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Test Your Environmental Knowledge with ELS Friendsgiving Quiz!
Welcome to the ELS Friendsgiving Quiz, where you can challenge your understanding of environmental science and pop culture connections! This quiz covers a variety of engaging questions about climate change, animal adaptations, and more.
- Multiple choice format
- Fun and educational
- Great for groups or individual play
The axial tilt of the Earth is an important regulator of Earth’s climate (on timescales of tens of thousands of years); what would happen to Earth’s climate without the tilt?
Temperature contrasts between latitudes would grow more severe
Seasonal contrasts would grow more severe
Temperature contrasts between day and night would become more severe
The Earth’s average surface temperature would rise
John Travolta starred in the 1998 film a Civil Action, about an environmental lawyer who takes on an industrial polluter whose waste poisoned a number of children. In 2014, John Travolta also had a whoopsie-daisy moment when he mispronounced the name of famous Broadway Star Idina Menzel at the 2014 Oscars; what did he call her?
Adolf Dazzler
Delly Matterhorn
Adele Dazeem
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Predators often depend on camouflage to stalk and surprise their prey. Tigers are one such predator, yet their orange fur often stands out against the green often found in their habitats; what is the leading theory on the cause of this adaptation of color?
The orange creates a sharp contrast to its dark stripes, which helps disrupts its size and shape to the perception of its prey
Tigers as they stalk get low to the ground, which is often covered in dead leaves and other brownish foliage; the orange is more suited to this color and helps them camouflage
While tigers have techniques and stripes to help it hunt prey, its orange color actually evolved as a form of plumage; more vibrant oranges are seen as desirable to potential mates
The preferred prey of Tigers are blind to red and orange colors, making it hard for them to perceive the Tiger’s coat
What is the significance of black body radiation to Climate Change?
Black body radiation predicts what wavelengths of thermal radiation a body will likely emit based on its size; the Earth’s size leads it to emit radiation that greenhouse gases are able to absorb and trap
Black body radiation predicts the wavelengths of thermal radiation of a body that’s in equilibrium with its environment, based on its temperature. The Earth is heating up as a way to radiate more energy out and maintain its equilibrium
Black body radiation predicts what wavelengths of thermal radiation a body will likely emit based on its surface area; Earth’s surface area is such that when it emits energy it does so at a wavelength that green house gases can absorb
What two surprising countries recently released a joint declaration at the COP26 Climate Summit?
Cuba and The Bahamas
China and The US
Russia and the US
Russia and China
Why does the thresher shark have a long caudal fin?
For speedy swimming
For buoyancy
To stun prey
Because it looks cool
How many species of parrots exist in our world?
200
350
2,000
3,500
What is the key to the Earth’s geological regulation of its carbon dioxide concentrations in its atmosphere?
Dissolution of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the oceans which then precipitates onto the ocean floor
Carbon dioxide is used up by the weathering reactions of carbonate minerals
The absorption of carbon dioxide by plant life, which in turn are buried and sedimented, trapping carbon underground
Carbon dioxide’s relatively density is such that it eventually escapes Earth’s atmosphere into space
In 2020, Colorado experienced the three largest fires in the states' history with more than 625,000 acres burned. Both the East Troublesome Fire and the Cameron Peak Fire caused significant damage to which Colorado park?
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Mesa Verde
Rocky Mountain National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
In 1932, Australian farmers returned from World War I only to be confronted with an entirely different kind of enemy. The Australian government went to “war” with which animal in an attempt to appease the farmers?
Emus
Dingos
Kangaroos
Rabbits
In environmental law, one contentious species to protect is wolves, but their threat to human lives, like other apex predators, can sometimes be overstated. Which other animal kills approximately the same number of humans per year as wolves do? (for reference, mosquitos kill approximately 1,000,000 people per year, and the freshwater snail kills approximately 10,000!)
Sharks (10 people per year)
Lions (100 people per year)
Elephant (100 people per year)
Cougars (27 fatal attacks in North America in the past 100 years)
Galapagos tortoises have one of the longest life expectancies of any species on the planet, frequently living over 100 years. By contrast, some mice species have a life expectancy of only 18 months! What might help explain this difference?
Scientists have observed a “bell curve” of size, where the smallest and largest animals on the plant tend to have lower life expectancies than more moderately sized species
Galapagos tortoises are picky eaters, and tend to only eat vegetables -- scientists now believe that vegan lifestyles help improve life expectancy
The Galapagos tortoise has an incredibly slow heart rate; scientists have observed a strong inverse correlation between the rate of an animal’s heart beat and its life expectancy
Galapagos tortoises have few natural predators; because they’re most vulnerable at young ages, their ability to reach adulthood without much fear of being eaten enables them to live long peaceful lives!
This species lives mainly in the seas around the Antarctic, is referred to as the “shark of the Antarctic,” and is often marketed in restaurants as Chilean Sea Bass due to its unfortunate name.
Orca
Penguins
Polar Bear
Toothfish
Cattle ranchers are concerned about their cattle mingling with this species for fear that the cattle will contract brucellosis, a disease that causes infertility, milk reduction, and weight loss, among other issues. Due to fear of the disease the US government killed herds of this species to prevent brucellosis from spreading to cattle.
Elk
Deer
Bison
Caribou
What is the world’s largest dam in electricity production?
Gross Dam
Three Gorges Dam
Hoover Dam
Nurek Dam
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