Earth Day
On this day, events are held worldwide to promote awareness of Earth's environment. (The name of the day)
World Day or Earth Day
What is Earth Day?
What are the R's?
Name 1
What are reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot compost? (reduction, recovery is also acceptable)?
The burning of these types of fuels for energy is the main contributor to Climate Change
What are fossil fuels?
Name a good agricultural practice. Something farmers might do to help produce healthy crops (corn, beans, wheat, etc.)
Composting
Pesticides
Chemicals
What is composting
On this date every year, Earth Day is celebrated around the world.
May 5th
December 25
April 22
What is April 22?
This is the most commonly found material picked up at beach cleanups
Plastic
Metal
What is plastic?
If the earth warms more than this number of degrees, the effects of climate change will be irreversible.
10 degrees Celsius
5 degrees Celsius
2 degrees Celsius
What is two degrees Celsius?
This substance was accidentally spilled into the Gulf of Mexico which led to an environmental disaster.
Water
Oil
Milk
What is oil?
The first Earth Day was in this year. Answers within two years will be accepted.
1970
1980
1990
What is 1970?
This collection of plastic found in the Pacific Ocean referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Path or the Pacific Trash Vortex....
True or False
True
This effect of climate change caused by the melting of glaciers and icebergs.
What is sea level rise?
An animal that is endangered because of environmental degradation. Can you name an animal that has lost its habitat (home).
What are polar bears, snow leopard, Giant Panda, Tigers, Monarch Butterflies, Green Sea turtles, etc.?
This is the number of Americans who participated in the first Earth Day
10 million
20 million
30 million
What is 20 million?
This chemical found in plastic water bottles caused a scare a few years back and is said to cause cancer.
BPA
Red dye
Yellow dye
What is Bisphenol A (BPA)?
This type of gas traps heat within the Earth's atmosphere.
Apartment gases
Greenhouse gases
What are greenhouse gases?
This percentage of Earth was originally covered by trees.
10%
50%
70%
What is 70%?
Amount of water the average American uses daily
1 gallon
50 gallons
82 gallons
What is 82 gallons?
The first Earth Day resulted in the creation of this US government agency.
FBI
EPA
CIA
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
This is the number of pounds of trash the average American generates per day
1 pound
5 pounds
10 pounds
What is ~5 lbs?
193 parties signed the Paris Agreement in 2016 to fight global warming....true of false
True
This organ of the human body is the most affected by ozone (hint....this organ helps us breathe)
Lungs
Heart
Liver
What are the lungs?