Earth Day 1
The date of Earth Day.
April 22
The slowest animal in the world
What is the three-toed sloth?
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun
What is the third?
This uses the most electricity in a home--heat and air conditioning, TV, or Radio
What is heat and air conditioning?
We can save the bees by not using chemicals and fertilizers on our yards.
True. Synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, are harmful to bees, wreaking havoc on their sensitive systems. Avoid treating your garden and green spaces with synthetics. Instead, use organic products and natural solutions such compost to aid soil health and adding beneficial insects that keep pests away like ladybugs and praying mantises.
When you take something you're going to throw out and turn it into something else
What is recycling?
The only mammal capable of true flight
What is a bat?
The closest star to Earth
What is the sun?
An example of a dangerous single use (use once and throw away) plastic items
What is (various answers, some examples--water bottles, Keurig cups, plastic bags, plastic beads in facial scrubs)?
Around 120 life saving prescriptions come from plants found in the Amazon rain forest.
True. Rainforest Plants Produce Life-Saving Medicines Some 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide today are derived directly from rainforest plants.
The number of years it takes for a plastic bag to break down--1-5 years, 10-20 years, or 25+ years
What is 10-20 years?
This bird is a universal symbol of peace
What is a dove?
How long it takes the Earth to orbit the sun
What is 1 year (or 365 days)?
This country emits the most carbon dioxide in the world
What is China?
Most of the oxygen comes from the ocean.
True. Scientists estimate that 50-80% of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean. The majority of this production is from oceanic plankton — drifting plants, algae, and some bacteria that can photosynthesize. 20% of the oxygen comes from the Amazon Rain Forests.
One way you can help keep the planet clean
What is (there are a variety of answers)?
The largest cat
What is a tiger (Siberian tiger)?
This percentage of the Earth is water--50%, 70%, or 75%?
What is 70%?
This much of the Earth's land is covered by forests--30%, 50%, or 60%
What is 30%?
Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
True. Food waste is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. That’s because food that’s thrown away decomposes in landfills and emits methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas
The number of years it takes one baby diaper to biodegrade--100 years, 250 years, or 500 years
What is 500 years?
The number of years the oldest species of whale lives up to--50 years, 100 years or 200 years
What is 200 years?
The invisible line around the Earth that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere
What is the equator?
It takes this number of trees to provide a day's supply of oxygen for 4 people
What is one?
90% of crops require bees for pollination so we can have food to eat.
True. Seventy out of the top 100 human food crops — which supply about 90 percent of the world’s nutrition — are pollinated by bees.