Waste Management
Renewable Resources
Pollution
Statistics (Answer with approximate values - closest wins)
Plants and Animals
100

Banana peel

Compost

100

Do solar panels produce noise while operating?

No

100

What do we call dirty air from smoke and dust?

Air pollution

100

How much of Earth's water is usable for human consumption? (percentage)

1%

100

Which small bug helps plants grow by moving pollen?

Bee

200

Tim Horton's Coffee Cup

Recycling

200

What renewable resource does the most damage to ecosystems?

Hydropower

200

What word means harmful chemicals getting into rivers?

Water pollution

200

How long does plastic take to decompose? (years)

500+ years

200

What do we call animals that eat only plants?

Herbivores

300

Metallic waste

recycling

300

Which renewable resource is most weather-dependent?

Solar

300

What do we call tiny bits of plastic in the ocean?

Microplastics

300

How much of food produced in Canada ends up in landfills or is otherwise wasted? (percentage)

58%

300

What human activity where clearing large forest areas most directly destroys wildlife habitat?

Deforestation

400

Batteries

Battery recycling bins

400

What is Canada's number one renewable resource?

Hydroelectric power

400

What rain turns harmful when air pollution mixes with clouds?

Acid rain

400

How much of all plastic produced is recycled? (percentage)

9%

400

What colorful structure in the seas i built by tiny animals?

Coral reef

500

Receipt

Garbage

500

What is the highest maintenance renewable resource?

Biomass

500

What do we call the rapid growth of algae in lakes and rivers caused by excess fertilizer runoff?

Algae Bloom (Eutrophication)

500

How many litres of water is required to make one cotton shirt? (litres)

2700 litres

500

What do you call species introduced by humans into new habitats where they outcompete natives and disrupt ecosystems?

Invasive species

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