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Environmental Issues

Can you guess these facts related to the environment of our planet?
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First submittedMarch 1, 2015
Times taken24,250
Average score80.0%
Rating4.38
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Name for a gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
Greenhouse gas
The two most abundant of those gases, other than water vapor
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Region of the atmosphere depleted by chlorofluorocarbons
Ozone layer
Type of rain caused by sulfur dioxide emissions
Acid rain
Creatures that can become "bleached" due to ocean acidification
Coral
Country that built a 1000 mile "rabbit-proof fence" in an effort to
contain invasive rabbits
Australia
The world's first national park
Yellowstone
Major inland sea of Central Asia that has almost completely dried up
Aral Sea
The world's worst nuclear disaster, in 1986
Chernobyl
Type of animal threatened by "medicinal" use of its horn
Rhinoceros
This Chinese delicacy is one reason for the decline in shark populations
Shark fin soup
In 2020, it represented 3.5% of world electricity generation, up from 0.01% in 2004
Solar power
Bird that went extinct in Mauritius in the 1600s, just a few decades
after it was first observed
Dodo
Annual event founded in 1972 to raise awareness of environmental issues
Earth Day
The three main fossil fuels
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
First, and bestselling, model of hybrid vehicle
Toyota Prius
Term for the tiny animals and plants at the bottom of the food chain in the ocean
Plankton
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40 Comments
Quizmaster
+26
Level ∞
Mar 1, 2015
I hope this quiz isn't too much doom and gloom. There are some reasons to be hopeful. Particularly the growth of solar power.
buck1017
+14
Level 78
Mar 1, 2015
As an engineer working with architects regularly, we are seeing more and more solar power specified. We are also seeing an increase in geothermal. As these systems become less expensive and more widely available, not to mention all of the green building initiatives already in place, you will start to see more and more energy efficient buildings. The goal is by 2030 to have buildings with 100% efficiency.
TravelingMama
+1
Level 73
Apr 1, 2022
Aren't there significant environmental and ethical concerns with the production of solar power though? I support solar but I'm skeptical it's going to really solve any problems.
AlmostAGenius
+4
Level 81
Apr 22, 2022
Hypothetically, if we could place solar panels at every house plus some large scale solar farms, we could fulfill the energy needs for everyone on Earth. Although there are some concerns with the mining and production of solar panels, once in place, it would be extremely effective in curbing pollution and global warming. Of course the idea that we could get electricity to every house is improbable; however, if governments and large corporations would put in some significant investments, it is most certainly possible.
Ferbin
+6
Level 76
Apr 28, 2022
Environmental and ethical concerns? More significant than fossil fuel? Come on, you're buying into the fossil fuel industry propaganda. There's no aspect of switching to solar (or other renewable energies) that's not positive, especially when compared to fossil fuels. Even the "it's not enough" argument is increasingly becoming untrue.
GlassMonkeyCode
+2
Level 68
Jun 10, 2023
I just realized that the most important issue of this century is vary rarely mentioned in featured quizzes. I've recently been taking the general knowledge series and there are lots of Nobel questions, Marylin Monroe questions, but nothing on climate change/breakdown. I've played too many quizzes here for its absense to be a coincidence.
cma61466
+2
Level 70
Apr 22, 2015
Was Three Mile Island before Chernobyl?
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Apr 22, 2015
7 years earlier but much less severe.
BiggieSmalls
+8
Level 74
Apr 22, 2015
it says worlds worst disaster, not the first
AntiMatter8192
+7
Level 68
Apr 22, 2022
"Disaster" implies an accident and Hiroshima and Nagasaki clearly weren't one.
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Dec 8, 2019
Yellowstone seems kinda like an odd answer to have? I know tourism is harming national parks, but that isn't explicitly stated in the clue.
Moos1005
+1
Level 84
Oct 31, 2020
It might refer more to the caldera under there, that's threatening us with a climatic catastrophe in case of eruption.
Djilas
+10
Level 83
Mar 31, 2022
conservation of nature/biodiversity is an environmental issue, isn't it?
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Apr 22, 2022
Yeah, I take back my earlier comment, I think it's a valid thing to put on this quiz. It's also a nice reminder of some of the progress we've made in addressing these issues.
bigvbdude
+5
Level 95
Mar 31, 2022
Ummm...I got 20/20 and only earned 4 points? What is going on with that?
bigvbdude
+1
Level 95
Mar 31, 2022
Now it's up to 5 points. Whatever you did, thank you!
brandybuck96
+35
Level 83
Mar 31, 2022
Any chance 'gas' could be accepted for 'natural gas'?
nicolasquiz
+18
Level 68
Mar 31, 2022
I also tried gas at first before figuring out that the 'natural' needs to be added. I'm not sure if it's different in English but in German you can definitely just say "Gas".
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Mar 31, 2022
I think it's because in the USA 'gas' means gasoline, so Americans might enter it thinking of oil.
mez
+10
Level 71
Apr 1, 2022
we just say gas too in Australia, eg, gas stove, not a natural gas stove and we are either hooked up to gas or electricity.
rocamorar
+10
Level 78
Apr 4, 2022
Yeah, "gas" alone should suffice.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 90
Apr 22, 2022
I tried gas first too, but then when that didn’t work I thought of natural gas.
hthedrums
+2
Level 69
May 30, 2022
Once I'd worked out I had to put natural gas I was cooking on gas.
wario85
+2
Level 68
Feb 8, 2023
I agree, algo natural gas is mostly methane, so it should work too.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
May 29, 2024
Also in favor for gas. When gas didn't work I tried methane as a last resort. Stared at the screen for 1.5 minute before giving up. My mind went blank after that.

The percentage is quite telling too.

ItzIngenious
+1
Level 60
Mar 31, 2022
Technically phytoplankton is at the bottom, maybe accept that?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Mar 31, 2022
It says in the clue "animals and plants".
Iluvbread123
+8
Level 75
Mar 31, 2022
CH4 for methane? That one's fairly commonly known so accepting it as a type-in would make sense
blizzrd33
+7
Level 80
Mar 31, 2022
Once CO2 was accepted I went straight to CH4 and expected it would also be accepted.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Mar 31, 2022
CH4 will work now.
QuizApe
+1
Level 68
Apr 22, 2022
Can you change oil to crude oil?
stusum
+6
Level 64
Apr 22, 2022
Can gas be accepted rather than natural gas?
GlobalCitizen
+1
Level 65
Apr 24, 2022
I tried the same
Murphster45
+2
Level 89
Apr 22, 2022
Fun Fact, on the first Earth Day in 1970, the Native-American rock band Redbone, most known for the song Come and Get Your Love, would perform as the opening act for the celebrations.
Azerk
+1
Level 65
Apr 22, 2022
Killing myself right now, I forgot that worst nuclear event!
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 81
Apr 22, 2022
I’ll tell you that my AP Environmental Science class really came in clutch here. We’ve gone over literally every single point on this quiz
Linen
+1
Level 52
May 19, 2022
100% ez thanks to my APES teacher Mr Goodrich
Fianchetto
+1
Level 75
Apr 11, 2023
I think unicorn is the correct answer to answer 11.
Fianchetto
+1
Level 75
May 15, 2023
Question 10, answer 11.
MnGoblin
+1
Level 65
Sep 24, 2024
Any chance Bogd Khan Uul could be accepted for the national park one?
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