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100

What are the three steps to recyling?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 

100

Nest and Ecobee are examples of smart versions of what temperature equipment that can adjust temperature to not just be more comfortable, but also more efficient for the environment?

Thermostat

100

What enormous propeller-equipped, air current-harvesting, “farm” structures can average about 320 feet tall, towering over the Statue of Liberty?

Wind Turbines

100

The Great Barrier Reef is about 2,300 square kilometers. In terms of area, you could say it’s about the size of Italy or, if you’re in America, about half the size of what Southern “Lone Star” state known for oil, BBQ, and the Wild West?

Texas

100

In 2007's “The Simpsons Movie," Abe Simpson interrupts a Sunday church service by shouting the three-letter initialism of what government agency that helps enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act?

EPA

200

What single-use plastic product cannot be recycled?

Plastic Bags

200

Unplugging your printer when not in use reduces energy waste and potentially saves about how much annually: $12, $60 or $130?

$130

200

What bustling K-word energy do wind turbines convert to electrical energy? (Hint: It’s the kind of energy that is created by wind)

Kinetic

200

How many continents on Earth have no deserts?

One

200

The Honest Company, a startup that began in 2011, targeted selling environmentally friendly products to young mothers. Which Hollywood actress started the brand, and also acts as the face of the company?

Jessica Alba

300

True or False: You can recycle plastic clamshell containers (like berry containers).

True, most modern facilities accept them.

300

The commonly used energy-efficiency certification, LEED, stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental what?

Design

300

Patagonia produces some of its apparel using a polyester fabric that includes what upcycled items?

Plastic bottles

300

Harmful algae blooms found in coastal areas are often referred to by what two-word phrase, even though they can come in many colors?

Red Tide

300

What 1962 book by marine biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson about the dangers of pesticides led to a national ban on DDT?

Silent Spring

400

What material is recycled more than any other?

Steel

400

Also the name of a letter in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, what Volkswagen model did Car and Driver rate as one of the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid, non-electric vehicles of 2021?

Golf

400

The three largest operational solar thermal power stations in the U.S. are Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, Solar Energy Generating Systems, and the Mojave Solar Project. Each of these is located in what state?

California

400

What is the largest desert in the world?

Antarctic Desert

400

Environmental superhero Captain Planet is produced by the combination of the powers of wind, water, earth, fire, and what fifth "element" one might need to pursue environmental change in the world?

Heart

500

What material can be recycled infinitely?

Glass

500

Green biotechnology refers to biotechnology used in the environmental sector, whereas what color is used to describe biotechnology used in the medical and pharma field?

Red

500

The Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie was the first person to use solar power to cross what body of water in 1996?

Pacific Ocean

500

Having the title as the world’s oldest rainforest at 180 million years old, the Daintree rainforest is found in which country?

Australia

500

What avian environmental ally of Smokey Bear advises Americans: "Give a Hoot--Don't Pollute!"

Woodsy Owl