Earth Bingo Scavenger Hunt

Use the internet to find the answers to the following questions. Be first to find 5 in a row!

What famous writer made this statement, “Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get.” / Name 1 characteristic of a Green School that we practice at
Suttone Middle. / Name 3 elements that can be recovered in the recycling process of cell phones.
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______/ What form of water pollution is created after rain or snow melts in streets, driveways, parking lots and other surfaces that don’t absorb water?
______/ Name 3 things that are listed in a recipe for composting.
What agency in our state works to make a difference in decisions that protect the environment?
______/ What is a CFL bulb?
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______/ What are the most common and most easily recycled plastics?
number ______
and number ______/ Making stainless steel, like that in metal water bottles requires processing nickel and chromium ores. It results in about how many times more pollution than regular steel? / Did you know that each American uses approximately one______
tree in paper and wood products per year
What is your water footprint? ______
How did you figure that out? ______/ Name one item that should NOT be composted that can contain harmful substances.
______/ FREE SPACE / Which 3 states went to court in a battle over who has the right to water from rivers and lakes that flow into their states? ______,
______,&______/ Every ton of paper recycled saves more than ______cubic yards of landfill space.
Recycling plastic bags as well as cardboard and paper saved approximately how many millions of barrels of oil?
______/ There is more carbon dioxide in the air now than at any other time in at least how many years?
______/ Which number of plastic is used for garbage and sandwich bags and is considered safe but is not often accepted by curbside recycling programs? ______/ Complete the matching of sectors in the U.S. with the amount of fresh water they use each day.
_____households,businesses, cities
_____power plants
_____agriculture
_____manufacturing/mining / What is an example of a “phantom load” appliance in our homes?
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Composting can reduce the amount you send to the landfill by ______/ Which type of paper can be recycled into printing or writing paper, newpaper , or packaging
______/ Which of the disposable post-consumer materials that is made into new products is easiest to recycle
______/ Most plastics in the United States are numbered from 1 to
______/ Letting your faucet run for 5 minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for how many hours? ______