Earth Day Jeopardy for Kids

Earth Day

100

When is Earth Day?

April 22

200

What is it called when you take something you're going to throw out and turn it into something else?

Recycle

300

Name three materials that can be recycled?

Paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, metal/aluminum

400

What is one way you can help keep the planet clean?

400 points if you give one way to protect Earth!

500

What are three natural resources

Air, Water, Soil, Minerals, Sunlight

Animals

100

What is the slowest animal in the world?

Three-Toed Sloth

200

What is the only mammal capable of true flight?

Bat

300

What bird is a universal symbol of peace?

Dove

400

What is the largest cat?

Tiger (Siberian Tiger)

500

Whales can live a long time.  In years, how old can the oldest species of whale live up to?

200 years

Planet Earth

100

Earth is the ____ planet from the sun?

3rd

200

What is the closest star to the Earth?

The Sun

300

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?

365 days or 1 year

400

What percentage of the Earth is water?

70%

500

What is the invisible line around the Earth that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?

Equator