biosphere
2. How do you call the processing of used materials and their reuse? Reusing Recycling Reprocessing
3. Which layer protects the Earth from UV rays? Oxygen Nitrogen Ozone
4. The process by which the Earth’s temperature is increasing is called the… Biothermal effect Greenhouse effect Temperature effect
5. Which of the following is biodegradable? Plastic Paper Glass
6. What’s the term for the complete disappearence of a species? Termination Disappearance Extinction
7. What do you call renewable safe sources of energy? Alternative energies Bio-energies Solar energies
8. Which of these energy sources is renewable? Coal Natural gas Wind
9. What do you call the rain that contains many chemicals and is harmful? Smog Acid rain Monsoon
10. What do you call a substance that pollutes the air, water or soil? Pollutant Pesticides Acid
11. What is the most used renewable energy source in the world? Hydro energy Solar energy Wind energy
12. Which of these animals is not in danger becoming extinct? Panda bears Polar bears Grizzly bears
13. What type of shopping bag is more eco-friendly? Paper Plastic Neither
14. Global warming will cause an increase of… Heat waves Hurricanes Both
15. Which gas is responsible for global warming? Carbon dioxide Oxygen Hydrogen
ANSWER KEY!
1. What do you call the area that is inhabited by a particular species? a) Habitat
2. How do you call the processing of used materials and their reuse? B) Recycling
3. Which layer protects the Earth from UV rays? c) Ozone
4. The process by which the Earth’s temperature is increasing is called the… b) Greenhouse effect
5. Which of the following is biodegradable? b) Paper
6. What’s the term for the complete disappearence of a species? c) Extinction
7. What do you call renewable safe sources of energy? Alternative energies
8. Which of these energy sources is renewable? c) Wind
9. What do you call the rain that contains many chemicals and is harmful? b) Acid rain
10. What do you call a substance that pollutes the air, water or soil? Pollutant
11. What is the most used renewable energy source in the world? Hydro energy
12. Which of these animals is not in danger becoming extinct? c) Grizzly bears
13. What type of shopping bag is more eco-friendly? c) Neither
14. Global warming will cause an increase of… c) Both
15. Which gas is responsible for global warming? Carbon dioxide