Earth Day Basics
In this month Earth Day is celebrated.
What is April?
This very slow animal lives in trees and only comes down once a week.
What is a sloth?
Turning off these two things when you leave a room saves energy.
What are lights and electronics?
These panels are used to collect rays from the sun which is then used as eletricity.
What are solar panels?
These are melting due to rising global temperatures.
What are glaciers?
This three-word phrase is the motto for Earth Day.
What is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?
This is a duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying aquatic creature native to Australia.
What is a platypus?
This item, carried to the grocery store, helps reduce plastic bag waste.
What is a reusable shopping bag?
These modern vehicles run entirely on electricity.
What are electric cars?
This term describes protecting natural areas from human impact.
What is conservation?
These little pieces of plastic can end up in oceans, hurt sea animals, and even sneak into the food we eat.
What are microplastics?
This large South American rainforest is home to millions of species.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This method of disposing of food scraps turns waste into nutrient-rich soil.
What is composting?
This natural power source uses moving air to create energy.
What is wind power?
The cutting down of trees on a massive scale is called this.
What is deforestation?
This invisible gas is released when cars, and factories, do their thing.
What is carbon dioxide?
This North American animal is nature’s engineer, using its big teeth and tail to build dams and lodges that shape entire ecosystems.
What is a beaver?
This setting on your washing machine saves the most energy.
What is the cold water setting?
This type of lighting uses up to 80% less energy than traditional bulbs.
What are LED lights?
Protecting areas of land and oceans helps to preserve this, the variety of life on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
This giant layer of gases protects Earth like a sun umbrella.
What is the ozone layer?
The term for animals that are at risk of extinction.
What is endangered?
This type of energy comes from the sun and can power homes and buildings.
What is solar energy?
This futuristic farming method uses no soil and can be done indoors.
What is hydroponics?
This international agreement aims to reduce global carbon emissions.
What is the Paris Agreement?