Merrill
Gardens
Jeopardy
Earth
Day (Do you remember?)
100

When is Earth Day?

April 22

100

What holiday followed Earth Day in 1972?

World Environment Day

100

Who wrote the Earth Day theme song?

Abhay Kumar

100

What scientist proposed the theory of continental drift?

Alfred Wegener

100

What ongoing process allows water to be constantly recycled?

Water Cycle

200

When (what year) was the first Earth Day?

1970

200

A single tree produces enough air to supply in its lifetime for how many people for a year?

4

200

Who took a zero-carbon voyage from Europe to the United States to raise awareness of climate change?

Greta Thunberg

200

What American river caught fire in 1969 from all of the waste and pollution filling it?

Cuyahoga River

200

Frogs belong to which animal group?

Amphibians

300

What region on Earth produces 20% of the planet's oxygen?

The Amazon rainforest

300

 What is the name of the most recent supercontinent?

Pangea

300

Which component of an atom might you expect to be orbiting around it?

Electrons

300

What is it called when you make light change direction by passing it through a lens?

Refraction

300

The earth has three layers that are different due to varying temperatures. What are its three layers?

Crust, mantle, and core

400

The United Nations has what name for Earth Day?

International Mother Earth Day

400

Most of Earth's breathable air comes from where?

The ocean

400

Who begins food chains?

Producers

400

In 2011, 28 million trees were planted in which country for the Earth Day "Plant Trees, Not Bombs" campaign?

Afghanistan

400

How many elements are there in the periodic table?

118

500

The first Earth Day eventually led to the creation of which government agency?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

500

In addition to establishing the EPA, President Nixon also passed which pieces of legislation in 1970 inspired by the Earth Day movement?

National Environmental Education Act,  the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act

500

Which President signed the Paris Agreement?

Barack Obama

500

What is the theme of Earth Day 2024?

Planet vs. Plastics

500

What is the “powerhouse of the cell?”

Mitochondria

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