What uses the most energy in U.S. homes each year?
Heating water
Heating and air-conditioning
Refigeration
Lighting
True or false? The average American generates more than four pounds of trash per day.
True.
Paper can be made from which of these materials?
All of the above
Panda excrement
Hemp
Wood
Which of the following ailments can be treated by prescription drugs derived from plants found in the rainforest?
All of the above
Hypertension
Asthma
Cancer
Which of these items can be composted, or turned into natural fertilizer, for your garden?
Aluminum foil
All of the above
Egg shells
Gold balls
Around the world, how many Indigenous people live in forests?
5 million
50 million
1 million
8 million
How much oxygen does an average 50-year-old tree provide?
Enough for 8 people a year
Enough for 1 person a year
Enough for 10 people a year
Enough for 4 people a year
How many people in the world are dependent on fish as their main source of daily protein?
8 out of every 10 people
1 out of every 10 people
3 out of every 10 people
2 out of every 10 people
When was the first Earth Day?
2003
1982
1999
1970
Which land-based ecosystem holds the most concentration of plants and animals, i.e. biodiversity?
Tropical forests
South Pacific islands
Coral reefs
African savannah
How much of the world’s oxygen is produced by just the Amazon rainforest?
10%
5%
20%
1%
Which of the following takes the longest time to break down or disintegrate?
Plastic 6-pack holder
Hard plastic container
Disposable diaper
Aluminum can
Which of these species are threatened by global warming?
All of the above
Clownfish
Koala
Arctic fox
In the average home, which of the following uses the most water?
Filling the bathtub
Flushing the toilet
Washing a load of clothes
Taking a 10-minute shower
What percentage of crops are dependent on bee pollination in the U.S.?
100%
30%
65%
90%
More than half of the breathable oxygen in the world comes from where?
Flowering plants
The ocean
Forests
Clouds