Quiz “Going Green”

Pure Nature. Amazingly beautiful, isn’t it?

This is what happens when a man interferes... The world faces a lot of ecological problems then.

Do the quiz “Going Green” and think again what YOU can change in your life to save the purity of our world.

1. Which day is observed as World Earth Day?

a)                 April 22

b)                September 15

c)                 August 3

Correct answer is a) April 22.

2. How many “ecological” words can you find in the search?

Now check yourself!

There are 9 words in the table: waste, throw, damage, rubbish, drop, pollute, pack, danger, dirty

3. What does this sign mean?

a)                 the thing is made from recycled materials

b)                the thing can be recycled

c)                 traffic sign “Roundabout”

Correct answer is a)

4. What do you call the rain that contains chemical waste and causes damage to plants and animals?

a)                 Mushroom rain

b)                Smog

c)                 Acid rain

Correct answer is c) Acid rain!

5. Which way saves more energy?

a)                 turning your computer off

b)                putting it in sleep mode

c)                 leaving it plugged in

Correct answer is a) Remember! The things use electricity when they’re plugged into the wall even if you’re not using it right now!

6. What country consumes more energy in the world?

a)                 China

b)                Russia

c)                 The USA

Correct answer is c) the USA.

7. What is the most polluted city in the world?

a)                 Shanghai, China

b)                Mexico City, Mexico

c)                 New Delhi, India

Correct answer is b) Mexico City. Air pollution in Mexico City is a severe ecological problem.

8. Which of the following countries has enacted legislation to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags?

a)                 Australia

b)                Bangladesh

c)                 Italy

d)                All of the above

All of the above as well as Ireland, South Africa, Taiwan and India have all enacted legislation to ban or reduce the use of plastic bags. Americans alone use an estimated 100 billion plastic shopping bags each year. Less than 1% of those bags is recycled and the rest of the bags never biodegrade at all.

9. Name the phenomenon because of which the earth's atmospheric temperature is increasing?

a)                 Greenhouse effect

b)                Bluehouse effect

c)                 Redhouse effect

Correct answer is a) Greenhouse effect

10. What ecological problem is shown in the picture?

a)                 Air pollution

b)                Global warming

c)                 Deforestation

Correct answer is c) deforestation. Remember! Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and release oxygen (O2).

11. Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere protects the earth from dangerous ultraviolet radiation of the sun?

a)                 Ionosphere

b)                Ozonosphere

c)                 Troposphere

Correct answer is b) Ozonosphere. Ozone layer absorbs most of the sun UV radiation.

12. Which of these sources of energy is a renewable one?

a)                 wind

b)                coal

c)                 oil

Correct answer is a) wind.

13. Why do many countries change their time twice a year (in autumn and in spring)?

a) to have an extra hour of daylight

b) to set the clock to the correct time

c) to get some more sleep

Correct answer is a) to have an extra hour of daylight.

14. Which pole is colder?

a) South Pole

b) North Pole

c) Both

You should know that both the Arctic (North Pole) and the Antarctic (South Pole) are cold because they don’t get any direct sunlight.

But the South Pole is a lot colder than the North Pole. Why?

The Arctic is ocean surrounded by land. The Antarctic is land surrounded by ocean. The ocean under the Arctic ice is cold, but still warmer than the ice! So the ocean warms the air a bit. Antarctica is dry and high.

15. Why are electric cars a good way to help reduce global warming?

a)                 They can go so fast that the winds they create gives additional energy

b)                They go so slow that after a while people just end up walking

c)                 They don't release greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

Correct answer is c) They don't release greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

16. What is the process of collecting, processing and reusing waste materials called?

a)                 Recycling

b)                Reusing

c)                 Reworking

Correct answer is a) Recycling

17. How much waste does a European family with two children throw away in a year?

a)                 100 kilos of paper and 200 kilos of plastic

b)                1000 kilos of paper and 2000 kilos of plastic

c)                 50 kilos of paper and 60 kilos of plastic

Correct answer is c)

18. The Bronx Zoo once had a picture frame covered by cloth. It was labelled “The most dangerous species in the world”. What was there under the cloth?

a)                 a virus

b)                a mirror

c)                 a great white shark

Correct answer is b) a mirror. Every visitor could see his own reflection.

19. Do the puzzle.

Correct answer is – environment!

20. Match the words from the two columns to create phrases or collocations.

1.                 acid rain

2.                 carbon dioxide

3.                 global warming

4.                 greenhouse effect

5.                 natural resources

6.                 nuclear waste

7.                 ozone layer

21. Fill in the gaps in the text with the derivatives of the words in capitals.

If we do not change our ways in dealing with Mother Earth, we will soon die out. One way of escaping ENVIRONMENTAL disasters is to reduce the exploitation of our NATURAL resources. We have to find RENEWABLE energy sources which will be more ENVIRONMENTALLY-friendly and will not pollute the air so much. This will certainly be hard to do, as HARDLY any country is willing to invest in ECOLOGY but we have to work HARD for the future generations. Finally, we have to remember that the changes must start with us: Earth is our home, our habitat, and we have to take good care of it. NATURALLY, if we do not do anything ourselves, why should we expect others to clean the environment for us?

For Want of a Nail

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe the horse was lost.

For want of a horse the rider was lost.

For want of a rider the message was lost.

For want of a message the battle was lost.

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

The rhyme is a good illustration of the “butterfly effect”, which shows that small actions can result in large after effect and …. even change the world.

Tell your parents, and your grandparents and your friends to do the small things that count.

We must take it step by step to make sure that you have a future to grow up there.

Person by person, family by family, community by community together we can make a difference.