Earth Day Trivia Questions And Answers
Trivia Questions To Celebrate Earth Day
This article will include 30+ Earth Day trivia questions to help your teams celebrate this important holiday and broaden their sustainability knowledge!
With Earth Day right around the corner, finding activities and icebreakers to entertain, engage and learn with your teams is important. Use Earth Day as an opportunity for us and our teams to expand our sustainability knowledge, a fun game of trivia is a great way to instill a little friendly competition and challenge each other. By incorporating Earth Day team building activities, Earth Day icebreakers, and Earth Day trivia, you can help your teams connect and have fun while learning more about the planet.
Geography Trivia questions for earth day
1. What is the driest region on Earth outside Antarctica?
Atacama Desert, South America
Sahara Desert, North Africa
Chihuahuan Desert, North America
2. What is the biggest mountain range in South America?
Saint Elias Mountains
Andes Mountains
Atlas Mountains
3. What is the biggest country by land area in the world?
Russia
Canada
China
4. What is the largest active volcano in the world?
Mount Fuji
Mauna Loa
Mount Etna
5. What is the longest river in the United States?
Mississippi River
Yukon River
Missouri River
Climate Change Trivia questions for earth day
1. Which of the following greenhouse gases is the biggest contributor to global warming?
Carbon dioxide
Water vapor
Methane
2. Which of the following is a sign of climate change?
Increase in extreme weather events
Tectonic plates shifting
Decreasing sea levels
3. Which regions have experienced the most obvious and impactful effect of global warming so far?
Tropical rainforests
Arctic regions
Barren deserts
4. What is the US's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions?
Public Transportation
Generating Electricity
Farming/Agriculture
5. Which country has the highest electric car use per capita?
Norway
Japan
Netherlands
Sustainable Fashion Trivia questions for earth day
1. How long can a synthetic fiber like nylon take to break down in a landfill?
10 to 20 years
30 to 40 years
75+ years
2. How many gallons of water would it take on average to produce one cotton t-shirt?
650+ gallons
850+ gallons
1,000+ gallons
3. Which brand was the first to turn plastic waste into clothing?
The North Face
Mountain Hardware
Patagonia
4. What percentage of donated clothing ends up in landfills or incinerators?
More than 40%
More than 60%
More than 80%
5. Which of the following textiles does not shed microfibers?
Linen
Nylon
Spandex
Recycling and pollution Trivia questions for earth day
1. What is the most commonly littered item?
Coffee cups
Cigarette butts
Chewing gum
2. What percentage of plastic do we recycle globally?
9%
15%
21%
3. Which of the following countries is a global waste management and recycling leader?
Finland
Ireland
Germany
4. Which of the following items cannot be recycled?
To-go coffee cups
Magazines and newspapers
Steel cans
5. Where should you dispose of batteries?
Household trash can
Official battery disposers
Hazardous waste facility
Food Waste Trivia questions for earth day
1. Which country wastes the most food annually (80 billion pounds)?
United States
Brazil
India
2. How much of the United States food waste comes directly from households?
23%
43%
63%
3. Food waste contributes what percentage of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions?
11%
22%
33%
4. The average American family wastes how much in $ in the form of food waste?
$1,200
$1,600
$2,000
5. Which of the following is a delivery service for food items with cosmetic imperfections?
Imperfect Foods
No Waste Basket
Perfect To Me
Renewable Energy Trivia questions for earth day
1. Which country generates nearly 100% of its energy through geothermal and hydro reserves?
Norway
Iceland
Greenland
2. What is the world’s largest source of renewable energy?
Hydropower
Solar power
Bioenergy
3. Where is the current largest solar power plant in the world located?
China
Egypt
India
4. What is the most sustainable and eco-friendly renewable energy source?
Water
Solar
Wind
5. Where was the first wind turbine developed for electrical power developed?
Scotland
Denmark
France
Regenerative Agriculture Trivia questions for earth day
1. Livestock farming is responsible for what percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions?
14.5%
18.5%
22.5%
2. Which of the following is a regenerative agriculture practice?
Crop rotation
Overgrazing
Monocropping
3. _______ are grown between crop cycles to capture soil nutrients and improve soil characteristics for the next crop.
Protective crops
Cover crops
Cyclical crops
4. After photosynthesis, soil carbon storage occurs if left undisturbed. What is this process called?
Carbon filtration
Carbon sequestration
Carbon rotation
5. What is tillage?
The mechanical agitation of soil
The addition of plant material to compost
The result of the harvest season
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