Earth Day

Geography

100

This is the driest region on Earth outside of Antarctica:

*Atacama Desert, South America

*Sahara Desert, North Africa

*Chihuahuan Desert, North America

What is the Atacama Desert, South America?

200

This is the biggest mountain range in South America: 

*Saint Elias Mountains

*Andes Mountains

*Atlas Mountains

What are the Andes Mountains?

300

This is the biggest country by land area in the world:

*Russia

*Canada

*China

What is Russia?

400

This is the largest active volcano in the world:

*Mount Fuji

*Mauna Loa

*Mount Etna

What is Mauna Loa?

500

This is the longest river in the United States:

*Mississippi River

*Yukon River

*Missouri River

What is the Missouri River?

Climate Change

100

This greenhouse gas in the biggest contributor to global warming:

*Carbon dioxide

*Water Vapor

*Methane

What is carbon dioxide?

200

This is a sign of climate change:

*Increase in extreme weather events

*Tectonic plates shifting

*Decreasing sea levels

What is the increase in extreme weather events?

300

This region has experienced the most obvious and impactful effect of global warming so far:

*Tropical rainforests

*Arctic regions

*Barren deserts

What are the arctic regions?

400

This is the US's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions:

*Public Transportation

*Generating Electricity

*Farming/Agriculture

What is generating electricity?

500

This country has the highest electric car us per capita:

*Norway

*Japan

*Neterlands

Who is Norway?

Sustainable Fashion

100

This is how long it takes for synthetic fiber like nylon takes to bread down in a landfill:

*10-20 years

*30-40 years

*75+ years

What is 30-40 years?

200

This is how many gallons of water it takes on average to produce on cotton t-shirt:

*650+ gallons

*850+ gallons

*1,000+ gallons

What is 650+ gallons?

300

This brand was the first to turn plastic waste into clothing:

*The North Face

*Mountain Hardware

*Patagonia

What is Patagonia?

400

This percentage of donated clothing ends up in landfills or incinerators:

*more than 40%

*more than 60%

*more than 80%

What is more than 80%?

500

This textile does not shed microfibers:

*Linen

*Nylon

*Spandex

What is linen?

Recycling & Pollution

100

This is the most common littered item:

*Coffee cups

*Cigarette butts

*Chewing gum

What is cigarette butts?

200

The percentage of plastic that is recycled globally:

*9%

*15%

*21%

What is 9%?

300

This country is a global waste management and recycling leader:

*Finland

*Ireland

*Germany

Who is Germany?

400

This item cannot be recycled:

*To-go coffee cups

*Magazines and newspapers

*Steel cans

What are to-go coffee cups?

500

Place to dispose batteries:

*Household trash cans

*Official battery disposers

*Hazardous waste facility

What is official battery disposers?

Renewable Energy

100

This country generates nearly 100% of its energy through geothermal and hydro reserves:

*Norway

*Iceland

*Greenland

Who is Iceland?

200

This is the world's largest source of renewable energy:

*Hydropower*

*Solar power

*Bioenergy

What is hydropower?

300

The country with current largest solar power plan in the world:

*China

*Egypt

*India

Who is India?

400

This is the most sustainable and eco-friendly renewable energy source:

*Water

*Solar

*Wind

What is wind?

500

Country that developed the first wind turbine for electric power:

*Scotland

*Denmark

*France

Who is Scotland?