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How Green Are You?
Find out by completing this quiz!
1. Global warming may lead to:
More extreme weather events
Rising sea levels
The extinction of many animal and plant species
All of the above
2. Activities that use fossil fuels, which produce carbon dioxide, contributing to global warming include:
Producing plastic bottles
Transporting food across the country
Flying on an airplane
All of the above
3. The average distance your food travels from the farm to the grocery store is:
20 miles
500 miles
1,500 miles
4. One Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulb can:
Last ten times longer that an incandescent bulb
Use two-thirds less energy
Help save money on your electric bill
Do all of the above
5. Which of the following will not save gas or reduce carbon dioxide emissions?
Keeping tires properly inflated
Driving short distances
Combining errands
6. You can be more energy efficient at home by:
Setting your thermostat a little higher in the summer and a little lower in the winter
Sealing air leaks around windows and doors
Drying laundry on a clothes line
All of the above
7. How many trees does it take to send Americans junk mail each year?
50,000
1 million
100 million
8. If you shorten your shower by two minutes, you can reduce your carbon dioxide emissions in a year by:
18 pounds
174 pounds
342 pounds
9. Raising livestock contributes what percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions?
2 percent
18 percent
30 percent
10. If no plastic or paper bags were produced, we would:
Reduce air and water pollution
Spare millions of trees
Decrease oil use by millions of barrels
All of the above
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