Ocean
This type of body of water covers 70% of the Earth's surface
What is the Ocean?
These are the 3 R's of waste management
What is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
This frozen, windy continent is the coldest place on Earth!
What is Antarctica?
The largest land-based mammals
What are Elephants?
This is the smallest ocean on Earth
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Recycling one ton of paper saves how many trees
A) 4 trees
B) 17 trees
C) 21 trees
What is B) 17 trees?
This is the largest rainforest on Earth
What is the Amazon rainforest?
The largest animal in the world
What is the Blue Whale?
About 8 million tons of this material are dumped into the ocean each year
What is Plastic? :(
This material is 100% recyclable and can be recycled infinitely without losing quality
This white animal could be extinct in 50 years due to melting ice
What is a Polar Bear?
About this many trees are cut down daily to make toilet paper:
A) 17,000
B) 27,000
C) 37,000
What is B) 27,000?
This is the largest living structure on Earth (hint: not a whale!)
What is a Coral Reef?
While trees are awesome, these fast-growing, woody plants can grow 35 inches in one day! (hint: this plant can be used for food, clothing, furniture, instruments, and kitchenware!)
What is Bamboo?
Plants make up this percentage of the Earth's total biomass (energy coming from living things like plants or animals)
A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 80%
What is C) 80%?
The ice of the Arctic contains around how much of the world’s fresh water: A) 10%, B) 15%, C) 20%.
What is A) 10%?
This many fish live in the ocean
A) Over 2.5 billion fish
B) Over 1.5 million fish
C) Over 3.5 trillion fish
What is C) Over 3.5 trillion fish?
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to run a light bulb for how many hours
A) 4 hours
B) 6 hours
C) 8 hours
What is A) 4 hours?
This is about how many species have been identified and named on Earth
A) 2 million
B) 3 million
C) 4 million
What is A) 2 million?
Only about 2 million species have been identified. However, scientists estimate that over 8 million species exist--we're still learning and identifying them!
Earth Day is on what day in April
A) April 20th
B) April 21st
C) April 22nd
What is C) April 22nd?