JHS
The four Sioux Falls High Schools are named after what monument?
Mount Rushmore
What is something you can do to cut your carbon footprint?
Reduce, reuse, recycle!!!
Plant trees, carpool, buy less stuff, use less plastic/one time use items
Every year Earth Day has a theme. What is this year's theme?
Planet vs Plastics
**answer both questions**
Biodiversity allows a community to handle changes,
The more biodiversity the less likely something is going to disrupt it
It is a good thing!!
What month is Mr. Conrad's birthday?
November
The Dude
The atmosphere acts as a “blanket” trapping heat - what is this called?
The Greenhouse Effect
Does Earth Day have its own flag or anthem?
Trick question - it has both!
What is an example of reusable energy?
Wind, solar, hydropower, biofuel, geothermal
How many daughters does Mrs. Edberg have?
2
What number president was Thomas Jefferson?
3rd President
What is the best solution to pollution? Reduce, Reuse, or Recycle?
Reduce
What year was the first Earth Day celebrated?
1970
The U.S. generates about how many pounds of waste per person per day?
4.9 pounds
What subject does Mr. Presler's wife teach?
freshmen biology
How many teachers are employed at Jefferson?
106
About how many acres of forest are lost to deforestation every year?
18 million
What agency was invented after the 1st Earth Day?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The average American uses how many gallons of water daily, largely thanks to flushing toilets, doing laundry, and taking daily showers?
80-100 gallons
Where does Dr. Novak's daughter teach Spanish?
Sioux Falls Christian
What are the specific names of our two main school colors?
Cavalier Green and Jefferson Gold
There could be more plastic in the ocean than fish by what year?
2050
Why is Earth Day on April 22nd?
It's in between spring break and finals (for college students) and it's finally nice enough to be outside
One reusable bag can replace up to how many plastic bags in its lifetime?
600
How is April 22nd significant in Ms. Blair's life?
it's my half birthday