What year did Earth Day begin?
1960
1970
1980
1990
On average, what is the approximate daily home water use for each person in the US?
25 gallons
200 gallons
100 gallons
50 gallons
On average, what percentage of household water is used outdoors for watering lawns and gardens?
50-70%
30-50%
10-20%
70-90%
Approximately what percentage of the water in the world can be used to meet the agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community and personal needs of humans
1%
40%
25%
5%
Approximately how many sheets of 100% new, white copy paper can be made from a tree that is roughly 40 feet tall and 6-8 inches in diameter?
20,000
8,000
50,000
2,000
In the average home, which of the following uses the most water?
Taking a bath
Washing one load of clothes
Flushing the toilet
A 10 minute shower
For approximately how long can a person live without water?
Two days
Two weeks
One week
Four days
Which of the following takes the longest time to break down or disintegrate?
A disposable diaper
A six-pack holder
A plastic bottle or other hard plastic container
An aluminum can
Which of the following accounts for the greatest percentage of total waste in the U.S.?
Plastic
Paper
Yard trimmings
Glass
Which of the following home appliances consumes the most electricity?
A space heater
A computer and monitor
A water heater
A hair dryer
Which of the following accounts for the greatest percentage of a typical home energy bill?
A refridgerator
Heating and cooling
The clothes dryer
Electronics
Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource
Ethanol
Methanol
Hydrogen
Natural gas
What substance is released into the atmosphere when solid waste, fossil fuels, and wood products are burned?
Calcium sulfate
Hydrogen Peroxide
Sodium chloride
Carbon dioxide
Which of the following US government environmental acts was NOT a result of the first Earth Day demonstrations?
Endangered Species Act
Clean Day Act
National Wash-Your-Car-Day
Clean Air Act
More than half of the breathable oxygen in the world comes from where?
Clouds
The ocean
Flowering plants
The forest
How much of the world’s oxygen is produced by just the Amazon rainforest?
20%
1%
10%
5%
