Environmental Quiz

What gas is the main cause of the greenhouse effect?
1. Carbon Dioxide
2. Nitrogen
3. Sulphur Dioxide
4. Methane
What is the main gas that shields the planet from the sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays?
1. Methane
2. Nitrogen
3. Carbon Dioxide
4. Ozone
What regions on earth are warming fastest?
1. Equatorial Regions
2. Desert Regions
3. Polar Regions
4. Temperate Regions
Which of the following nations will be more severely affected by increading sea levels due to global warming.
1. Tahiti
2. Papua New Guinea
3. Sri Lanka
4. Bangladesh
What gas does a cow produce in large quantities as a by-product of the digestion of grass (clue you can set fire to it).
1. Carbon Dioxide
2. Methane
3. Sulphur Dioxide
4. Nitrous Oxide
Which regions of the planet may benefit as a result of global warming?
1. Sub-artic regions of Canada, Alaska and Siberia
2. Semi-desert regions such as "sub-saharan" Africa,
3. Australia
4. The Brazilian equatorial rainforest
Which of the following is the correct term for storing away Carbon so that it is not released into the atmosphere in the form of Carbon Dioxide?
1. Fossilisation
2. Sequestration
3. Desertifcation
4. Biodegrading
In which Japanese city was an international treaty formed in 1997 to increase international efforts on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases?
1. Osaka
2. Kobe
3. Tokyo
4. Kyoto
Sulphur Dioxide in the atmosphere causes which ecological problem?
1. Acid Rain
2. A loss of ozone in the upper atmosphere
3. Confusion among long-distance migrating birds
4. Reduces rainfall
Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?
1. Coal
2. Natural gas
3. Oil
4. Uranium