Environmental Science Trivia
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What is environmental ethics?

  • The study of human beings' moral relationship to the environment (correct)
  • The study of how to exploit the environment for human gain
  • The study of how to destroy the environment
  • The study of how to dominate the environment
  • Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere has almost no water vapor and has nearly 1,000 times more ozone?

  • Thermosphere
  • Mesosphere
  • Stratosphere (correct)
  • Troposphere
  • What is the most popular teratogen?

  • Caffeine
  • Marijuana
  • Nicotine
  • Alcohol (correct)
  • What is the Philippine law that aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources?

    <p>Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the upper part of the stratosphere warmer?

    <p>It absorbs all the ultraviolet solar radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is a region of highly ionized gases, heated by a steady flow of high energy solar and cosmic radiation?

    <p>Thermosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period collectively called?

    <p>Fauna</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is environmental ethics?

    <p>The study of the moral relationship among human beings to the value and moral status of the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere has almost no water vapor and almost 1,000 times more ozone?

    <p>Stratosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most popular teratogen?

    <p>Alcohol</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Philippine law that aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources?

    <p>Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the upper part of the stratosphere warmer?

    <p>It absorbs all the ultraviolet solar radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is a region of highly ionized gases, heated by a steady flow of high energy solar and cosmic radiation?

    <p>Thermosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period collectively called?

    <p>Fauna</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Environmental Science Trivia

    • Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship among human beings to the value and moral status of the environment.
    • The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that has almost no water vapor and has nearly 1,000 times more ozone is the stratosphere.
    • The most popular teratogen is alcohol.
    • The Philippine law that aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources is the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.
    • The upper part of the stratosphere is warmer because it absorbs all the ultraviolet solar radiation.
    • The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is a region of highly ionized gases, heated by a steady flow of high energy solar and cosmic radiation is the thermosphere.
    • The animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period are collectively called fauna.
    • The long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place is climate change.
    • Endemic species are those that are restricted to one place and do not occur naturally in any other part of the world.
    • The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is the coldest part of the Earth's atmosphere, with temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius, is the mesosphere.
    • The Philippine law that ensures proper segregation, collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adaptation of the best eco-waste products is the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
    • The chemicals that mess up the natural activity of hormones are endocrine disruptors.

    Environmental Science Trivia

    • Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship among human beings to the value and moral status of the environment.
    • The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that has almost no water vapor and has nearly 1,000 times more ozone is the stratosphere.
    • The most popular teratogen is alcohol.
    • The Philippine law that aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources is the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.
    • The upper part of the stratosphere is warmer because it absorbs all the ultraviolet solar radiation.
    • The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is a region of highly ionized gases, heated by a steady flow of high energy solar and cosmic radiation is the thermosphere.
    • The animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period are collectively called fauna.
    • The long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place is climate change.
    • Endemic species are those that are restricted to one place and do not occur naturally in any other part of the world.
    • The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is the coldest part of the Earth's atmosphere, with temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius, is the mesosphere.
    • The Philippine law that ensures proper segregation, collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adaptation of the best eco-waste products is the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
    • The chemicals that mess up the natural activity of hormones are endocrine disruptors.

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    Test your knowledge on environmental science with this trivia quiz! From the layers of the Earth's atmosphere to the Philippine laws protecting the environment, this quiz covers a range of topics. Challenge yourself on topics like teratogens, endemic species, and climate change. See how many questions you can answer correctly and learn some new facts about the environment along the way.

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