Earth Day Trivia

In what year did Earth Day begin?

• 1950
• 1960
• 1970
• 1980

Where did the idea of Earth Day come from?

• An oil spill in St. Barbara
• A huge water spill in Los Angeles
• Cutting down too many trees in the amazon rainforest
• Poverty

What book helped launch the modern environmental movement, and led to the widespread ban of DDT? 

• Silent Spring
• The End of Nature
• Cabin in the Woods
• Earth in the Balance

Too much of this gas in the environment is harmful?

• Gasoline

• Oxygen (O2)

• Methanol

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

More than half of the breathable oxygen in the world comes from where?

• Forests

• Flowering plants

• Clouds

• Oceans

How much of the world's oxygen is produced by just the Amazon rainforest?

• 1%

• 20%

• 50%

• 10%

70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water! How much of that is fresh water available for drinking and irrigation?

• 5%
• 10%
• 25%
• Less than 1%

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 of the following can NOT be recycled?

• plastic bottles

• glass jars

• newspaper

• oil

You're excited to do a good deed and recycle your pizza box; however, as you throw it in the bin, your neighbor tells you you can't recycle it. Is he right? And why?

• Yes, it is paper and paper is recyclable.
• No, there is grease on the paper so it isn't recyclable.