The Way We Move
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Keeping it All in Balance
100
Name two modes of transportation that are environmentally friendly.
What are: biking, walking, running, roller skating, skateboarding or taking public transportation?
100
Water covers seventy percent of the Earth, but people can only drink this small portion of that water. 10%, 5%, or 0.5%?
What is 0.5%?
100
This animal emits enough methane gas to contribute to 16% of the total amount of global warming gasses in the atmosphere?
What is a cow?
100
This source of clean energy is powerful enough to take the place of every fossil fuel in every way it is used?
What is the sun?
100
This percentage of mammals are currently in danger of extinction – 10%, 25%, or 35%.
What is 25%?
200
Of the following cars, this one is most fuel efficient – SUVs, sports cars, or hybrid cars.
What are Hybrid Cars. SUVs and sports cars are less fuel-efficient than average cars while hybrid cars, which combine electricity and gas to power the engine, are the most fuel-efficient cars available on the market today.
200
True or false: when you flush the toilet, you use as much water as the average person in a developing country uses in a day.
True. The United States uses more water than any other country in the world, even though we have far less access to fresh water than some other countries, including Canada and Russia. By the way, toilets made after 1992 use 1.6 gallons per flush while toilets made before 1992 can use up to eight gallons per flush. According to a 2001 study, this amounts to an average of 27,448 gallons a year for the old-style toilets and 13,286 for newer water efficient toilets.
200
This major ecosystem was reduced in size by 94 million hectares (greater than the size of Venezuela, a South American country) during the 1990s.
What is the rainforest?
200
Each year 3.4 million people die because of contamination of this major resource.
What is water?
200
If everyone on Earth lived like an average American, we would need this many planets to provide an adequate supply of natural resources in order to sustain us.
What is 5?
300
What is the most efficient mode of travel possible for people – riding a bicycle, walking, driving in a car, or riding in an airplane?
The bicycle is the most efficient way to get from one point to another - even more so than walking, because you can travel farther on less energy.
300
What causes Global Warming?
Global warming is the theory that the Earth is getting warmer. This is caused by gases in the atmosphere that keep in heat, like putting a lid on a pot of water on the stove. These gasses are a product of burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal.
300
The three “Rs” help guide us in using fewer resources and cutting down the amount of waste we produce?
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle?
300
Fuel cells use this element – hydrogen, helium, nitrogen.
What is hydrogen?
300
The name for resources such as coal, oil, and natural gas
What are fossil fuels?
400
The average SUV owner will spend approximately this much money on gasoline this year - $500, $1000, $1500?
What is $1500?
400
The average American family spends this much on energy bills each year - $600, $1000, or $1400.
What is $1400?
400
This many gallons of water are used to produce one pound of beef – 100, 1000, or over 2500?
What is 2500?
400
If we burn hydrogen in a fuel cell, it combines with oxygen to create energy. Name the by-product from this chemical reaction.
What is water?
400
This is the most environmentally friendly diet option.
What is vegetarianism?
500
As gasoline is converted to energy, this much of its potential power is used by our cars - 100%, 70%, 45%, or less than 10%.
What is less than 10%?
500
The world’s greatest oil resources are located here.
What is the Middle East?
500
The average American uses this many pounds of paper each year: 220, 440, or 660?
What is 660?
500
One drawback of nuclear power plants
What is waste disposal, meltdown risk, cost?
500
The amount of land necessary to sustain a certain lifestyle
What is an ecological footprint?
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