Earth Day Trivia Game - Cebu

What date is Earth Day celebrated?

• April 21

• April 22

• April 20

• April 23

Answer explanation

Earth Day always falls on April 22.

What is the driest place on Earth?

• Atacama Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Great Victoria Desert

Answer explanation

Ironically, the driest place in the world — the Atacama Desert in northern Chile — is next to the biggest body of water — the Pacific Ocean. Average annual rainfall in Arica, Chile, is just 0.8 millimeters (0.03 inches). It is believed that Atacama's Calama city saw no rain for 400 years until a sudden storm fell in 1972. Unlike most deserts, the Atacama is relatively cold and, in its most arid parts, does not even host cyanobacteria — green photosynthetic microorganisms that live in rocks or under stones. NASA astrobiologists travel to the Atacama to look for microorganisms that live in such an extreme environment, hoping to learn how life might exist on other planets.

How many days does the earth revolve around the sun?

• 367 days

• 340 days

• 331 days

• 365 days

What is the second largest continent of the world?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Antarctica

Answer explanation

Africa is considered to be the second largest continent in the world with a total area of around 11 million square miles that account for 5.7% of the earth's surface as well as 20% of the total surface of land on our planet.

What is the world's longest river?

• Amazon River

• Yangtze River

• The Nile

• Congo River

Answer explanation

The Nile, which flows northward for 4,160 miles from east-central Africa to the Mediterranean, provided ancient Egypt with fertile soil and water for irrigation, as well as a means of transporting materials for building projects. Its vital waters enabled cities to sprout in the midst of a desert.

How many natural satellites does the earth have?

• 4550

• 1

• 450

• 5

Answer explanation

The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth.

What is the largest animal on Earth?

• African Elephant

• Rhinoceros

• Blue Whale

• Hippopotamus

Answer explanation

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.

On which continent can we find the coldest place on Earth?

• North America

• Arctic

• Asia

• Antarctica

Answer explanation

The East Antarctic plateau is the coldest place on Earth. But it is not the coldest permanently inhabited area. That record is held by Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon in northeastern Siberia.

What do we call an atmospheric phenomenon in which undulating waves of green, purple, and red lights dance across the sky also known as "northern lights"?

• Aurora Australis

• Aurora Borealis

• Aurora Fest

• Aurora Astrolis

Answer explanation

The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding.

What is known as the deepest oceanic trench on Earth?

• Mariana's Trench

• Tonga Trench

• Izu-Ogasawara Trench

• Philippine Trench

Answer explanation

Mariana Trench, also called Marianas Trench, deep-sea trench in the floor of the western North Pacific Ocean, the deepest such trench known on Earth, located mostly east as well as south of the Mariana Islands.