Symbolism of the Earth Day
True or false?
"Earth" Facts
Biomes of the Earth
100
What actions are taken in support of the Earth during the Earth Hour?
For one hour all the inhabitants of the planet turn off the lights and electrical appliances, turn off the lights on the buildings. The time is set the same for everyone.
100
Earth Day Network aims to plant billions of trees
True
Earth Day Network, an organization that has been instrumental in promoting Earth Day worldwide, aims to plant billions of trees worldwide to help combat climate change and restore ecosystems.
100
Which of the following terms is used to
describe resources that can be replenished
naturally?
1. Renewable resources
2. Non-renewable resources
3. Fossil fuels
1. Renewable resources
100
What biome is often defined by its extreme temperature fluctuations between day and night?
Desert
200
How is the bell which is rung to celebrate the Earth Day called ?
1. Peace Bell 2. Earth Bell 3. Environmental Bell
Peace Bell 
The first such bell was installed in 1954 at the UN headquarters in NY and cast from coins collected by children from different countries. The words “Long live universal peace throughout the world” were engraved on it. Similar bells subsequently appeared in many countries
200
The Earth's rainforests provide our planet with approximately 5% of its oxygen
False
Tropical rainforests are the lungs of planet Earth.
The Amazon rain forest, in particular, is so vast that it is said to produce 20% of all the Earth’s oxygen.
200
How is the name "Earth" specific among other planets' names?
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
The other seven planets in our solar system are all named after Roman gods or goddesses. 
200
One-third of the Earth's stored carbon is found in ...
Arctic Tundra Soil
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300
What is the ecological theme of the 2025 Earth Day?
1. Our Power, Our Planet
2. Invest in Our Planet
3. Planet vs. Plastics
1. Our Power, Our Planet (a call for a tripling of renewable energy production by 2030)
2023 - Invest in Our Planet
2024 - Planet vs. Plastics
300
10 mln people participated in the first Earth
Day
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False
Earth Day inspired 20 million Americans — at the time, 10% of the total population of the United States — to take to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate against the impacts of 150 years of industrial development which had left a growing legacy of serious human health impacts.
300
What and where is a Garbage Island?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a twisting and turning vortex made up of trash and waste. It is twice the size of continental America and contains about 100 million tons of garbage, it stretches from the West Coast of North America to Japan along the Pacific Ocean.
300
What is sometimes called the "rainforest of the sea"?
Coral reefs
400
Which of the flags is the Earth Flag?
1.
2.
3.
3 The photograph of Earth taken by the crew of the Apollo 10 on 18 May 1969, was used in the first version of the flag design proposed by John McConnell
400
Earth Day is also known as International Save Planet Day
False
400
Which industry has the highest water consumption rate?
1. Textile manufacturing
2. Agriculture
3. Energy Industry
Agriculture uses 70% of the world's freshwater
400
How much sunlight reaches the ground in tropical rainforests?
1. less than 10%
2. less than 2%
3. less than 5%
2. less than 2%
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500
What is considered to be the symbol of the Earth Day?
1. symbol of recycling 
2. the Greek letter theta Θ 
3. the image of planet with leaves
it is a combination of letters «e» (environment) and «o» (organism)
500
Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation was signed on Earth Day in 2016
True
500
What does 350, the Magic Number of climate
change, refer to?
1. 350 million diversity of flora and fauna
2. 350 parts per million of "safe" carbon dioxide emission in the atmosphere
3. 350 million kilometres of ocean water
2. 350 parts per million of safe Carbon Dioxide emission in the atmosphere
500
Which of these is: bog, swamp, marsh?
1 - marsh
2- bog
3 - swamp