Natural Resources
This type of energy is produced from the sun
What is solar energy?
True or False: Paper can be recycled indefinitely.
What is False?
True or False: The average hamburger takes over 600 gallons of water to produce.
What is true?
The following was recycled the most:
a) Steel cans b) Cars
c) Appliances (Refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc.)
What are b) Cars?
Which of these are careers not involved in the environment.
a) Lawyer c) Biologist
b) Geologist d) None of the above
What is d) "None of the above"?
Each passenger car tire contains seven gallons of this:
a) Air b) Paper
c) Aluminum d) Oil
What is d) Oil?
This natural resource is used to make paper.
a) Sand
b) Oil
c) Trees
What are c) Trees?
The human body is made up of this much water.
a) 35% b) 65% c) 70%
What is c) 70%?
When materials are recycled into a lesser quality product it is given this name:
a) Downcycling b) Upcycling c) Reusing
What is a) Downcycling?
What do we call an organism that is not native to an area (was introduced) and has negative effects on our economy, environment, and/or health.
a) Nuisance pest b) Undesirable swarm
c) Invasive species
What is c) Invasive species?
As much as 5 to 10 feet of decaying plant matter is needed to produce a foot of this natural resource.
a) Iron b) Paper
c) Coal d) Plastic
What is c) Coal?
Recycling a ton of paper saves this many trees.
a) 17 b) 18
c) 19 d) 20
What is a) 17?
True or False: An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country uses in an entire day.
What is true?
Recycling one ton of steel saves 1,400 pounds of this natural resource:
a) Sand c) Electricity
b) Coal d) Water
What is b) Coal?
The following is a result of ground level ozone.
a) Asthma & breathing problems
b) Damage to plants and trees
c) Both a & b
What is c) Both a & b?
This is the largest natural lake in Indiana.
a) Lake Tippecanoe
b) Lake James
c) Lake Wawasee
What is c) Lake Wawasee?
This many tons of paper and paperboard are used in the United States each year.
a) 8 million tons b) 18 million tons
c) 68 million tons
What is 68 million tons?
The area of land where all of the water drains to a common place.
a) Watershed b) Wetland c) Forest
What is a) Watershed?
Each year Americans throw away this many Styrofoam cups:
a) 25 million b) 25 billion c) 250 million
What is c) 250 million?
The majority of the world’s fresh water is found on this continent.
What is Antarctica?
Indiana has this many underground coal mines.
a) None
b) 4
c) 20
What is 4?
Paper can be recycled into the following items.
a) Masking tape b) Cardboard
c) Bandages d) a & b
e) All of the above
What is e) "All of the above"?
True or False: The average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons; most of which runs through toilets, taps, and garden hoses at home.
What is False?
Electric arc furnaces used to make steel usually accept up to this much recycled steel to make new steel?
a) 100% b) 25% c) 50% d) None of the above
What is a) 100%?
Oxygen and this gas make up 99 percent of the air we breathe.
a) Helium b) Hydrogen c) Nitrogen
What is nitrogen?