Earth Day Celebration 2022

Who founded Earth Day?

• Elisabeth Warren
• Mitt Romney
• Nelson Mandela
• Gaylord Nelson

Where did the idea of Earth Day come from?

• An oil spill in St. Barbara
• A huge water spill in Los Angeles
• Cutting down too many trees in the amazon rainforest
• Poverty

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What is Earth Day?

• Earth Day is a day for people to celebrate how earth was formed.
• Earth Day is a day when people get outside and clean up the earth more than they used to.
• Earth Day is a contest for people to write an essay about how they feel about the earth.
• Earth day is a contest for people to make a model of the earth and then let it explode like a volcanoe. 

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What year was Earth Day created?

• 1970

• 1990

• 2000

• 1900

Too much of this gas in the environment is harmful?

• Gasoline

• Oxygen (O2)

• Methanol

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water! How much of that is fresh water available for drinking and irrigation?

• 5%
• 10%
• 25%
• Less than 1%

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What book helped launch the modern environmental movement, and led to the widespread ban of DDT? 

• Silent Spring
• The End of Nature
• Cabin in the Woods
• Earth in the Balance

Which is an example of a way you can reduce?

• buy products with less packaging

• use cloth shopping bags

• walk to school

• collect plastic bottles

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The founder of Earth Day is a senator from which state?

• California

• Wisconsin

• Texas

• Ohio

How many people recognized the first Earth Day?

• 10 million

• 15 million

• 20 million

• 25 million