EARTH DAY
This global event is celebrated every year on April 22 to promote environmental protection.
What is Earth Day?
This symbol with three chasing arrows represents recyclable materials.
What is the recycling symbol (Mobius loop)?
A carbon footprint measures the total amount of these gases produced by human activity.
What are greenhouse gases?
This energy source comes from the sun.
What is solar energy?
This endangered bear species relies heavily on bamboo for food.
What is the giant panda?
Earth Day was first celebrated in this year.
What is 1970?
Food-contaminated items like greasy pizza boxes should generally be placed here...
Trash!
This everyday activity often produces the largest share of an individual’s carbon footprint.
What is transportation (driving)?
Wind turbines convert this into electricity.
What is wind (kinetic energy of wind)?
This term describes animals at risk of extinction.
What is endangered?
This U.S. senator is credited with founding Earth Day.
Who is Gaylord Nelson?
This number inside the recycling triangle is commonly accepted for curbside recycling: 1, 2, or this number.
5
This gas is the primary contributor to climate change and is abbreviated as CO2.
What is carbon dioxide?
This type of renewable energy uses flowing water to generate power.
What is hydroelectric power?
This layer of the ocean is where most marine life is found due to sunlight availability.
What is the sunlight zone (epipelagic zone)?
The first Earth Day helped lead to the creation of this major U.S. environmental agency.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This common mistake involves placing non-recyclables into recycling bins, causing contamination.
What is “wish-cycling”?
Eating less of this type of food can significantly reduce your carbon footprint due to high emissions from livestock.
What is red meat (beef)?
This country produces the largest amount of solar energy in the world.
What is China?
his organization, abbreviated WWF, works globally to protect wildlife.
What is the World Wildlife Fund?
The theme of Earth Day 2023 was focused on this type of energy transition.
What is renewable energy / investing in renewable energy?
Thin plastic bags and wraps should typically be returned to these locations rather than placed in curbside bins.
What are grocery store drop-off locations?
This term describes balancing emitted carbon with actions like planting trees or using clean energy.
What is carbon neutrality?
This renewable energy source uses heat from beneath the Earth’s surface.
What is geothermal energy?
This 1973 U.S. law protects threatened and endangered species and their habitats.
What is the Endangered Species Act?