Eco Awareness Quiz - St. Patrick's NS Glencullen

1. Caring For Our World Quiz An Irish Aid Awards Project from 5th class St. Patrick’s NS Glencullen Dublin 18

2. Round 1 Climate Change

3. Question 1 • How does CO2 affect trees?

4. Question 2 • How does CO2 affect people?

5. Question 3 • How does Climate change affect the ice caps?

6. Question 4 • How does climate change affect the world?

7. Round 2 Deforestation

8. Question 1 • What do trees release?

9. Question 2 • What is the biggest rainforest in the world?

10. Question 3 • What do you think will happen if all the trees are gone?

11. Question 4 • What do you think will happen to the animals if we keep cutting down trees?

12. Round 1 Climate Change Answers

13. How does CO2 affect trees? • Its gets into the water and soaks up to the roots, killing the trees.

14. How does CO2 affect people? • CO2 gases pollute the air and can make people sick by breathing it in.

15. How does Climate change affect the ice caps? • It melts the ice caps and the sea levels rise.

16. How does climate change affect the world? • It causes the word to get extremely hot. This is called global warming and can cause droughts.

17. Round 3 Conserve Water

18. Question 1 • What is the name of the girl on the front of the Trocaire box who encourages us to conserve water?

19. Question 2 • What is it called if there is no water around the land?

20. Question 3 • How can you conserve water at home?

21. Question 4 • How will money raised by Trocaire conserve water in Africa?

22. Round 2 Deforestation Answers

23. What do trees release? • O2 or Oxegyn

24. What is the biggest rainforest in the world? • The Amazon Ranforest

25. What do you think will happen if all these trees are gone? • We will have less oxygen in the world and this will affect our population.

26. What do you think will happen to the animals if we keep cutting down trees? • Animals will lose their homes, food and possibly become extinct.

27. Round 4 Biodiversity

28. Question 1 • What is biodiversity?

29. Question 2 • What has affected the development of biodiversity?

30. Question 3 • Why is biodiversity so important?

31. Question 4 • Our bogs in Ireland show much biodiversity. What can we do in school to save our bogs?

32. Round 3 Conserve Water Answers

33. What is the name of the girl on the front of the Trocaire box who encourages us to conserve water? • Mahlet

34. What is it called if there is no water around the land? • Drought

35. How can you conserve water at home? • Turn off the tap • Turn off the hose in the garden • Only turn on the shower for short periods • Only turn on dishwasher when its full • Have a shower instead of a bath • Only boil the kettle with the water you need • Collect water in rain barrels and use to water plants • Don’t keep refilling your paddling pool in the summer – use the same water

36. How will money raised by Trocaire conserve water in Africa? • Trocaire will build wells and aqua ducts

37. Round 4 Biodiversity Answers

38. What is biodiversity? • The lifecycle & variety of life found on earth

39. What has affected the development of biodiversity? • Climate Change

40. Why is biodiversity so important? • It helps keep life in sync on our planet and keep our food systems in place

41. How can we help to save biodiversity? • By carpool

42. Our bogs in Ireland show much biodiversity. What can we do in school to save our bogs? • Collect stamps to raise money for the Irish Peatland Conservation Council