Percents
How much less energy do CFL light bulbs use than traditional light bulbs?
a. 15% less
b. 30% less
c. 60% less
d. 100% less
B. 30%
Every hour, Americans throw out this many bottles.
a. 1,000
b. 2.5 million
c. 4 million
d. 7.5 million
B. 2.5 million
On what date is Earth Day celebrated?
a. April 20
b. April 22
c. April 31
d. November 3
B. April 22
For every ton of recycled paper, we save how many trees?
a. 1
b. 17
c. 32
d. 50
B. 17
Glass decomposes in landfills after how many years?
a. 5
b. 20,000
c. 500,000
d. 1 million
D. 1 million
What percentage of trash is made up of discarded paper?
a. 8%
b. 17%
c. 36%
d. 49%
C. 36%
On average, US residents produce how many pounds of waste per person each day?
a. 1.1 pounds
b. 4.4 pounds
c. 22. 9 pounds
d. 31.7 pounds
B. 4.4 pounds
Which activity could be part of an Earth Day celebration?
a. Burning trash
b. Building a raft
c. Planting a tree
d. Drinking milk
C. planting a tree
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to watch TV for how long?
a. 20 minutes
b. 1 hour
c. 3 hours
d. 24 hours
C. 3 hours
What is the average time it takes for a pair of leather sneakers to decompose in a landfill?
a. 1 year
b. 12 years
c. 40 years
d. 100 years
C. 40 years
Yard waste and food waste together make up how much of the solid waste going into landfills?
a. 23%
b. 38%
c. 51%
d. 88%
A. 23%
What is the average amount of newspaper Americans use each year?
a. 23 pounds
b. 50 pounds
c. 99 pounds
d. 118 pounds
C. 99 pounds
In what year was the first Earth Day celebration held?
a. 1847
b. 1936
c. 1970
d. 2001
C. 1970
What percent of American newspapers are recycled?
a. 17%
b. 27%
c. 47%
d. 87%
B. 27%
What material makes up 23% of the fill entering landfills?
a. Food waste
b. Paper waste
c. Plastic waste
d. Metal waste
B. paper waste
What percent of metal and tires in an automobile can be recycled?
a. 17%
b. 33%
c. 45%
d. 100%
D. 100%
Each year, Americans discard 220 million what?
a. car tires
b. pens
c. diapers
d. sneakers
A. car tires
What are the three R’s associated with keeping the Earth clean?
a. reduce, reuse, recycle
b. recycle, redo, reuse
c. reuse, recycle, remain green
d. recycle, remain calm, run away
A. reduce, reuse, recycle
One bus carries as many people as ____ cars.
a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
c. 60
Garbage in a landfill stays for about ____ years.
a. 5
b. 15
c. 30
d. 50
C. 30 years
What percentage of household waste can be recycled?
a. 100%
b. 84%
c. 50%
d. 12%
B. 84%
The amount of wood and paper thrown away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for how many years?
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
B. 20 years
What is the goal of Earth Day?
a. To promote the importance of saving water
b. To stress how many resources can be saved by recycling
c. To scare people about what could happen to Earth if we are not careful
d. To inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth
d. To inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a traditional light bulb for how many hours?
a. 3 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 5 hours
d. 6 hours
B. 4 hours
The state of California alone spends about ____ sending plastic bags to landfills each year.
a. $29 million
b. $6 million
c. $875,000
d. $15
A. $29 million