What goes where?
Where does waste paper go?
a. Recycling
b. Trash
c. Compost
a. Recycling
It is estimated that this percent of all marine pollution actually originates on land, often carried to the sea by rivers and runoff
a. 50%
b. 88%
c. 97%
d. 80%
d. 80%
What is the main cause of global warming?
The burning of Fossil Fuels
What is one of the easiest ways to save electricity at home?
Which animal is considered a poster child of the Arctic climate, and is currently vulnerable.
Polar bear
Do all plastics go into the recycling?
How much CO2 do cars in the USA produce in a day.
A. 20,000 Metric Tons
B. 705,000 Metric Tons
C. 1.5 Million Metric Tons
D. 4 Million Metric Tons
D. 4 Million Metric Tons
What is the official name for the drastic changes in global temperature due to environmental stress?
Climate change.
This allows organic waste to properly decompose without it being sent to the landfill
What invasive species of insect is encouraged to be actively stomped out within Maryland?
Lantern flies
Reducing
This type of precipitation has a lower PH than normal
Acid rain
What agricultural animal is the number 1 source of greenhouse gasses?
Cows.
What is the most efficient type of light bulb for home use?
A LED.
Which of these crabs is invasive to Maryland?
a. Blue crab
b. Asian shore crab
c. Ghost crab
b. asian shore crab
What is the most optimal way a key student should dispose of a pizza box from the osprey's nest?
Peel off the plastic film and trash that, while recycling the actual box.
What form of plastic polllution, defined as being less than 5 mm long has been found everywhere from Mount Everest to the human bloodstream?
The rise in oceans has caused the melting of these.
ice caps/glaciers
This Swedish activist is famous for her protests and speeches against global warming
Greta Thunberg
What Sea Creature is predicted to have a 99% death rate if global temperatures rise by 2 degrees?
Coral.
Where should electronic waste like laptops & old phones go instead of standard landfills?
E-waste Recycling Facilites.
Making paper from these recycled materials results in what percent less pollution?
74%
(Correct if within 10%)
How many Inches has the Mean global sea level rose since 1901?
9 Inches.
What Kenyan activist founded the green belt movement?
Wangari Maathai.
This small rodent endemic to the Great Basin in the US is highly sensitive to heat and has become and indicator species for climate change due to its shrinking habitat.
American Pixa