Carbon Footprint

What is a carbon footprint?

• It is the amount of oxygen you take in each day.

• It is the amount of carbon dioxide you create with your activities that goes into the atmosphere.

• It is another name for Climate Change.

• It is the amount of moisture in the atmosphere.

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How do your actions affect your Carbon Footprint?

• We rarely produce any carbon in the air.

• What you do does not affect the atmosphere.

• It is a number of gases that are in the air.

• Certain things you do give off more carbon that goes into the air.

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What are the two categories that we divide energy into?

• Greenhouse & Fossil Fuels

• Gases & Liquids

• Renewable & Non renewable

• Large and small

What are fossil fuels?

• They are decomposing animals and plants that are found in the earth.

• These are fossils that scientists find in forests.

• They are imprints of animal feet.

• They help to produce green energeries.

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Which of the following activities reduces your Carbon Footprint?

• Letting the water run so it is clean.

• Using as many lights in a room as possible.

• Growing a vegetable garden

• Using plastic cups and utelsils.

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Renewable energy an be ........

• changed to nonrenewable energy

• Replenished

• considered a fossil fuel

• found only in the ground

What type of energy is formed from the power of water?

• Wind Energy

• Biomass

• Hydropower

• Solar Power

Why is plastic harmful to the environment?

• Plastic does not breakdown for a very long time.

• Plastic is a renewable energy.

• Plastic can change into a fossil fuel.

• Plastic is not easy to find.

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What can everyone do to make a difference in reducing our carbon footprints?

• Reduce the energy we use

• Use more oil products.

• Eat more meat

• Cut down more trees.

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What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Climate changes every day.

• Weather is another name for climate.

• Weather happens everyday and climate is over time.

• Weather rarely changes.

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