How well do you know the environment? Take this quiz to find out. The answers are at the bottom of the page. 1.) Arbor Day is an annual observance dedicated to the planting and conservation of trees. In the U.S., National Arbor Day is observed on the last Friday in _____. (a) April (b) May (c) June (d) July 2.) Which of the following determine the characteristic trees of a forest? (a) climate (b) soil (c) topography (d) all of the above 3.) Redwood National Park, which covers 446 sq km along California's northwest coast, is one of the last remaining ancient redwood forests in the world. True or False 4.) The National Forest Service began administration in 1891 with a single forest in Wyoming and by the late 1980's had expanded to over ______ acres in 44 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands? (a) 500 thousand (b) 10 million (c) 100 million (d) 190 million 5.) Forests are an important defense against global warming. Through the process of photosyntheses, forests produce life-giving oxygen and consume huge amounts of _______, the atmospheric chemical most responsible for global warming. (a) carbon monoxide (b) carbon dioxide (c) chloroform (d) chlorophyll 6.) In the U.S. and Canada, forests are threatened by extensive logging, called clear-cutting, which destroys plant and animal habitat and leaves the landscape bare. True or False 7.) Tree species such as the oak and maple that lose all of their leaves and are barren for part of the year are called ______ trees. (a) evergreen (b) hardwood (c) deciduous (d) virgin 8.) Most forest fires are a result of lightening instead of human carelessness or deliberate arson, as most people think. True or False 9.) Yearly, each acre of young trees can produce enough oxygen to keep _____ people alive. (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 32 10.) In 1992, a paper entitled World's Scientists' Warning to Humanity by 1,700 of the world's leading scientists, stated that at the current rate of consumption, the earth's resources may soon be "unable to sustain life in the manner that we know". True or False Answers 1.) A 2.) D 3.) True 4.) D 5.) B 6.) True 7.) C 8.) False 9.) C 10.) True Key 10 Correct -- Forest Expert 8 Correct -- Nature Lover 5 Correct -- Part-time Enthusiast 3 Correct -- Amateur Woodsman 1 Correct -- Environmentally Challenged "If you wish your children to think deep thoughts, to know the holiest emotions, take them to the woods and hills, and give them the freedom of the meadows; the hills purify those who walk upon them." -- Richard Jefferies BBBOnline Reliability Program Copyright © 1997 - 2008, Celebration Forest. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.