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