Environmental Quiz for Juniors by Atharv and Sabyasachi, 2024

Environment Quiz for juniors hosted in Indian School Al Ghubra in 2024. Half of it we pulled from slideshare, while the other half was indigenous, so it should still be useful to new quizmasters looking for questions.

Happy Quizzing!

1. ENVIROMENT QUIZ JUNIORS FINALS

2. Rules: +20 points for correct answer on a direct, +10 for correct on a pass. No negative marking If one team gets the wrong answer, the question is bounced to the next until someone gives the correct answer The team can choose to pass the question The first 4 questions go clockwise, the last 4 anticlockwise. ROUND 1 POWERPLAY

3. Q1 These are the Rankings of what? Gansu, China Muppandal, Tamil Nadu Kern County, California Jaisalmer, Rajasthan Arlington, Oregon Roscoe, Texas

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5. These are the rankings of the places with the largest wind farms

6. Q2 This event was first started when US Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea to a young Denis Hayes. The first few times this event was held, several participating nations declared a holiday. Denis Hayes later stated, “____ is the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by over a billion people every year.” FITB

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8. Earth Day

9. Q3 The Dobson Unit (DU) is a unit of measurement for the amount of trace gas in a vertical column through the Earth’s atmosphere . Most commonly, it is used to measure the quantity of X It was named after an Oxford researcher Gordon Dobson, who was the first scientist to quantitatively measure the total X from the ground, making use of a double prism monochromator. Identify X

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11. Ozone

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14. Collaboration between BCCI and Tata to grow 500 trees for each dot ball in the playoffs

15. Q5 Although X trees in India Pakistan, and Nepal are Government owned and their harvest is controlled, many trees are still illegally cut down. Due to this, the price of a certain product derived from X have risen to over 2000$ per kg recently. It is considered sacred in some religions and is used for different religious traditions. Identify X, and the product

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17. Sandalwood This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

18. Q6 Species are classified by the IUCN Red list into 9 groups, decided by various criteria like rate of decline, population size, degree of population, etc. Extinct (EX) - No known individuals remaining Extinct in the Wild (EW) - Survive only in captivity ____ (CR) - Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild ____ (EN) - High risk of extinction in the wild. ____ (NT) - Likely to become endangered in the near future Least Concern (LC) - Lowest Risk, with abundant population. Data Deficient (DD) - Not enough data known Not evaluated (NE) - Has not yet been evaluated against criteria.

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20. Critically Endangered Endangered Not threatened

21. Q7 Whats so special about Turritopsis dohrnii

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23. The Immortal Jellyfish

24. Q8 Robert Angus Smith (1817-1884) was a Scottish chemist who investigated numerous environmental issues He is famous for his research on air pollution in 1852, in the course of which he discovered what came to be known as ……….. He is sometimes referred to as the ‘Father of ……….). The image shown is that of a book he published in 1872.

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26. Acid Rain

27. Middle Game Rules : 10 Questions Raise your hand to buzzing on an answer. +20/-10 Questions don’t pass. You have to answer immediately after your buzz is recognized. Teams can answer before the question has been completed ROUND 2

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29. Answer Cochin Airport – first fully solar powered airport in the world.

30. Q2 These animals are the 3rd largest type of land mammals on Earth. They spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the sun. They are graceful in water, good swimmers and can hold their breath underwater for up to 5 minutes. However they are often large enough to simply walk or stand on the lake floor. Their name literally translates to “ water horse ” in latin. Which animal am I talking about?

31. Answer - Hippopotamus

32. Q3 The fallacy of the image on the right is that penguins and the Polar bears are on the two ends of planet Earth and never meet. What is the only animal that meets them both during its migration journey ( the longest in the world)

33. Answer – Arctic Tern

34. Answer – James Cameron’s Avatar, the planet Pandora

35. Q5 Amazon River (South America) Nile River (Africa) X (Asia) Missouri-Mississippi River (North America) Y (Europe) Murray-Darling River (Australia) Onyx River (Antarctica)

36. Answer These are the longest rivers on each continent. X: The Yangtze in China Y: The Volga

37. Q6 In the 1990s, a decrease in the X population was noted by Vibhu Prakash of the Bombay Natural History Society. In 2003, Dr. Lindsay Oaks trace the culprit to diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug administered to livestock. Being fatal to X when they consumed the carcasses of dead animals, the widespread use of diclofenac in India in the 1990s lead to what is now known as the Indian X crisis. Identify X.

