Earth and the Environment
True or False: The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen
False. The net [oxygen] effect of the Amazon, or really any other biome, is around zero as trees don't just produce oxygen, they also consume it at night
According to NASA, how many tons of ice has Antarctica been losing every year? A. 148 billion B. 253 billion C. 7 billion D. 134 million
As global temperatures have risen, Antarctica has lost about 148 billion tons of ice every year between 1993 and 2019.
Name this environmental activist.
Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist who began her “School Strike for Climate” at the Swedish parliament in 2018.