This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Culture > Festivals > Earth Day – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Day Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aiden, Owen, and Ella are having a debate about recycling. Aiden thinks recycling means 'making things smaller', Owen believes it's 'making things bigger', and Ella says it's 'converting waste into reusable material'. Who do you think is correct? A) Aiden. B) Owen. C) Ella. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ella. 2. Identify the correct sentence structure:'Earth Day, celebrated globally, raises awareness about environmental issues.' A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex sentence. 3. Since Earth Day began people have begun to A) Plant trees. B) Pick up trash. C) Stop polluting. D) Encourage recycling and conservation. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 4. Which of the following is an example of personification? A) The Earth smiled on Earth Day. B) The Earth is round. C) Earth Day is on April 22. D) Earth Day is celebrated worldwide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Earth smiled on Earth Day. 5. C4 plants are able to drastically reduce photorespiration compared to C3 plants. Which of the following explains how C4 plants are able to do this? A) C4 plants are adapted to cold wet environment. B) C4 plants use PEP carboxylase for initial CO$_{2}$ fixation. C) C4 plants do not undergo the Calvin cycle. D) C4 plants have stomata that are only open at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C4 plants use PEP carboxylase for initial CO$_{2}$ fixation. 6. Earth Day started in America in 1970 because A) Canada didn't care. B) Rivers and lakes had waste dumped into them. C) There was a tornado. D) All of the animals had died. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers and lakes had waste dumped into them. 7. Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions? A) Transportation. B) Buildings. C) Industry. D) Electricity and heat production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electricity and heat production. 8. What should you recycle? A) Plastic. B) Sandwich. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastic. 9. How many trees are there on Earth? A) 3, 000. B) 3 million. C) 3 billion. D) 3 trillion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 trillion. 10. What has happened since the first Earth Day? A) Environmentalism lost popularity, and now few people celebrate Earth Day. B) Earth Day grew, and now over a billion people around the world celebrate it. C) Earth Day was cancelled because so few people celebrate it. D) Earth Day became a day that only Americans celebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth Day grew, and now over a billion people around the world celebrate it. 11. Which of the following combinations is not reactants in the Calvin cycle? A) ATP and reduced NADP. B) Triose phosphate and carbon dioxide. C) RuBP and GP. D) ATP and rubisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ATP and rubisco. 12. When did the first Earth Day observed? A) April 22, 1970. B) October 31, 1983. C) August 12, 1994. D) December 21, 1977. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 22, 1970. 13. When is Earth day celebrate? A) 20 March. B) 22 April. C) 5 June. D) 24 September. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22 April. 14. Which of the following sentences uses the word 'earth' correctly? A) She earthed the wire to prevent shocks. B) The earth is flat according to some theories. C) He earthed his feelings in a poem. D) They earthed the seeds in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She earthed the wire to prevent shocks. 15. Using a reusable sports bottle instead of a plastic water bottle is a way to A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reuse. 16. 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water! How much of that is fresh water available for drinking and irrigation? A) 5%. B) 10%. C) 25%. D) Less than 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less than 1%. 17. People celebrate Earth Day by A) Cleaning up trash in neighborhoods. B) Having parties. C) Eating cake. D) Flying in a rocket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleaning up trash in neighborhoods. 18. Lucas, Ava, and Charlotte are having a debate. Lucas says that greenhouse gases trap heat in the earth's atmosphere leading to global warming. Is he correct? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What does the word ecology mean? A) The study of organisms and their surroundings. B) To keep from harm. C) Make smaller or less. D) A layer that protects us from the sun's harmful rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of organisms and their surroundings. 20. What is one major impact of soil pollution? A) It increases oxygen levels. B) It decreases biodiversity. C) It increases pizza consumption. D) It decreases car usage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It decreases biodiversity. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesEarth Day Quiz 1Earth Day Quiz 2Earth Day Quiz 3Earth Day Quiz 4Earth Day Quiz 5Earth Day Quiz 6Earth Day Quiz 7Earth Day Quiz 8Earth Day Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books