Test Your Earth Day Knowledge
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Put Your Earth Day knowledge to the ultimate test with this fun and educational quiz!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Earth Day was inspired by what other movement that garnered national attention?
- A.
Civil Rights movement
- B.
The Progressive movement
- C.
Anti-Vietnam war movement
- D.
Anti-globalization movement
- 2.How many people participated in the first Earth Day in 1970?
- A.
20,000
- B.
200,000
- C.
2,000,000
- D.
20,000,000
- 3.Twenty years later, in 1990, how many people participated in Earth Day?
- A.
75,000,000
- B.
50,000,000
- C.
200,000,000
- D.
25,000,000
- 4.In what year did the Three Mile Island nuclear crisis occur?
- A.
1969
- B.
1975
- C.
1979
- D.
1985
- 5.What organization was founded in response to Earth Day in 1970?
- A.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- B.
Natural Resources Defense Council
- C.
Greenpeace
- D.
The Sierra Club
- 6.True or False: There are two Earth Day celebrations each year.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.In what year was the hole in the ozone layer discovered?
- A.
1972
- B.
1978
- C.
1985
- D.
1991
- 8.How many people have pledged "Acts of Green" through the Earth Day Network?
- A.
More than 25 million
- B.
More than 50 million
- C.
More than 80 million
- D.
More than 90 million
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