Earth Day Facts
The day Earth day is celebrated on.
4/22
A flightless bird from Mauritius that became extinct in the late 1600s due to human activity.
Dodo
Climate change mainly causes the Earth’s average temperature to
Increase
The 3 "Rs" of environmental conservation.
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.
This everyday app feature suggests shows or videos based on what you've watched before.
Recommendation algorithm
Earth Day was created to raise awareness about this issue
environmental protection or pollution
Large, shaggy elephant relative that went extinct around 4,000 years ago.
Wooly mammoth
This gas is the main cause of climate change
Carbon Dioxide
A type of lightbulb that is more energy-efficient than incandescent bulbs.
An LED bulb
This branch of AI focuses on enabling computers to understand and respond to human language.
Natural language processing
Earth Day was first celebrated in this decade
1970s
This bird, once common in North America, went extinct in 1914 due to overhunting.
Passenger Pigeon
This is a common human activity that releases a lot of greenhouse gases
Burning Fossil Fuels
Using items like reusable bags and water bottles is one way to reduce this type of waste.
Plastic waste
This field of AI focuses on enabling computers to recognize images and visual patterns.
Approximately how many countries is Earth Day celebrated in?
193
Tasmanian carnivorous marsupial, also called the "Tasmanian tiger," went extinct in the 20th century.
Thylacine
This term describes gases that trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere
Greenhouse gases
Carpooling, biking, and public transit all help reduce this environmental impact.
Carbon emissions
Self driving cars rely on this type of AI to make decisions based on real-time data from their surroundings.
Autonomous decision-making.
A U.S. government agency created in 1970 largely as a result of the environmental movement sparked by the first Earth day.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This species of frog, native to central America, is believed extinct largely to a fungal disease called chytridiomycosis.
Golden Toad
This process happens when forests are cut down, reducing Earth’s ability to absorb CO₂.
Deforestation
A process that involves planting trees to restore forests and absorb carbon dioxide.
Reforestation
Something often used in image recognition and inspired by the structure of the human brain.
Neural networks.