Environment Quiz

What was the Amazon rainforest once called?

• Amazon desert

• Amazon savanna

• Amazon forest

• Amazon jungle

What do trees do for the environment?

• Cause diseases

• Store and purify water

• Create pollution

• Increase global warming

How many football fields worth of trees are cut down every minute?

• Twenty

• Thirty

• Fifty

• Forty

What did the native Americans feel responsible for regarding the land?

• Leaving it barren

• Leaving it polluted

• Leaving it for the next seven generations

• Leaving it for the animals

What did the author urge Sarah Palin to do?

• Ignore climate change

• Wear pollution masks

• Love the smell of fossil fuels

• Talk to the kids of Beijing

What did the author suggest we must look at to save the planet?

• The politicians

• The corporations

• The root causes

• The branches of government

What did the author say will happen if we don't work together to save the environment?

• Poverty will decrease

• We will be extinct

• Racism will increase

• Equality will be achieved

What did the author witness in Africa that inspired them to write the piece?

• Destruction of the rainforests

• Wildlife conservation efforts

• Climate change protests

• Deforestation in Asia

What did the author suggest as a way to fight the destruction of trees?

• Stand for trees

• Cut down more trees

• Ignore the issue

• Increase pollution

What did the wise man say will happen when the rivers are dried up and trees are cut down?

• Man will realize the importance of nature

• Money will lose value

• People will starve

• Animals will become extinct