Earth Facts
The Earth is surrounded by this layer of gases that protect us from space.
What is the atmosphere?
Scientists predict that Arctic summers could be ice free by what year? a) 2030 b) 2040 c) 2050 d) 2075
What is 2040 or sooner (B)
This gas is produced by the burning of fossil fuels and has contributed to global warming.
What is CO2? (carbon dioxide)
This is the percent of world's greenhouse gases emitted by the United States? a) 14.4 percent b) 28.2% c) 34% d) 50%
What is 14.4 percent! (A)
This is the profession of Mr. Finkelstein's wife.
What is a pediatrician?
This is the largest rain forest on Earth.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
This US state is expected to lose more land mass than any other state if sea levels continue to rise over the next several decades.
What is Florida?
The polar icecaps are melting rapidly due to climate change. What furry white animal that relies on ice could be extinct in 50 years?
What are the polar bears?
If the Greenland Ice Dome or the West Antarctic ice shelf melted how much would it raise the water levels WORLDWIDE? a) 18-20 feet b) 20-22 feet c) 50 feet d) 200 feet
(A) What is between 18 and 20 feet! Miami would be underwater, Amsterdam would vanish and in Bangladesh 60 million people would lose their homes.
Mr. Finkelstein's favorite New Jersey musician.
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
What word describes the clearing of Earth's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land.
What is deforestation?
This country has experienced the most tropical deforestation.
What is Brazil?
These are the three main types of fossil fuels.
What are oil, coal, and natural gas?
The amount of ice that melts each year. A) 1.2 million tons. B) 1.2 billion tons. C) 10.2 billion tons D) 1.2 trillion tons
What is 1.2 trillion tons (according to earth.org)
Mr. Finkelstein's daughter plays this sport and is somewhat decent.
What is softball?
This percentage of the Earth's surface is covered in water.
What is 70%?
This occurrence traps the sun's heat and light within the Earth's atmosphere and leads to temperature rises.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The average amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere every single day? a) 3 million tons b) 4 million tons c) 70 million tons d) 2,000 million tons
What is 70 million tons. (C)
The amount of trash New Jersey produced in 2020. Round to the nearest ton.
What is 21 million tons. (According to NJ Spotlight News)
Mr. Finkelstein's favorite sports team.
Who are the New York Mets?
The air on earth consists mostly of these two gases.
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
Livestock produces this greenhouse gas through farts and burps.
What is methane?
There are natural processes that change how much CO2 is in the air. This was the last time CO2 was as high as it is now. Round to the nearest 100 thousand.
When was 900,000 years ago.
Approximately 100 years ago there were 8 million species of life on Earth. How many species have gone extinct or are threatened by extinction? Round to the nearest hundred thousand.
What is 2 million?
Mr. Finkelstein lived in this foreign country.