Animals
What is the largest animal?
Blue whale
How do trees and plants help the environment?
They clean the air and give humans and animals food & shelter
Which of the Great Lakes are the largest?
Lake Superior
What goes in the compost bin?
Any food or paper
Which greenhouse gas is the biggest contributor to global warming?
Carbon dioxide
What is the only animal where the males give birth instead of the females?
Seahorses
What is the green pigment that performs photosynthesis in plants called?
Chlorophyll
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
What is smog?
Smoke and fog polluting the air
Nitrogen
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bats
What is the tallest living tree?
What percentage of the world is made up of water?
71%
TRUE OR FALSE: There is such a thing as a "trash continent" in the ocean
TRUE: It's called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and is a patch of floating litter in the ocean.
Why do we need our ozone layer?
To protect life on Earth from the damaging effects of the sun's UV radiation
The ostrich
TRUE OR FALSE: mushrooms are a type of plant
FALSE: they are fungi, which are neither plant nor animal
Which country has the most lakes?
Canada
TRUE OR FALSE: Plastic decomposes and returns back to nature, becoming part of the soil.
FALSE: Plastic never decomposes. It just breaks up into smaller and smaller pieces but never changes form or becomes part of nature
What is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally?
a. Public transportation
b. Heat and electricity
c. Farming and agriculture
b: Heat and electricity
What animal do humans share the most DNA with?
Chimpanzee
What is the fastest growing plant?
Bamboo
What is the difference between Antarctica and the Arctic?
The Arctic is in the north, is a mass of ice surrounded by land and is inhabited by people. Antarctica is in the south, is a continent surrounded by ocean and no one lives there.
What is the number #1 source of microplastics?
Car tires
What is one example of carbon dioxide being released in the atmosphere?
Fossil fuels, animals/humans breathing, forest fires, volcanic eruptions, etc.