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ENVIRONMENT OLYMPIAD
CLASS VI
1. What does conservation means?
Ans: keeping safe
2. What is a serious problem in today‘s world?
Ans: Human interference
3. What contain more species of plants and
animals than any other habitat on earth?
Ans: Rainforests
4. Since when commercial fishing catches have
quadrupled?
Ans: 1950
5. What constantly changes shape?
Ans: A sandy shore
6. How animal population rise and fall?
Ans: in a natural cycle
7. ____ was a large and formidable flightless bird.
Ans: Diatryma
8. Which plant of Hawaii is at risk from hungry
sheep and goats?
Ans: The siiversword plant
9. Where a small number of wild wolves can be
found?
Ans: North America, Europe
10. Name two endangered animal.
Ans: The Giant Panda, Tiger
11. What type of water is a precious resource?
Ans: Clean water
12. ___ is caused due to release of harmful gas in
the atmosphere from factories and vehicles.
Ans: Acid rain
13. When did life began on earth?
Ans: More than 3000 million years ago
14. What is the scientific name of Humans?
Ans: Homo sapiens
15. Which cyclone occurred in 2009?
Ans: Cyclone Aila
Suggestions
1.Dinosaurs
2.Endangered animals and birds
3.Extinct animals and birds
4.Extinct plants
5.Pollution (causes, effects, prevention)
6.Formation of earth
7.Different types of rocks
8. Weather and Climate
9.Climate Change
10.Natural disasters
11.Ocean
12.Habit & Habitat of plants and animals
13.Rainforests
14.Coral reefs
15.Reptiles
CLASS – VII
1. When the universe did began?
Ans: 12 billion years ago
2. How many years is lunar month?
Ans: 29 days
3.When is the shortest day in North hemisphere?
Ans: 21 June
4.Earth is inclined at-
Ans:23 0
5.The core of the earth is 3,000 0C – 4,0000 C
6. The core of the earth has a radius of 2900 km
7. The percentage of the Earth’s oxygen among the
component is 28%
8. The Earth’s atmosphere has mainly nitrogen,
oxygen and argon.
9. When did Earth cool down to form an
atmosphere?
Ans: 3.85 billion years
10.Carboniferous period occurred 300 million years.
11. First monkeys date to 30 million years ago
12. The last ice age came to an end about 10,000
years ago.
13. The temperature of ocean in tropical region is
260 C
14. In the seawater, 3% is sodium chloride (NaCl)
15. Hydrothermal vents have the temperature of
3500 C
16. Dead Sea comes from the river Jordan.
17. Continental drift is a reason for earthquakes.
18. When did India and Eurasia collide?
Ans: 45 million years ago
19. Graphite is used as the lead for pencils.
Suggested Topics:-
I. Time spans relating to Earth, Sun ,Moon i.e.
time earth takes move around sun, on its own
axis
II. Structure of earth: Earth’s core and atmosphere
III. Periods related to the formation of life on
Earth i.e. ice age , Carboniferous period
IV. Human origins
V. Continental drift
VI. Chemical properties of ocean (sea water) and
properties of air (in the atmosphere)
CLASS- VIII
1.Which is the first global agreement to cover all

aspects of biological diversity ?
Ans:The convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2.When 'The Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) was signed ?
Ans:5th June,1992
3.What is the main objective of (CBD) ?
Ans:To encourage actions which led to a sustainable
future
4.How many types of biodiversity are there ?
Ans:Three (3)
5.Which fish have no brain ?
Ans:Starfish
6.Which lizard can live in 20 or more years in
captivity ?
Ans:Iguana
7.What is the scientific name of 'fringehead Fish' ?
Ans:Neoclinus blanchardi
8.In which country major oceans currents are seen ?
Ans:Africa
9.What is the strongest ocean currents ?
Ans:The Antarctic Circumpolar Current
10.Who is the father of Geography ?
Ans:Eratosthenes
11.When did the dinosaurs ruled the land and a rich
variety of marine life populated the warm seas ?
Ans:About 200 million years prior
12.The mounds of Cyanobacteria is known as what
?
Ans:Stromatolites
13.What are Stromatolites ?
Ans:The fossilized remains of some of the earliest
living organisms on the planet
14.The shape of volcano depends on what ?
Ans:On the type of lava and how it erupts
15.After the extinction of dinosaurs how was the
climate ?
Ans:It became steadily cooler
SUGGESTED TOPICS:-
 HUMAN ORIGINS
 EARTH ATMOSPHERE
 ABOUT ANIMALS
 LIFE ON EARTH
 EARTHS STRUCTURE
 VOLCANOES
 MARINE LIFE
 ECOLOGY
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
CLASS- IX
SUGGESTED TOPICS:-
 Continental drift
 Geological time
 Basics human biology 🧬
 Universe: origin
 Timeline of space
 Universe: galaxies, stars, solar systems
 Space,time and relativity
 Petrochemical
 Renewable energy sources
 Endangered Species
 Conservation action

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