Water Use
The average person uses ___ gallons of water daily: 10, 100, 150, 180
What is 100
68% of oil in the US is used for the _____ sector: industrial, residential, commercial, transportation
What is transportation
______ is the process that traps greenhouse gases within the atmosphere helping to keep Earth at a habitable temperature: The greenhouse effect, climate change, global warming, the Coriolis effect
What is the greenhouse effect
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is a threat to ______: foxes, penguins, killer whales, polar bears
What is polar bears
The average washing machine uses ____ gallons of water per load: 2, 7, 19, 27
What is 19
The United States spent $______ on oil imports in 2020: 20.1 million, 50.4 million, 234.6 million, 86.1 billion
What is 86.1 billion
_____ is a greenhouse gas that is 28 times as powerful as carbon dioxide over 100 years: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide
What is methane
Of the following _____ is not a greenhouse gas: helium, water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane
What is Helium
Dishwashers save ____ gallons of water compared to hand-washing: -5, 0, 6, 23
What is 6
_____ is the country that exports the most oil: Venezuela, Canada, Russia, China
Venezuela
What is CFCs
Scientists predict that sea levels will rise _____ by the end of the century: 1-2 cm, 2-3 in, 0.5-1 ft, 2+ ft.
What is 2+ ft.
Freshwater makes up ____% of the water on Earth
What is 2-3%
______ is the country with the most coal deposits
What is the United States
______ is the country that, cumulatively, through history has the most carbon dioxide emissions
What is the United States
THe leading source of energy in the United States comes from _____
Agriculture (food, farming, crops, or other related word)
______ and ______ are the top two coal consuming countries
______ is the country that currently has the most per capita emissions
Saudi Arabia
______ is the protective layer of gases in the stratosphere that protects Earth from the sun's harmful UV rays