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Our Planet: One Planet Questions
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29 Questions
1.
2.
How long ago did we go to the moon?
a) We have
never been
to the moon.
b) 50 years ago.
c) 100 years
ago.
d) Last year.
What has happened to the human population since we
have landed on the moon?
a) There are no
b) It has tripled.
more
humans.
c) It has
doubled.
3.
d) It has stayed
the same.
About how long ago did humans build their first
settlements (villages)?
a) 10,000 years
b) 1,000,000
years
c) Humans
have not
settled
d) 1,000 years
4.
5.
What has happened to wildlife populations, on average,
over the last 50 years?
a) Increased
(went up) by
100%
b) Declined
(went down)
by 10%
c) Declined
(went down)
by 75%
d) Declined
(went down)
by 60%
Where do seabirds congregate in colonies millions
strong?
a) Along the
b) In the
Peruvian
coast of
NamibNauklift
South
America
National Park
of Africa
c) Along the
coast of
Madagascar
d) In the San
Francisco Bay
of the United
States
6.
What is the "Humboldt"?
a) A storm
b) A powerful
ocean
current
c) A type of bird
d) A state in the
United States
7.
What are Krill?
a) Small sea
animals
c) Aliens
b) A group of
birds
d) A season
8.
What does the stability of life on our planet rely on?
a) Plastic usage
b) How much
one person
can eat in a
week
c) Herd
mentality
d) Connections
between
different
habitats
9.
What occasion transforms the salt plain landscape?
a) Planting
trees
b) Tornados
c) A flood of
d) Poaching and
water
other
hunting by
humans
10. What threatens the newly hatched chicks?
a) Poaching for
the pet trade.
b) Hawks and
other
predators.
c) Needing to
d) The
go to school.
scorching hot
sun.
11. What hard stuff gets stuck around the chick's legs?
a) Salt
b) Ropes
c) Bugs
d) Orange peels
12. What area supports over a million wildebeest?
a) The Yosemite
forest in
California
b) The
Serengeti
plains in East
Africa
c) The Nile river
d) The Pacific
in North
Africa
Ocean
13. Wildebeest calves are the favorite prey of which animal?
a) Crocodiles
b) Elephants
c) Poachers
d) Hunting dogs
14. How are the calves protected?
a) Defended by
the herd
b) They have
buffalo wings
and can fly
c) They hire
elephants as
d) They
camouflage
body guards
in the grass
15. Where do half of all the land-living animals live?
a) Open tundra
b) Oceans
c) Deserts
d) Tropical
forests
16. What does the bee use the flower's perfume for?
a) To sell at the
market for a
high price
b) To attract a
female
c) As a way to
cause
d) It does not
serve a
allergies in
humans
purpose for
the bee
17. What does the red-capped manakin do to attract a
mate?
a) He builds her
an
impressive
b) He steals
jewelry for
her
nest
c) He slithers
and snaps
his wings in a
dance
d) He sings her
a song
18. What percent of the planet's lands are covered with
tropical forests?
a) 100%
b) 1000%
c) 50%
d) 7%
19. What do the wolves hunt during the winter?
a) Little Red
Riding Hood
b) Caribou
c) Ice
d) Moose
20. What happens to the caribou on the open lake?
a) The ice is
thin and they
start falling
through into
the lake
c) The wolves
catch up and
start to test
the caribou,
to see if they
can catch
one.
b) They quickly
leave the
lake when
the wolves
come
d) They starve
because
there is no
food to eat
21. How far north do the caribou travel?
a) 600
kilometers
b) 60 kilometers
c) 10 kilometers
d) 1,000,000
kilometers
22. What is happening to the polar regions at a faster rate
than any other part of the planet?
a) Warming
b) Cooling
c) People are
settling due
to
overpopulation
d) Penguins are
learning to
fly
23. What specializes in hunting seals?
a) Polar bears
b) Other seals
c) Orcas
d) Banksy
24. Where else is ice vanishing?
a) My fridge
b) The moon
c) Greenland
d) Africa
25. How does glacial ice protect the planet from
overheating?
a) It works like
an A/C unit
and cools the
planet with
vector
b) Through
reverse
osmosis the
salt water
converts to
currents
fresh water,
creating a
cooling effect
c) It reflects
solar
d) Like an ice
cube in a
radiation
glass of
water, it
melts and
cools the
oceans
26. How far can a glacier move in one day?
a) 45 meters
b) 1,000 meters
c) 4 meters
d) 450 meters
27. How long is the section of the glacier that is breaking
away?
a) 1,000,000
kilometers
b) Over 1
kilometer
c) The glacier
remains
whole in the
video
d) The glacier
completely
melts
28. How many tons of ice break free within 20 minutes?
a) 75 pounds
b) 75 million
tons
c) 7.5 tons
d) No ice breaks
free
29. What is happening to crucial connections all across our
planet?
a) They are
being
disrupted
b) We are
connecting
them digitally
with
highways
and internet
access
c) They are
better
connected
than ever
d) We have
taken away
their internet
access