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The month we celebrate Earth Day
What is April
The year the United States celebrated the first Earth Day. (Options: a) 1930, b) 1970, c) 2011)
When is 1970
This percent of the Earth’s water is available for human consumption. (Options: a) 60%, b) 25%, c) Less than 3%)
What is less than 3%
Oxygen and this gas make up 99 percent of the air we breathe. (Options: a) Helium, b) Hydrogen, c) Nitrogen)
What is Nitrogen
The majority of the world’s fresh water is found on this continent.
D What is Antarctica?
True or False, Ozone is good up high and bad down low.
What is True?
When you combine the words “smoke” and “fog” you get this word that describes dirty air.
What is Smog?
The following is a result of ground-level ozone. (Options: a) Asthma and breathing problems, b) Damage to plants and trees, c) Both a & b
What is both a & b
True or False: By simply turning off your vehicle while idling (when not in traffic), you can help reduce air pollution.
What is True?
An example of a mobile source of air pollution other than cars, trucks, or SUV’s.
What is lawn equipment, airplanes, boats, recreational vehicles, farm and construction equipment, etc?
This process is the wearing down of soil by water, wind, or ice. (Options: a) Erosion, b) Erasing, c) Melt down)
What is erosion
This cycle describes the constant circulation of water from the atmosphere to the land and the oceans, and back again. (Options: a) Sun cycle, b) Water (hydrologic) cycle, c) Weather cycle)
What is the water (hydrologic) cycle?
An area of land where all of the water drains to a common place. (Options: a) Watershed, b) Wetland, c) Forest)
What is a watershed?
Water is treated here to make it safe to drink. (Options: a) Water cleaners, b) Wastewater treatment plant, c) Water treatment plant)
What is a water treatment plant?
On average, this appliance uses 26% of the water in a home. (Options: a) Shower, b) Dishwasher, c) Toilet)
What is the toilet?
These tiny creatures help us decompose food waste. (Hint: they live underground, and have no arms, legs, or eyes)
What are worms?
If you went to a landfill and started digging around, you would find this item the most often. (Options: a) Paper, b) Metal, c) Plastic)
What is paper?
The following Natural Resources are used to make paper, glass, and plastic. Put them in the proper order. (Options: a) Trees, sand, oil, b) Sand, oil, trees, c) Oil, trees, sand)
What is trees, sand, oil?
This product has to go to a landfill, meaning it cannot be reused, recycled, or composted. (Options: a) Plastic bottles, b) Disposable diapers, c) Banana peels)
What are disposable diapers?
A pile of leaves, grass, and decayed food scraps can turn into this.
What is compost?
You bring home enough of this item in a year to stack as tall as a two-story building. (Options: a) Food, b) Paper, c) Plastic)
What is paper?
The “e” in e-waste refers to these items when we are no longer using them. (Options: a) Electronics, b) Electricity, c) Energy)
What are electronics?
Americans go through this many plastic bottles every hour. (Options: a) 250, b) 250,000, c) 2.5 million)
What is 2.5 million?
Americans throw away enough of this item every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. (Options: a) Aluminum, b) Plastic, c) Steel)
What is aluminum?
True or False: More than 50 percent of the materials people throw away from their homes could be reused, recycled, or composted.
What is True?
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