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