38. Answer: The Vulture

39. Q7 This is an orange zinnia flower which was grown in a veggie lab, installed in May 2014 and can be used in salads. The flower looks quite similar to other flowers of the same species. The only difference is the curled petals which could be due to a very specific reason What is special about this flower?

40. Answer This is the first flower grown in space, aboard the International Space Station.

41. Q8 The scientific name for this flower is Crocus sativus. It is high in demand and has been for a long time. What product does this flower provide us with?

42. Answer Saffron is obtained from this flower

43. Q9 This is the red-billed quelea ( Quelea quelea ), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch is found primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. This bird shares a distinction in a way, with another much more famous bird – the chicken. What distinction?

44. Answer This is the most common wild bird in the world, with an estimated 1.5 billion individuals. The chicken is the most common domestic bird, with 22.5 billion individual birds.

45. Q10 The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ) has an easily recognizable black, orange and white appern across tis wings with a wingspan of 8.9-10.2 cm. Belonging to the same family, the X butterfly ( Limenitis archippus ) is similar in color and pattern but is markedly smaller and has a smaller black stripe across each hindwing. Why are they colored similarly, and what is the phenomenon called. Bonus for giving X.

46. Answer – Mimicry, X: Viceroy Butterfly

47. Inning Break 8 questions – first 4 anticlockwise, next 4 clockwise 3 hints will be shown in order Try to guess the person based on them If your team gets its in the first hint, you get 30 points Second hint – 20 points Third hint – 10 points Picture – 5 points No negatives, questions do not pass.

48. Q1 - a Recognized for her global environment and humanitarian work, she was named a UN messenger of peace in 2002 - a position in which she continues to promote peace, environmentalism, and wildlife conservation.

49. Q1 - b Recognize for her global environment and humanitarian work, she was named a UN messenger of peace in 2002 - a position in which she continues to promote peace, environmentalism, and wildlife conservation. She was the first researcher to name the animals she worked with, allowing her to form a very close bond with them. Some of these animals were named David Greybeard, Goliath, Mike, Humphrey, Gigi, Frodo, and Mr. McGregor.

50. Q1 - c Recognize for her global environment and humanitarian work, she was named a UN messenger of peace in 2002 - a position in which she continues to promote peace, environmentalism, and wildlife conservation. She was the first researcher to name the animals she worked with, allowing her to form a very close bond with them. Some of these animals were named David Greybeard, Goliath, Mike, Humphrey, Gigi, Frodo, and Mr. McGregor. She made the groundbreaking discovery that chimpanzees make and use tools. She observed them stripping leaves off twigs to create tools for extracting termites from mounds, challenging the prevailing belief that only humans used tools.

51. Q1 - d

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53. Answer – Jane Goodall

54. Q2 - a He was knighted in 1985 for his services to broadcasting and natural history.

55. Q2 - b He was knighted in 1985 for his services to broadcasting and natural history. His older brother, Richard, was a prominent actor and filmmaker, known for directing the Academy Award-winning film "Gandhi."

56. Q2 - c He was knighted in 1985 for his services to broadcasting and natural history. His older brother, Richard, was a prominent actor and filmmaker, known for directing the Academy Award-winning film "Gandhi." He is known for his soothing and authoritative voice, which has become synonymous with high-quality wildlife documentaries.

57. Q2 - d

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59. Answer – Sir David Attenborough

60. Q3 - a She is a committed vegan, a lifestyle choice she made to reduce her impact on the environment. Her dedication to this cause extends to encouraging others to adopt a plant-based diet to combat climate change.

61. Q3 - b She is a committed vegan, a lifestyle choice she made to reduce her impact on the environment. Her dedication to this cause extends to encouraging others to adopt a plant-based diet to combat climate change. Fridays for Future, a very popular movement especially in the western world was founded by this person in August of 2018.

62. Q3 - c She is a committed vegan, a lifestyle choice she made to reduce her impact on the environment. Her dedication to this cause extends to encouraging others to adopt a plant-based diet to combat climate change. Fridays for Future, a very popular movement especially in the western world was founded by this person in August of 2018. In 2019, she became the youngest ever Time Person of the year.

63. Q3 - d

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65. Answer – Greta Thunberg

66. Q4 – a He was born on January 9, 1927, in Maroda village near Tehri, in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. His early experiences in the mountains greatly influenced his future environmental activism.

67. Q4 – b He was born on January 9, 1927, in Maroda village near Tehri, in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. His early experiences in the mountains greatly influenced his future environmental activism. He was educated at the Government Inter College in Tehri. He later went on to study at the National College in Lahore before joining the non-violent struggle for Indian independence led by Mahatma Gandhi.

