Earth Day 1
When is Earth Day?
April 22
What is the slowest animal in the world?
Three-Toed Sloth
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days or 1 year
What percentage of the Earth is water?
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.
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
What is the closest star to the Earth?
True or false. Most of Earth's 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. 20% of the oxygen comes from the Amazon Rain Forests.
How much of the Earth's land is covered by forests?
30%
How many years does it take a plastic bag to break down?
10-20 years
What is the largest cat?
Tiger (Siberian Tiger)
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun?
3rd
Ocean tides are influenced by the ____
Moon. The moon's gravitational pull influences the tides.
True or False. Around 120 life saving prescriptions come from plants found in the Amazon rain forest?
True. Rainforest Plants Produce Life-Saving Medicines. 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide today are derived directly from rainforest plants.
What materials are most commonly recycled?
Iron and steel
Whales can live a long time. In years, how old can the oldest species of whale live up to?
The bowhead whale can live up to 200 years!
How many trees does it take to provide a day's supply of oxygen for 4 people?
1
True or false: The ocean holds over 95% of the earth's total water
True. The ocean holds about 96.5% of the Earth's water. Most of this is salt water.
What country emits the most carbon dioxide in the world?
China
How many years does it take one baby diaper to biodegrade?
500 years!
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Bat
What is the invisible line around the Earth that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?
Equator
What is the deepest point in Earth's oceans?
The Mariana Trench. The deepest point is 11 km deep, or 6.8 miles.
What is the name of Earth's largest volcano, located in Hawaii?
Mouna Loa