Eco-Quiz

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For each question, select the correct answer from the choices provided. When you are done, or have given up, press the button that says Check my Answers and Score this Quiz! to get your score, rating, and find out the questions you got right or wrong. This quiz will give you an indication of how environmentally conscious you are.

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1. If you saved up all the unwanted junk mail for one year, the United States would save trees in a year.

2. If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over bags a year.

3. Leaves alone account for % of our solid wastes in the fall season.

4. Every ton of recycled office paper saves gallons of oil.

5. Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for hours.

6. Americans consume more than trees a year through commercial paper.

7. Insulating your attic reduces the amount of energy loss in most houses by up to percent.

8. Every day children die from preventable diseases somewhere in the world.

9. The human population of the world is expected to have nearly by the year 2100.

10. The uncontrolled fishing that is allowed has reduced the amount of some commercial species up to of their original population.

11. Every day species of plants and animals becomes extinct as their habitat and human influences destroy them.

12. In Peninsular Malaysia, more tree species are found in acres of Tropical Forest than in the entire North America.

13. A study has shown that there are possibly over species of insects dwelling in the canopies of tropical forests.

14. square miles of rainforests are being destroyed each year.

15. Medicine produced in tropical forests brings in commercially dollars a year.

16. of the world's rainforests are found in Brazil.

17. Grasslands cover of the land on Earth.

18. Every year approximately tons of carbon accumulates in the air.

19. Batteries contain Heavy metals, which cause contamination in dump sites and in the air when incinerated. This is why you should your batteries.

20. Life in the oceans provides the earth with most of our , a most precious chemical.

21. Instead of using an incandescent light bulb, use a light bulb, which uses one-fourth of the energy and lasts longer. Yet, it still gives off the same amount of light.

22. Releasing helium balloons into the air, may result in animals such as a whale or sea turtle swallowing it and .

23. Toxic chemicals which you dump down the storm drain may end up in .

24. The second leading cause of death among 14-17 year olds is .

25. If you are in a room with three monkeys, and one holds a banana, one has a book, and the other has a pencil, who is the smartest primate in the room?

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Animal Riddle

If a monkey is like his father, what is he often called?

Answer: A chimp off the block.

Environmental Rubric

Score Rating

25 EcoNaut EcoNaut

Score Rating Score Rating

22-24 Eco-Whiz Earth Medic 20-21 Eco-Star

16-19 Eco-conscious Caution 11-15 Eco-disaster Danger

6-10 Eco-calamity Cancer Agent Present 0-5 Eco-hazard Biohazard Isolation

Score	Rating	Score	Rating
22-24	Eco-Whiz	20-21	Eco-Star
16-19	Eco-conscious	11-15	Eco-disaster
6-10	Eco-calamity	0-5	Eco-hazard