Environmental Quiz Bowl

Question 1

I can live in the city or the country. I have little hands that can open things. It looks like I wear a mask. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Raccoon

Question 2

The ozone is located where?

Accepted Answer

Stratosphere

Question 3

I can live in the city or the country. I'm the size of a medium to large dog. I am a carnivore. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Coyote

Question 4

Which nonrenewable source of energy do we have the smallest amount of harvestable time left?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 5

What is another name for maple taps?

Accepted Answer

Spile

Question 6

What is the most mature stage of forest growth called?

Accepted Answer

Climax Community

Question 7

Oxygen makes up about what percent of the air we breathe?

Accepted Answer

21%

Question 8

What is a cause of primary succession?

Accepted Answer

Volcano

Question 9

What type of energy did the solar tube rely on?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Question 10

Which macroinvertebrate can live in semi-polluted water?

Accepted Answer

Scud

Question 11

Where is one of America's last glaciers?

Accepted Answer

Washington

Question 12

What are the first species to move into a primary succession area?

Accepted Answer

Lichens and Mosses

Question 13

The burning of what fossil fuel causes acid rain?

Accepted Answer

Coal

Question 14

Which is a nonrenewable form of energy?

Accepted Answer

Natural Gas

Question 15

What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Thermosphere

Question 16

An ozone molecule is made up of how many oxygen molecules

Accepted Answer

3

Question 17

What kind of skull is this?

Accepted Answer

Raccoon

Question 18

What kind of tree is this?

Accepted Answer

American Chestnut

Question 19

Which is not a fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear

Question 20

What type of energy is this?

Accepted Answer

Convection

Question 21

What form of energy is the most predominant in the US?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 22

Which macroinvertebrate can live in polluted water?

Accepted Answer

Midge

Question 23

What kind of tree is this?

Accepted Answer

Sugar Maple

Question 24

What process takes in carbon dioxide to create oxygen?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Question 25

Which is a renewable source of energy?

Accepted Answer

Biomass

Question 26

What kind of skull is this?

Accepted Answer

Rabbit

Question 27

What led to the decline of the American chestnut tree?

Accepted Answer

Blight

Question 28

What type of tree is this?

Accepted Answer

White Pine

Question 29

What part of the atmosphere do we live in?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Question 30

Which macroinvertebrate can only live in non-polluted water?

Accepted Answer

Dragonfly Larvae

Question 31

What makes up the largest percent of the air we breathe?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen

Question 32

What kind of tree is this?

Accepted Answer

Hemlock

Question 33

What kind of tree is this?

Accepted Answer

Red Maple

Question 34

What is a cause of secondary succession?

Accepted Answer

Fire

Question 35

What is the graph called?

Accepted Answer

Keeling Curve

Question 36

The air we breathe is made up of about what percent carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases?

Accepted Answer

1%

Question 37

What kind of skull is this?

Accepted Answer

Beaver

Question 38

Which fossil fuel causes black lung?

Accepted Answer

Coal

Question 39

About how many gallons of sap does it take to make one gallon of syrup?

Accepted Answer

40

Question 40

I like engineering my own environment. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Beaver

Question 41

What kind of skull is this?

Accepted Answer

Coyote

Question 42

The ozone protects us from what?

Accepted Answer

UV-B Rays

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