Environmental Studies
Quiz covering environmental studies topics including ecosystems, pollution, conservation, forest cover, environmental awareness, and sustainability.
Questions
Why do leaves look green in colour?
- Due to presence of carbon dioxide
- Due to chlorofluorocarbons
- Due to chlorophyll
- Due to plants planted in soil
- Due to sunlight
Why should environmental education be taught in schools?
- Environmental education improves student's achievement in core subject areas.
- Environmental education connects classroom learning to the real world.
- Environmental education increases student's engagement in science.
- Environmental education helps understand nature deficit disorder.
- All of the above
Birds are often seen on the back of buffalo because __________.
- the birds want to rest after flying
- black colour attracts the birds
- they feed on insect present on grass
- they feed on parasites on the buffalo's back
- they want to sleep on buffalo's back
An EVS (Environmental Studies) teacher plans to take her students to park. What activities would she not allow students to undertake?
- Carrying their drawing books
- Playing in the park
- Plucking flowers
- Taking pictures
- Buying balloons
Which state has the highest percentage of forest?
- Bihar
- Rajasthan
- Kerala
- Haryana
- Madhya Pradesh
Which state has the lowest percentage of forest land?
- Haryana
- Madhya Pradesh
- Kerala
- Rajasthan
- Bihar
What is cutting of trees called?
- Reforestation
- Aforestation
- Deforestation
- Plantation
- None of these
The intensity of sound regarded as the safe noise level for the city is ____________.
- 90 dB
- 120 dB
- 45 dB
- 60 dB
- 5 dB
Which of the following measures can be helpful to save our earth?
- Reuse plastic bottles and bags.
- Reuse the waste products.
- Properly dump the garbage.
- Recycle waste products.
- All of the above
Which of the following cannot be recycled?
- Plastic water bottles
- Glass container
- Milk cartons
- Cotton cloth
- All of the above
What is underground water?
- Water that is spilled onto the ground
- Water beneath the ground surface
- The bottom part of sea or ocean
- Recharge water
- Water collected in pit holes
Most of the trash thrown away each day should be _________.
- recycled
- burned
- burried
- eaten
- decomposed
What is the process of making food of plants called?
- Food processor
- Photosynthesis
- Food burning
- Cooking
- None of these
Under whose leadership was the 'Chipko movement' strengthened?
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Sunderlal Bahuguna
- Indira Gandhi
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Which of the following planets has a ring around it?
- Jupiter
- Earth
- Saturn
- Mars
- Mercury
Spraying DDT on crops causes which kind of pollution?
- Air and soil
- Water and soil
- Water and air
- Crop and air
- Crop and soil
What are the two basic components of ecosystem?
- Biotic and Abiotic
- Hydrogen and Oxygen
- Organic and Inorganic
- Knowledge and Technology
- None of these
Which chemical is responsible for depletion in ozone layer in the atmosphere?
- Carbon dioxide
- Oxygen
- Chloroflurocarbon
- Chlorophyll
- Photochemical smoke
World Environment Day is observed on
- 1st July
- 7th April
- 5th June
- 1st Dec
- 22nd April
Which of these is the largest unit of life zone on earth?
- Biosphere
- Biome
- Ecosystem
- Universe
- Population
Earth Day is celebrated on which day?
- April 7
- June 5
- April 22
- Dec 1
- July 1