“Beat plastic pollution.” : Quiz World Environement Day 2018

1. The word 'Monsoon' derived from which language ?

2. Which day  is celebrated as World Environment Day ?

3. Largest rain forest in the world ?

4. Expanded form of WWF ?

5. Largest Mangrove forest in the world ?

6. World Environment day theme 2018 ?

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Answers :

1. Arabic

The word “monsoon” comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season. Basically, it describes a seasonal wind shift over a region that is usually accompanied by a dramatic increase in precipitation.

2. June 5

World Environment Day occurs on the 5th of June every year, and is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment.

3. Amazon

The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity.

4. World Wide Fund 

World Wildlife Fund - The leading organization in wildlife conservation and endangered species.

5. Sunderbans

The large mangrove forests of Sunderbans are interwoven by numerous tributaries, making it one of the most attractive places remaining on earth.

6. “beat plastic pollution.”
This year’s theme is “beat plastic pollution.”  U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged all people to reject single-use plastic items, and warned that growing levels of plastic waste were becoming unmanageable, saying “every year, more than eight million tons end up in the oceans.”

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