Nature, earth, and environment trivia quiz questions.
Which Indian state is at the eastern end of the Himalayas?
A: Assam.
What is the name of the atmospheric gas which screens out the sun's
harmful ultraviolet radiation?
A: Ozone.
What is the world's deepest ocean?
A: Pacific.
Which is the largest animal ever to have inhabited the Earth?
A: Blue Whale.
What once covered 14% of the Earth's land area, but by 1991 over half
had been destroyed?
A: Rainforest.
Which inland sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is fast
disappearing because the rivers that feed it have been diverted and
dammed?
A: Aral Sea.
The damaged Chernobyl nuclear power station is situated in which
country?
A: Ukraine.
What type of rock is granite?
A: Igneous.
What type of rock is basalt?
A: Igneous.
What is the main constituent of natural gas?
A: Methane.
What is the term for nutrient enrichment of lakes?
A: Eutrophication.
Which of the Earth's atmospheric layers reflects radio waves?
A: Ionosphere.
Which gas forms 80% of Earth's atmosphere?
A: Nitrogen.
In which mountain chain would you find Mount Everest?
A: Himalayas.
What is the collective term for substances such as coal, oil and
natural gas, the burning of which produces carbon dioxide?
A: Fossil fuel.
What contributes to the greenhouse effect at lower atmospheric
levels, but in the upper atmosphere protects life on Earth?
A: Ozone.
What is the name of the process by which substances are washed out of
the soil?
A: Leaching.
Who was director of the environmental pressure group Friends of the
Earth 1984 - 90?
A: Jonathon Porritt.
Which European country is committed to decommissioning all of its
nuclear reactors?
A: Sweden.
Which Canadian city gave its name to the 1987world agreement on
protection of the ozone layer?
A: Montreal.
Five-legged creatures have damaged which 1250 mile long wonder of the
world?
A: Great Barrier Reef.
The dodo was a native bird of which island?
A: Mauritius.
What is the name given to the study of earthquakes?
A: Seismology.
How do igneous rocks form?
A: From cooling volcanic lava.
How many carats is pure gold?
A:24.
Marble is formed by the metamorphosis of which rock?
A: Limestone.
Which common water pollutant is believed to be harmful to newborn
babies?
A: Nitrate.
Which radioactive substance sometimes occurs naturally in spring
water?
A: Radon.
What natural feature covers approximately 6% of the Earth's land
surface, and harbors 40% of the Earth's species?
A: Tropical rainforest.
What name is given to the huge growths of algae sometimes seen in
polluted lakes and rivers?
A: A bloom.
What was the name of the dioxin-containing defoliant used during the
Vietnam war by the USA army?
A: Agent Orange.
In which area of the world do tropical rainforests occur?
A: On or near the equator.
CITES is an international agreement on which environmental problem?
A: The trade in endangered species.
What is the approximate circumference of the earth?
A: 24,900 miles.
What prevents the earth's atmosphere from floating out into space?
A: Gravity.
What element give amethyst its violet color?
A: Manganese.
Which of the emissions from cars are acidic?
A: Nitrogen oxides.
Which quarry in the Italian region of Tuscany is renowned for the
quality of its marble?
A: Carrara.