NBBC Applications

Environment Quiz

Test your environmental knowledge. Select one answer for each of the following questions and statements, which you think, is correct and then click on the 'Check Answers' button at the end to see how well you have done.

1. What does LA21 stand for? a. Los Angeles in the 21st Century b. 21 Large Animals c. Local Agenda 21

2. What does the symbol on the right mean? a. Follow the arrows b. Recycle c. This way round the roundabout

3. What do you do when you have finished with your comics and papers? a. Throw them in the dustbin b. Put them for recycling

4. When using your toothbrush to clean your teeth, would you a. Turn off the tap whilst brushing b. Leave the tap running c. Flick water around the bathroom

5. By leaving your TV on standby, you will still be using electricity, what percentage will you still be using? a. 10% b. 15% c. 20%

6 When buying vegetables or fruit from a supermarket, would you a. Choose the ones with the nicest packaging b. Choose loose vegetables or fruit c. Choose those that are the most expensive

7. When you have grown out of your old clothes and there is no one to pass them onto, do you a. Take them to a charity shop or recycling bin b. Throw the old clothes in the wheelie bin c. Try and squeeze into the clothes

8. The ozone layer is: a. On Channel 5 every Saturday Night. b. A no-go area in a city c. A protective filter in the upper atmosphere that surrounds the earth

9. By taking showers rather than baths how many cups of water can you save each week? a. 60 cups b. 550 cups c. 1000 cups

10. At your birthday party, would you use a. Plastic plates b. Ordinary plates c. Polystyrene plates