Earth Day Facts
Animals
Planet Earth
Our Warming Planet
More Ways to Save the Earth
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When is Earth Day?
The first Earth Day was in 1970
It is always on April 22, which was the date of some demonstrations in the US to help save the earth.
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What are examples of endangered species of animals?
100
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun?
3rd
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What gasses, that are making our earth warmer, are produced by burning oil, gas or coal to make electricity, for transportation, factories, rotting food, agriculture?
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide
100
True or False. We can save the bees by not using chemicals and fertilizers on our yards?
True, bees collect pollen from plants and bring it back to the hives. If people spray yards or farms with chemicals like fertilizer or pesticides the bees will die.
200
What is it called when you take something you're going to throw out and turn it into something else?
Recycle
200
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Bat
200
What is the closest star to the Earth?
The Sun
200
What are some examples of dangerous single use (use once and throw away) plastic items that pollute the land and oceans?
Water and soda bottles, Keurig cups, plastic bags, , plastic containers for food, plastic ropes.
200
Which reason is why Rainforests are important for people all over the world?
They produce Rain
Many of their plants and animals have been found to have special chemicals that can be made into new medicines or other things that can help people.
Rainforest plants and animals can produce chemicals that make medications medications that can treat things like cancer and high blood pressure.
300
How many years does it take a plastic bag to break down?
10-20 years
300
What bird is a universal symbol of peace?
Dove
300
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days or 1 year
300
What countries emits the most carbon dioxide in the world?
China and the USA
300
True or False. Most of the Oxygen comes from the Ocean?
True. Ocean plankton — drifting plants, algae, and some bacteria that can photosynthesize. Rainforest plants also make a lot of oxygen, but many of the animals in the rain forest use the oxygen.
400
What can you do instead of using plastic bags from a store when you shop?
Bring a reusable bag.
Each person in America uses about 350 plastic bags each year.
Each person in Denmark uses about 4 plastic bags each year
400
What are examples of extinct animals?
400
How much of the Earth is water?
5% 25% 70% 100%
70%
400
What type of forest has more than half of the world's types of animals and plants?
Tropical Rain forests
400
What uses the most electricity in a home?
Heat and air conditioning
TV
Radio
Heat and air conditioning
500
How many years does it take one baby diaper to biodegrade ( decompose and become part of the environment)?
1 day, 1 year, 5 years, 500 years
500 years!
500
Whales can live a long time. In years, how old can the oldest species of whale live up to?
Bowhead whales in the Arctic can live up to 200 years
500
What is the invisible line around the Earth that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?
The Equator is the warmest areas on Earth, because that part of the earth is closest to the sun.
500
How many trees does it take to provide a day's supply of oxygen for 4 people?
1 tree produces enough oxygen each day for 4 people
500
Why are bees so important?
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 food — are pollinated by bees.
