Earth Day
What are the R's?
What are reduce, reuse, recycle?
The burning of these types of fuels for energy is the main contributor to Climate Change
What are fossil fuels?
The year that there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish.
What is 2050?
On this date every year, Earth Day is celebrated around the world.
What is April 22?
This is the most commonly found material picked up at beach cleanups
What is plastic?
If the earth warms more than this number of degrees, the effects of climate change will be irreversible.
What is two degrees Celsius?
This substance was accidentally spilled into the Gulf of Mexico which led to an environmental disaster
The first Earth Day was in this year. Answers within two years will be accepted.
What is 1970?
The amount of plastic entered into the ocean in 2010
What is 8 million metric tons?
This effect of climate change caused by the melting of glaciers and icebergs.
What is sea level rise?
An animal that is endangered because of environmental degradation
What are polar bears, snow leopard, Giant Panda, Tigers, Monarch Butterflies, Green Sea turtles, etc.?
This is the number of people who participate in Earth Day each year
What is 1 Billion
This chemical found in plastic water bottles caused a scare a few years back and is said to cause cancer.
What is Bisphenol A (BPA)?
This percentage of Earth was originally covered by trees.
What is 70%?
Amount of water the average American uses daily
What is 82 gallons?
The first Earth Day resulted in the creation of this US government agency.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
This is the number of pounds of trash the average American generates per day
What is ~5 lbs?
193 parties signed this accord since 2016 to fight global warming.
What is the Paris Agreement?
How many trees have been planted for Earth Day?
What is millions?