Earth Day 2021

I. Questions on Earth Day

On what date is Earth Day celebrated?

• March 15

• April 22

• April 23

• May 4

What is the purpose of Earth Day?

• To show you love the world.

• To give our planet a day to rest.

• To increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems.

• To unite everyone in celebrating Earth's birthday

What disaster lead to the founding of Earth Day?

• An oil spill off the coast of California

• Extinction of American mega fauna

• The Chernobyl disaster

• An oil spill off the coast of Africa

II. To reduce, reuse, and recycle:

How can we solve the problem of littering?

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Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emission.True or False ?

• True

• False

In 2015, ________ was the annual revenue of the plastic bottle manufacturing industry in the USA.

• 5 billion USD

• 13 billion USD

• 35 billion USD

• 55 billion USD

What are the environmental risks caused by plastic?

• Plastic is non-biodegradable and if not correctly disposed, can remain in the environment for a very long time.

• Plastic is often swallowed by animals mistakenly thinking it’s food, potentially resulting in their death.

• Plastic is the main reason of forest fire due to the light refraction.

• Since plastic can take up to thousand years to fully break down, most of the plastic that has been produced is still on our Earth in some form.

What happens to plastic waste?

• It is a biodegradable material so it eventually disintegrates

• It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces

• There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled

• It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat

Which suggestions below could be useful to be more sustainable ?

• Buy a refillable stainless steel water-bottle instead of always buying plastic ones.

• Use fabric bags instead of plastic ones when shopping.

• Pay attention every time you buy a product and try to seek for a non-plastic alternative first.

• Use aluminum foil to cover your food instead of using plastic bag.

What is the city of Kamikatsu in Japan famous for?

• It is the first municipality in Japan to have banned plastic use

• It is the first municipality in Japan to have a set a Zero Waste target by end of 2021

• It is a municipality in Japan where all trash is burned in incinerators

• It is a municipality in Japan where elderly people are not expected to recycle