Carbon Footprints

Carbon footprints only include the amount of CO2 released during your daily life

• True

• False

Which activity has the greatest impact on your carbon footprint?

• Biking to the skate park

• Flying

• Driving a car

• Walking to school

Which activities help to reduce your carbon footprint?

• Taking shorter showers

• Buying less new clothing

• Walking to school

• Watching tv

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Burning fossil fuels adds to your carbon footprint

• True

• False

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Carl showers for 20 minutes, and drives 1 hour every day. Mark showers for 20 minutes and drives 15 minutes every day

• Mark has the greater footprint

• Carl and Mark have the same footprint

• Carl has the greater footprint

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Why does creating carbon dioxide hurt our planet?

• It cools down our planet

• It warms up our planet

• Carbon dioxide does not hurt our planet

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The food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the electricity we use contributes to our __________

• Carbon footprint

• Carbon handprint

• Water footprint

• Ozone handprint

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Which of these transportation choices produces the least carbon?

• Walking

• Riding a bus

• Driving a car

• Riding a train

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Which type of food takes less energy to produce?

• Meat

• Fresh vegetables

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Everyone has a carbon footprint

• True

• False

• True, but the size can be different

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