Basic Planets
What percentage of earth is covered in water? (Must be within 10% of correct answer for points)
About 71%
What is the name of a scientist that studies weather?
A meteorologist
Recycling
What is one way to reduce your use of energy?
Turn off lights when you leave, Insulate your home, buy energy efficient appliances, take shorter showers
How many continents are on Earth?
What is the name of Earth's outermost layer?
The crust
What is the greenhouse effect?
The process through which heat is trapped near Earth's surface by greenhouse gases.
What color is usually associated with recycling?
Blue
What is Earth's primary source of energy?
The sun
Which state has the most natural parks? (Bonus points if you can guess the number)
California (9)
What is the name of the (imaginary) line that divides the northern & southern hemispheres?
The equator
What is the gas that is most commonly linked to human-caused climate change?
Carbon Dioxide
What percentage of aluminum is usually recycled?
75%
What type of energy is defined as 'heat energy from the earth'?
Geothermal energy
Which California city has the highest population?
Los Angeles
what force keeps us (people) on the ground?
gravity
What is the name for a storm that is large and forms over warm oceans?
hurricane
Name one thing plastic bottles can be recycled into.
Clothing, insulation, carpeting
about 95 quadrillion Btu
Name one of the most water intensive crops?
Rice, cotton, sugarcane, alfalfa, almonds, wheat
Name all of the planets in our solar system in order (starting with the closest to the sun).
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Name all of the oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern
What is one thing old tires can be recycled into?
Rubber mulch, patio umbrellas/bases, bottle openers, flowerpots, trash cans, bumpers.
What percentage of total energy sources is renewable energy in the US?
12.7%
What was agreed to in the Paris Agreement?
Limit global temperature increase to below 2 degrees C