True or false? The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons.
True - Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons.
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True or false? Without the natural greenhouse effect, Earth's average temperature would be well below freezing.
True
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True or false? Earth-observing satellites, in combination with ground-level surveillance data, are helping to map the locations of disease-carrying insects to keep communities safe.
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True or false? The largest agricultural methane source is livestock.
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True or false? Global sea level rose almost 10 cm in the last century.
False - about 20 cm
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True or false? There are more 2 and 3 wheel EVs (electric vehicles) than any other type.
True
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True or false? The ozone layer absorbs about 70% of the Sun's electromagnetic radiation.
False - 97 to 99% of the Sun's medium-frequency ultraviolet light
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True or false? Because of the rising ocean acidification fish cannot spawn.
False - Shellfish struggle to grow shells as water becomes more acidic.
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True or false? About 50% of all species that ever lived on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, are estimated to be extinct.
False - More than 99.9%
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True or false? The total CO2 generated in the UK from unneeded stored data is the equivalent of 112,500 return flights from London to Australia.
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True or false? Earth stores 90% of the extra energy in the ocean.
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True or false? The storing of millions of unnecessary photos and videos on servers around the world creates a carbon footprint as big as that of the airline industry.