Eco-Trust Society's Trivia Tuesdays

Which day is Earth Day?

True of False: The idea for Earth Day came from Gaylord Nelson.

True or False: In 2016, the Paris Agreement was signed on Earth Day

Which of these statements is false?

What is major cause for ozone layer thinning or depletion?

One of the seven wonders of the world, which is also in India has got affected by air pollution from industry in its premises. Which is that wonder of the world?

When smoke reacts with industrial fog _____ will be formed.

In 1989 what oil tanker created a major water problem around Alaska?

What is the result when industrial chemicals combine with condensing water vapor?

What is visible air pollution called?

The evaporation of irrigation water leaves salt in soil producing what type of soil pollution?

What is the main source of water pollution in unindustrialized nations?

How can you help to make our country more environmentally friendly?

What animal of the Brazilian rainforest was discovered in the 1980s?

What is the main reason large cities start to need waste water treatment?

Waste water treatment typically isn't on the top of the priority list when human beings first settle in an area. If it goes unchecked, sooner or later people will start to get sick with diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, polio, and hepatitis. Waste water treatment is the single reason large cities are able to exist.

Chlorofluorocarbons (also known as CFCs) were first created in the 1920s. These dangerous compounds are also known by what name?

CFCs were first created by Thomas Midgley Jr. who, as it may have turned out, may have been one of the single-most destructive human beings on the planet. After Freon started getting use in refrigeration and cooling units, it ended up becoming an important part of aerosol cans and inhaler sprays. What wasn't known at the time was that these difficult-to-break-down compounds would have such an adverse effect on the atmosphere, depleting ozone and increasing greenhouse gas emissions to catastrophic levels. Oh yeah, and he also created leaded gasoline. Some people.

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, was created in the 1870s and later used as which of these, causing widespread damage to human health and natural ecosystems?

DDT started seeing use as pesticide as early as the late 1930s and while it worked to an extent, the long-term effects it had on people and animals alike was enough to get it banned from use in most countries. Outlined in Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", DDT was determined to be carcinogenic to humans and outright toxic to small animals, and we were spraying it on our crops during the Second World War. The ban of DDT in the United States was a turning point for several endangered species though the chemical's effect on waterways, soil composition, and birdlife continued long after.