The document contains a collection of environmental facts presented as multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions covering topics such as waste reduction, recycling, energy usage, pollution, and natural resources. The facts address issues including plastic bag usage, vehicle fuel consumption, landfill waste, paper usage, species extinction, water usage, and rainforest oxygen production. Sources for the facts include websites and books focused on environmental education.

1. Environmental Education <br />QR Codes Quizzes<br />If just 1 out of every 4 U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save…<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />On the average, there are 140,000,000 cars in America. They are estimated to travel almost 4,000,000,000 miles in a day. According to the Dept. of Transportation, they use over _____ gallons of gas doing it.<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />About 1% of U.S. landfill space is full of disposable diapers, which take ____ years to decompose.<br /> From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Every year we throw away 24,000,000 tons of leaves and grass. Leaves alone account for what percentage of our solid waste in the fall?<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Every ton of recycled office paper <br />saves ___ gallons of oil.<br /> a). 100 b). 250<br /> c). 325 d). 380<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for<br /> __ hours, and is the equal to half a can of gasoline.<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Glass produced from recycled glass (instead of raw materials) cuts down air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by ___%.<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Americans use 50,000,000 TONS of paper each year, which uses up more than ____ trees.<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Every day __________ species of plants & animals become extinct as their habitat gets destroyed<br /> by humans.<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />ECO-JOKE<br />Why can’t you play cards in the jungle?<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />In the canopies of the tropical forests alone, there are over _____ species of insects living there!<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />Each year, there are ____ square miles of rainforest that are destroyed.<br />From http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm<br />You should switch to recyclable batteries. In the USA, people throw away about _____ batteries per year. That’s as heavy as 320 SUV’s.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Eco Joke:<br />Why is grass so dangerous?<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />The California Academy of Sciences Museum in Golden Gate Park, California has a green roof with _____ pounds of soil, trees, plants, and rare flowers.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Eco Joke:<br />Why is the <br />Mississippi River <br />such an unusual river? <br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />If every family in the country gift wrapped just 3 gifts using paper (or cloth) they already have, the paper saved would be enough to cover ___ football fields.<br />In December every year, with shopping bags, food waste, packaging, wrapping paper, and other waste, over 1 million more tons of waste are added to landfills each year: ___% more landfill waste than any other month.<br /> <br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Each year, 1,900,000,000 holiday cards are sent in the USA. All those cards require _____ new trees to be cut down each year.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Americans (at home<br />and restaurants) use 6 paper napkins per person per day. If everyone used one less paper napkin per day, Americans would save 300,000,000 napkins per day. That would save ____ trees.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />A plastic cup takes ____ years to decompose.<br />From http://www.theplastiki.com/<br />Our planet is made of ___% sea water, <br />___% is ice at the North and South Poles,<br />Some is polluted or has bacteria in it.<br />__% is pure enough to drink.<br />From http://www.theplastiki.com/<br />An average of <br />__ plastic bags <br />come into our house <br />per year—most of <br />which isn’t recycles. <br />From http://www.theplastiki.com/<br />How much water does <br />the American family <br />use per day just by flushing the toilet??<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />In the US, we still dump __% of our waste in landfills. The rest is recycled or burned.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Every year __ million trees are made into <br />__ billion paper sacks <br />in the USA.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Americans go through more than 2,500,000 water bottles per ____ (name a time period).<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />___ out of every 10 water bottles end up in a landfill each year because they are not recycled.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Eco-Joke:<br />How do you make<br /> a whale float?<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Eco-Joke:<br />Why are elephants no good at surfing the Internet?<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Why you should love bats: One bat can gobble up ____ mosquitoes <br />per night.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Wind power provides ___% of the total energy used in the USA<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />The typical SUV gets around 15 miles per gallon. The hybrid car gets about __ miles per gallon. <br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Eco-Joke:<br />How do you get to <br />the top of a tree?<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />Eco-Joke:<br />What do you call it <br />when worms take <br />over the world?<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />It is estimated that we will reach 7 billion people on our planet by Oct. 31, 2011. Along this rate, <br />by 2040, we could very have __ billion people.<br />From I ❤ God’s Green Earth by Michael & Caroline Carroll (2010)<br />The world population is growing by about ___ million people per year.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />If you leave the water running while brushing your teeth, you waste __ gallons of water.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />A drippy faucet wastes ____ gallons of <br />water per month.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Banana peels take ____ weeks to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Paper takes ____ months to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Cardboard milk cartons take ___ years to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Cigarette butts take ___ years to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Plastic grocery bags take ____ years to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Aluminum cans take ____ years to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />Styrofoam cups take<br /> ____ years to biodegrade.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />___% of the world’s oxygen comes from the Amazon rain forest.<br />From Planet Patrol: A Kids’ ActionBuide to Care for the Earth<br /> by Marybeth Lorbiecki (2005)<br />