ECO QUIZ 2019

Prepared By: Ralph Vincent M. Barenia

MECHANICS
• The team should consist of 3 participants
per year level.
• The Pointers for the Quiz Bowl will focus on
Ecology, Environmental Science, Biology
specifically Botany and Zoology
• The Quizbowl is divided into 3 rounds:
EASY with 10 questions, AVERAGE with
10 questions and DIFFICULT with 5.
• For the Easy round each question is worth
1 point, Average round is worth 2 points
and the Difficult Round is worth 3 points.
• The questions will be read only twice by the
Quiz Master.
• The time frame to answer for the Easy,
Average and Difficult round will be 10s, 15
s and 25 s respectively.
• After the allotted time has passed, the Quiz
Master or Time keeper will shout “Times Up” and
all boards should be raised.
• In determining the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, the
team with highest points garnered will be the 1st
placer, the second highest points garnered will be
the 2nd placer and the third highest points
garnered will be the 3rd placer.
• In case of a tie, a clincher round will occur to
break the tie.
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 1

It is the branch of biology that

deals with the relations of
organisms to one another and to
their physical surroundings.
•ECOLOGY
QUESTION 2

• The atmosphere is made up of a

mixture of different gases. Its
composition is Nitrogen gas, Oxygen
gas and Trace amounts of other
gases. In the Present Era, how much
Oxygen gas is in the Earth’s
atmosphere?
•21%
QUESTION 3

• It is the study of environment, the

processes it undergoes and the
problem that arise generally from
the interaction of humans with the
environment.
•ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE
QUESTION 4

• 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + sunlight

C6H12O6 + 6 O2,
• what biological process is this?
•PHOTOSYNTHESIS
QUESTION 5

• The name of this Presidential Decree is Prevention,

Control and Abatement of Air Pollution from Motor
Vehicles. The purpose of this PD is to prevent,
control, and abate the emission of air pollution from
motor vehicles in order to protect the health and
welfare of the people and to prevent or minimize
damage to property and hazards to land
transportation. What is the number and series of this
PD decree?
•PD 1187, s. 1977
QUESTION 6

• They are the people who established

a classification system to allow
consumers and recyclers to identify
different types of plastic.
•Society of the Plastics
Industry (SPI)
QUESTION 7

• What items or products that use

Plastic type no.2 or High Density
Polyethylene (HDPE)? Give one.
• Detergent, bleach and fabric conditioner
bottles, Snack food boxes and cereal box
liners, Milk and non-carbonated drinks
bottles, Toys, buckets, rigid pipes, crates,
plant Plastic wood, garden furniture Wheeled
refuse bins, compost containers, Containers
of motor oils.
QUESTION 8

• Animals belonging to this phylum

have stinging cells or
nematocysts. Examples of animals
that belong to this phylum are
jellyfish and sea anemone.
•Phylum Coelenterata or
Cnidaria
QUESTION 9

• They are energy resources that

can be easily replaced or
replenished in a short period of
time. Examples of this are Solar,
Wind and Geothermal Energy
•Renewable energy
resources.
QUESTION 10

• This plastic is but is difficult to do.

Items such as disposable coffee
cups, plastic food boxes, plastic
cutlery and packing foam are
made from this type of plastic.
•PS or Polystyrene
AVERAGE ROUND
QUESTION 1

•What
international non-
governmental
organization is
this?
•World Wildlife Fund
QUESTION 2

• This law or republic act aims to

achieve and maintain clean air that
meets the National Air Quality
guideline values for criteria
pollutants, throughout the Philippines,
while minimizing the possible
associated impacts to the economy.
•RA 8749 or Philippine
Clean Air Act of 1999
QUESTION 3

• Thomas Robert Malthus published

his work “An Essay on the
Principle of Population” which he
which he explained that population
affects the environment. What
year did he published his work?
•1798
QUESTION 4

• It is the ecological state of a species

being unique to a defined geographic
location, such as an island, nation,
country or other defined zone, or
habitat type; organisms that are
indigenous to a place.
Endemism
QUESTION 5

• Enumerate the 3
domains in taxonomy
or the 3 domains of
life.
• Archae, Eukarya,
Bacteria.
QUESTION 6

• Give the scientific

name of Philippine
Eagle
• Pithecophaga
jefferyi
QUESTION 7

• Give the scientific

name of Calamian
Deer
• Axis
calamianesis
QUESTION 8

• Give the scientific

name of Mindanao
treeshrew or Philippine
tree shrew
• Urogales everetti
 QUESTION 9

• The Kingdom Plantae is divided into

their body structure whether they
have a differentiated body or do not
have a differentiated body.
• What is the name of the division that
do not have a differentiated body?
• Thallophyta
QUESTION 10

• What is Plastic Type No. 1?

• (spell out)
• Polyethylene
Terepthalate
DIFFICULT ROUND
QUESTION 1

• Enumerate the 6 Greenhouse

gases listed in the Annex A of
the Kyoto Protocol.
• CO2, CH4, SF6,
CFC, HCF, N2O
QUESTION 2

• Tracheophyta or Tracheophytes
are further subdivided into those
plants who produce seeds and
those who do not. What is the
name of the group they produce
seeds?
•
PHANEROGAMAE.
QUESTION 3

• . Carolus Linnaeus is known as

the Father of Taxonomy because
he developed a uniform naming
system in classification of
organisms. What is the name of
that naming system?
• Binomial
Nomenclature
 QUESTION 4

• Republic Act No. 6969 aims to regulate,

restrict or prohibit the importation,
manufacture, processing, sale, distribution,
use and disposal of chemical substances
and mixtures the present unreasonable risk
to human health.
• What is the name or title of this Republic
Act?
• Toxic Substances,
Hazardous and Nuclear
Waste Control Act of 1990
QUESTION 4

• When and Where did the 5th revision

of the Montreal Protocol?
• Vienna 1995