Nature's process of recycling decomposed organic materials into a rich soil
What is composting?
100
The average weather conditions of an area measured over a long period of time
What is climate?
100
The Rec Center runs a program through which students can rent these in order to reduce their carbon footprint?
What are bicycles?
100
This pharmaceutical company felt their slogan of "No more tears" was true, going from 57 to 18 on the Forbes list of top sustainable companies.
What is Johnson & Johnson?
100
If you use a low-flow shower head you can save ___ gallons of water during a 10 minute shower.
What is 15?
200
Foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers
What is organic food?
200
Gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides, in Earth's lower atmosphere, that trap heat.
What are greenhouse gasses?
200
Marshall University was the first school in West Virginia to sign a Sustainability Partnership Agreement with this organization.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
200
This athletic apparel company, while an underdog, is number 3 on the Forbes list of sustainable companies for 2015.
What is adidas?
200
Turning off the water while applying shampoo and conditioner can save ____ per week.
What is 50?
300
When food is disposed in a landfill it rots and becomes a significant source of this greenhouse gas.
What is methane?
300
The concentrations of greenhouse gasses started to rise, around 1860, at the start of this era.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
300
Of the following, what CANNOT be recycled by Marshall: cardboard, plastic bottles, glass, or paper.
What is glass?
300
This Canadian restaurant chain lands on the Forbes list of sustainable companies at no. 11.
What is Tim Horton's?
300
Taking showers instead of baths can save ____ gallons of water.
What is 30?
400
The process of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density for purely economic reasons
What is factory farming?
400
This type of gas is a product of decomposition and is sometimes collected from the landfill to generate electricity
What is methane gas?
400
This Marshall University department oversees all recycling operations.
What is Physical Plant?
400
This coffee pod, invented by John Sylvan, is probably easier on your morning, but not on the environment.
What are K-Cups?
400
The average American family spends this per year on water.
What is $500?
500
The number one greenhouse gas that livestock produce
What is methane?
500
When scientists use ice cores to investigate what the climate of Earth was like in the past, they are looking for the relationship between temperature and ___________.
What is carbon dioxide?
500
On April 1st, several volunteers helped install one of these on top of the engineering building.
What is a rooftop garden?
500
This American beverage company that produces everything from DASANI to PowerAde to Monster Energy Drinks in on the Forbes list at no. 26.
What is Coca-Cola?
500
In terms of overall water usage, roughly _____ % is devoted to showers.