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Green Your IQ

Green Your IQ. Think you’re Green?. Q: The typical food product we consume travels----from farm to table. 750 miles 1500 miles. End. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 1500 miles!.

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Green Your IQ

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  1. GreenYour IQ Think you’re Green?

  2. Q: The typical food product we consume travels----from farm to table 750 miles 1500 miles End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  3. 1500 miles! Buy Fresh, buy local..

  4. Q: The following will take longer to degrade in a landfill: Diaper Styrofoam cup End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  5. Styrofoam cup Per the New York Times & Penn State University; Styrofoam NEVER decomposes. Numbers for disposable diapers vary from 75 years to 450+ AND,, If you drink beverages from Styrofoam cups four times a day for three years, you may have consumed about one foam cup's worth of styrene along with your beverages. Mmm...!!!! The EPA established styrene as a possible carcinogen

  6. Q: This President started the great “50-mile walk” phenomenon that was embraced by the public at large Teddy Roosevelt JFK End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  7. JFK

  8. Q: The world’s biggest producer and consumer of coal is: China USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 End

  9. China! False! ~ half world’s coal consumption

  10. Q: The world’s largest landfill is located in Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada True False 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 End

  11. False!

  12. Q: Very little change occurs to materials in a landfill because the majority buried is non biodegradable: True False 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 End

  13. False! The majority of material going into landfills is degradable. However; little change occurs due to lack of moisture and oxygen!

  14. Q: The next generation will be more ecologically savvy than we are True False End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  15. False! According to the Children in Nature website, "Children can identify up to 1,000 corporate logos, but fewer than 10 plants or animals native to their backyards."

  16. Q: It takes 3 times as much water to produce 1 bottle of bottled water True False End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  17. True!

  18. Q:Known for his Earth-friendly ways, this star drives a hybrid car, supports environmental charities, protested natural gas facilities, and spoken in support of green legislation. He was given an Environmental Leadership Award, and along with his wife, inducted into the Environmental Hall of Fame. Pierce Brosnan Brad Pitt End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  19. Pierce Brosnan

  20. Q: Which item should NOT be added to your compost pile? Saw dust Pet waste End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  21. Pet Waste

  22. Q: This city employed sheep as Eco-Mowers Portland Paris End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

  23. ParisLet Them Eat Grass! City officials in Paris are experimenting with an unconventional way to keep urban lawns trimmed.

  24. The tie breaker! Peaceful demonstrations against the governments’ plans to build a shopping mall over a park turned into deadly riots in this country…..

  25. Turkey

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