How Much Do You Really Know About The Environment?

It takes the same amount of oil to drive a car one mile as it takes to make ___ plastic bags.

The average American creates a little under five times the amount of trash that an average global person creates.

• True

• False

The USA wastes more electric energy than Japan uses.

• True

• False

The average person worldwide uses _____ gallons of water daily, while the average American uses _____ gallons of water every day.

• 5, 100

• 7, 54

• 10, 80

• 3, 56

In what year do scientists think that the North Pole will be completely melted in the summer?  In what year do they believe that it will be melted year-round?

• 2055, 2090

• 2019, 2029

• 2035, 2070

• 2012, 2027

______ plastic bottles are thrown away every five minutes in the USA alone.

• 2 million

• 3 million

• 50 thousand

• 100 thousand

How many gallons of water does it take to virtually produce one pair of jeans?

• 39

• 200

• 2,900

• 3,990

How much waste in landfills is compostable?

• 33%

• 40%

• 5%

• 78%

Just one gallon of paint or motor oil spilled outside can pollute ____ gallons of drinking water.

• 250

• 2,500

• 25,000

• 250,000

Check all of the things that you can do to make your composter work faster.

• Add some salt to help break down material faster

• Add some water

• Stir it occasionally

• Don't add too much material at one time

• Put it in a sunny place

• Buy worms and put them in

• Put in something slightly naturally acidic, such as a lemon or an orange peel

What can you put in your composter?

• Things with oil on them (such as pizza boxes)

• Animal fur (such as from when you brush your dog or cat)

• Eggshells

• Used tissues

• Undyed, organically- made, recycled paper bags

• Any papers, with or without printing on them (but not magazines or other waxed paper)

• Undyed or untreated cotton products

• Post-its

• Old photos

In which states can you get a refund for recycling plastic and/or metal bottles/cans? Hint: there are only 7.  All of them are on the list below.

• Arizona

• California

• Connecticut

• Georgia

• Hawaii

• Illinios

• Iowa

• Kentucky

• Maine

• Massachusetts

• Michigan

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• New Hampshire

• New York

• North Carolina

• Oregon

• Tennessee

• Utah

• Virginia

• Wisconsin

• Wyoming