Earth Day 1
What day is Earth day?
April 22
What is the slowest animal in the world?
Sloth
What main colors do you see on a globe?
Green and blue
What uses the most electricity in a home? 1. Heat and air conditioning, 2. TV, or 3. Radio
Heat and AC
What three main things do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, and air.
What is it called when you take something you're going to throw out and turn it into something else?
Recycle
What bird is a universal symbol of peace?
Dove
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days or one year
What are some examples of dangerous single use (use once and throw away) plastic items?
Plastic water bottles, etc
True or False. Most of the Oxygen comes from the Ocean?
True. Scientists estimate that 50-80% of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean. The majority of this production is from oceanic plankton — drifting plants, algae, and some bacteria that can photosynthesize. 20% of the oxygen comes from the Amazon Rain Forests.
What is one way you can help keep the planet clean?
Many answers accepted
What is the largest cat?
Siberian Tiger
What percentage of the Earth is water?
70%
True or False. We can save the bees by not using chemicals and fertilizers on our yards?
True
True or False. Around 120 life saving prescriptions come from plants found in the Amazon rain forest?
True
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun?
3rd
How many lives do people say cats have?
7 lives
What is the closest star to the Earth?
Sun
How much of the Earth's land is covered by forests?
30%
How many trees does it take to provide a day's supply of oxygen for 4 people?
1
How many years does it take a plastic bag to break down?
10-20 years
What is Ms. Semb's favorite animal? (Other than a dog)
What is the invisible line around the Earth that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?
Equater
What country emits the most carbon dioxide in the world?
China
True or false. 90% of crops require bees for pollination so we can have food to eat?
True! Seventy out of the top 100 human food crops — which supply about 90 percent of the world’s nutrition — are pollinated by bees.