68. Q4 – c He was born on January 9, 1927, in Maroda village near Tehri, in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. His early experiences in the mountains greatly influenced his future environmental activism. He was educated at the Government Inter College in Tehri. He later went on to study at the National College in Lahore before joining the non-violent struggle for Indian independence led by Mahatma Gandhi. He is best known for his role in the Chipko movement, which started in the 1970s. The movement, whose name means "to hug" or "to cling to," involved villagers, especially women, hugging trees to prevent them from being cut down by loggers.

69. Q4 – d

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71. Answer – Sunderlal Bahaguna

72. Q5 – a Due to a lack of interest in mathematics, he could not complete his college studies. And after failing in his family's mining business, he took a course in zoology at the age of 20 & got a job as a guide at the Museum of Natural History Society.

73. Q5 – b Due to a lack of interest in mathematics, he could not complete his college studies. And after failing in his family's mining business, he took a course in zoology at the age of 20 & got a job as a guide at the Museum of Natural History Society. He became a key figure behind the Bombay Natural History Society after 1947 and used his personal influence to garner government support for the organisation, create the Bharatpur bird sanctuary (Keoladeo National Park) and prevent the destruction of what is now the Silent Valley National Park.

74. Q5 – c Due to a lack of interest in mathematics, he could not complete his college studies. And after failing in his family's mining business, he took a course in zoology at the age of 20 & got a job as a guide at the Museum of Natural History Society. He became a key figure behind the Bombay Natural History Society after 1947 and used his personal influence to garner government support for the organisation, create the Bharatpur bird sanctuary (Keoladeo National Park) and prevent the destruction of what is now the Silent Valley National Park. He was known as the "Bird Man Of India"

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76. Answer: The Birdman of India, Salim Ali

77. Q6 – a He served as director general of the International Rice Research Institute (1982–88) and as president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1984–90).

78. Q6 – b He served as director general of the International Rice Research Institute (1982–88) and as president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1984–90). For his contributions he has been felicitated with several prestigious awards, including the Padma Shri in 1967, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1971, Padma Bhushan in 1972, the inaugural World Food Prize in 1987 and Padma Vibhushan in 1989.

79. Q6 – c He served as director general of the International Rice Research Institute (1982–88) and as president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1984–90). For his contributions he has been felicitated with several prestigious awards, including the Padma Shri in 1967, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1971, Padma Bhushan in 1972, the inaugural World Food Prize in 1987 and Padma Vibhushan in 1989. He passed away last year on September 28 in Chennai. Known as the architect of the Green revolution in India

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81. Answer – MS Swaminathan

82. Q7 – a In his youth, he was an avid collector of beetles. During his time at Cambridge University, he became deeply engrossed in entomology, particularly beetle collecting, and even discovered several new species.

83. Q7 – b In his youth, he was an avid collector of beetles. During his time at Cambridge University, he became deeply engrossed in entomology, particularly beetle collecting, and even discovered several new species. He was initially hesitant to publish his new theory. He spent over 20 years gathering evidence and refining his ideas. It was only after receiving a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace, who had independently conceived a similar theory, that he was prompted to publish his findings in 1859.

84. Q7 – c In his youth, he was an avid collector of beetles. During his time at Cambridge University, he became deeply engrossed in entomology, particularly beetle collecting, and even discovered several new species. He was initially hesitant to publish his new theory. He spent over 20 years gathering evidence and refining his ideas. It was only after receiving a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace, who had independently conceived a similar theory, that Darwin was prompted to publish his findings in 1859. He was a member of the "Glutton Club" at Cambridge University, a group dedicated to eating unusual meats. During his travels on the HMS Beagle, he continued this adventurous eating habit by sampling exotic animals, including armadillos, iguanas, and giant tortoises.

85. Q7 – d

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87. Answer – Charles Darwin

88. Q8 – a This british polymath born in 1635 was influential in many diverse fields such as physics, engineering, astronomy, geology, architecture, biology, and meteorology, and made one of the most important discoveries in the field of biology.

89. Q8 – b This british polymath born in 1635 was influential in many diverse fields such as physics, engineering, astronomy, geology, architecture, biology, and meteorology, and made one of the most important discoveries in the field of biology. While today he is best known for his book, “ micrographia ”, he also discovered the law which governs elasticity in springs, now named after him.

