Eco ~ Friendly
Two modes of transportation that are environmentally friendly.
What are: skateboarding, biking, pubic transportation, carpool, walking, running, horse back riding and roller blading (other answers may be acceptable)?
Which one of these three items will decompose: 1. a water bottle 2. styrofoam cup 3. an apple core
What is an apple core?
You can conserve water by doing this. A: doing laundry in the morning B: repairing a leaky garden hose C: using the dishwasher when it is partially full
What is B: repairing a leaky garden hose?
Name three marine animals affected by pollution in our oceans?
What are turtles, whales, sea lions, seals, dolphins, fish.
True or false: when you flush the toilet, you use as much water as the average person in a developing country uses in a day.
What is True?
Did you know: toilets made after 1992 use 1.6 gallons per flush while toilets made before 1992 can use up to eight gallons per flush.
Which of the following cars are the most fuel efficient – SUVs, sports cars, or hybrid cars?
What is Hybrid Cars. SUVs and sports cars are less fuel-efficient than average cars while hybrid cars, which combine electricity and gas to power the engine, are the most fuel-efficient cars available on the market today.
This is the color most commonly associated with recycling.
What is green (blue is also acceptable)?
When we drive, gases and bits of dust go into the air. What then forms? A: acid rain B: rain C: clouds
What is acid rain?
Name two of the ten animals on the endangered species list.
What are: Amur Leopard, Gorillas, Sea turtles, Orangutan, Sumatran Elephant, Saola, Vaquita, Tiger, Rhino and Pangolin?
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This is the name for the following theory: This is caused by greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere that keep in heat, like putting a lid on a pot of water on the stove. These gasses are a product of burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal.
What is Global Warming?
Global warming is the theory that the Earth is getting warmer Global warming affects farming, weather, oceans, and ecological diversity.
A gas that absorbs and retains heat from the sun.
What is Greenhouse Gas?
The four “Rs” that help guide us in using fewer resources and cutting down the amount of waste we produce.
What is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Refuse?
Which of the following create pollution? A: burning fossil fuels in cars and trucks B: spilling chemicals in rivers C: oil spills in the oceans D: all of the above
What is D all of the above!
________________ of a particular animal or plant species occurs when there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world - the species has died out.
What is extinction?
The first Earth Day in the U.S. was celebrated on what day, including the year. Was it April 22, 1970, September 3, 1990, or May 1, 1940
What is April 22, 1970.
Fun facts about Earth Day: The first Earth Day celebration in the U.S. resulted in 20 million Americans participating in peaceful demonstrations to show their support for environmental reform.
Three ways you can be more eco-friendly.
What is (for example) shut off the lights when you leave a room, turn the water off while you brush your teeth, sort your recycling and walk or ride your bike instead of riding in a car?
The amount in pounds of paper towels used by Americans every year.
What is 13 billion pounds of paper towels are used every year?
Sources of clean energy powerful enough to take the place of every fossil fuel in every way it is used.
What is the sun?
The sun produces enough energy to supply the entire world's energy demands.
These animals emit enough methane gas to contribute to 16% of the total amount of global warming gasses in the atmosphere?
What is Cows?
Flatulence and belches from cows contain methane, a dangerous and invisible global warming gas.
This is the name of the encyclical Pope Francis wrote on caring for our environment and our world?
What is Laudato Si?
This is the percentage of the earth's water used by people.
What is less than 1% of all the water on Earth can be used by people?
The rest is salt water (the kind you find in the ocean) or is permanently frozen and we can't drink it, wash with it, or use it to water plants.
What is the name of the Catholic Social Teaching Theme that teaches us about the environment?
What is "Care for God's Creation"?
Every year there are how many pounds of garbage thrown into the oceans? 14,000 14,000,000 14,000,000,000
What is 14 billion?
Did you know: Plastic garbage kills at least 1 million creatures in the ocean each year.
What percentage of mammals are currently in danger of extinction – 10%, 25%, or 35%?
What is twenty-five percent of all mammals are currently in danger of extinction?
This is mainly the result of the destruction of their native habitats, but other factors, such as reduced sources of food, also play a part.
Which major ecosystem was reduced in size by 94 million hectares (greater than the size of Venezuela, a South American country) during the 1990s?
What is rain forests.
Many rainforests have been subject to “deforestation” – clear cutting by humans to make room for farms and cow pastures as well as to use as a natural resource. If the current rate of deforestation continues, the Earth’s forests will disappear in only 100 years.