90. Q8 – c This british polymath born in 1635 was influential in many diverse fields such as physics, engineering, astronomy, geology, architecture, biology, and meteorology, and made one of the most important discoveries in the field of biology. While today he is best known for his book, “ micrographia ”, he also discovered the law which governs elasticity in springs, now named after him. When investigating cork under a microscope, he noticed that its structure looked very similar to the cellula , or small rooms, occupied by monks in monasteries, which lead to his most famous discovery.

91. Q8 – d

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93. Answer - Robert Hooke

94. Powerplay 2 Given 3-4 pictures, connect them to a certain person or thing. +20, -10 per question for the main answer. Identifying all the images will give you +5 bonus, but only if you get the main theme right as well O nly 1 try allowed

95. EXAMPLE

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97. Answer Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

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99. Answer – Jungle Book Jungle Book

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101. Answer – CFCs, and their effect on the ozone layer

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103. Answer – Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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105. Answer – Sunderbans Logos were Cincinatti Bengals and Delta Airlines

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107. Answer – Green Revolution

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109. Answer – Genetically Modified Foods, or GMO foods

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111. Answer – Team Seas

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113. Answer – Steve Irwin

114. DEATH OVERS 8 questions: first 4 clockwise, then anticlockwise Each team gets a direct question for + 20, or -20 points. However, besides attempting they can do 2 other things. They can pass the question, getting 0 points and closing the question. They can throw the question to any other team on stage. If a team receives a question by throw, they MUST attempt the question, for +20 or -10 points. They cannot pass it or throw it again.

115. Q1 Found on the steep and rocky regions of Himalayas, it is the descendant of the wild cat and panther families. They have long thick fur and their skin color varies from yellowing tan to smoky gray. With loss of habitat and hunting there has been 20% reduction intheir population over the past 20 years. They are hunted for the fur trade and their bones are sought after in traditional asian medicine. Unlike other big cats (excluding the cheetah), they cant roar. Identify them.

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117. Answer – Snow Leopard

118. On her journey to the USA from China , Chi-Chi got into trouble when US banned her entry calling her a ‘communist good’. She was kept in London for time’s sake and became a major attraction there. How is Chi-Chi famous today? Something very important in the field of environment conservation. Q2

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120. Answer – WWF logo

121. Q3 X are one of the most resilient known animals, with individual species able to survive extreme conditions that would be rapidly fatal to nearly all other known life forms, such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures, air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation They have been found everywhere: from mountain tops to the deep sea and mud volcanoes, from tropical rain forests to the Antarctic They are the first known animals to survive in space The name roughly means slow stepper ID X

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123. Answer - Tardigrade

124. Q4 Comprising of 2,900 individual bars of rock and 900 islands stretching over an area of 344,400 sq.km, _________ is the worlds biggest single structure made by living organisms. Its resilience has come into doubt lately due to reports of bleaching . Warming ocean temperatures have seriously affected northern parts of _________. FITB

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126. Answer - Great Barrier Reef

127. Q5 A few years back, a certain brand partnered with the organization “Parley for the oceans” to turn marine plastic pollution like bottles and wrappers into shoes and sportswear of the highest quality. They revealed that they had sold over 1 million such pairs of shoes, and had also created a world first – a shoe that was created 100% from recycled ocean plastic, called the Futurecraft Loop . Picture is on the next slide.

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129. Answer - Adidas

130. Q6 Below is a non exhaustive list of what? Also, find X. Air Pollution: 2019 Time for nature: 2020 Ecosystem Restoration: 2021 #OnlyOneEarth: 2022 #BeatPlasticPollution: 2023 X: 2024

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132. Answer – themes for world environment day X: land restoration, stopping desertification, and building through resilience

133. Q7 This 2 word term, with the name of an animal in it, is closely associated with the work of the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Norton Lorentz who had to be persuaded to drop the seagull, storm analogies and finally settled on naming it after this beautiful animal, to create an iconic term. This term refers to the phenomenon of “ extremely sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaotic systems ”, and is commonly observed in several natural phenomenon like the weather , ocean currents , and even rotation of planets . Identify X.

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135. Answer – Butterfly effect

136. Q8 This was one of the biggest disasters in the 20th century. The only other event with the same severity took place in Japan in 2011. The initial emergency response, together with later decontamination efforts needed over 500,000 personnel. Due to this, airborne contaminants were released and deposited into several parts of Europe and the USSR. In response to this incident, a 10km exclusion zone was setup, which still exists till this day. After this, 4 square km of pine forest turned reddish brown and died, earning it the name of the “Red Forest” What was the event?

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138. Answer - Chernobyl

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