How Eco-friendly Are You???
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1. What are three things you can do to stop oil pollution in the ocean? Use butter instead of cooking oil, take public transportation, and water your lawn once a week.
Recycle your used motor oil, fix any leaks in your car, and wash your car on a grass or gravel surface, not the driveway.
Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth, eat your spinach, and don't watch so much T.V.
2. What is runoff? Runoff is the excess water that carries pollutants from the land straight into storm drains that lead to the sea.
Runoff is a racing contest popular among fifth and sixth graders.
Runoff is an unusual name and was more commonly used during the 15th century.
3. How much should you water your lawn, and what can you use to measure the amount? You should water your lawn as much as you can, and when ten or twelve puddles have formed, you are done.
You should water your lawn at a rate of 1 inch per week, all at once. You can measure 1 inch by using an empty 6 oz. tuna can.
You should water your lawn every other day, and leave the sprinklers on until an empty spaghetti sauce jar is just half-full.
4. More than ____million tons of fertilizers are applied to residential lawns and gardens each year-that is equal to the weight of about ____million Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs! More than 20 million tons of fertilizers are applied to residential lawns and gardens each year-that is equal to the weight of about three million Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs!
More than 100 million tons of fertilizers are applied to residential lawns and gardens each year-that is equal to the weight of about five million Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs!
More than 70 million tons of fertilizers are applied to residential lawns and gardens each year-that is equal to the weight of about 10 million Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs!
5. Name two common household products that can be used as safe, alternative cleaners to chemicals. Baking soda and vinegar.
Apple juice and salt.
Chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream.
6. Name five major storm drain pollutants. Leaves, dead bugs, shoes, trash, and purple crayons.
Leaves, lawn clippings, wood chips, trash, and polluted runoff.
Plastic bags, leaves, dead bugs, shoes, and the kitchen sink.
7. Why should you not pour grease down the drain? Because it's messy.
Because it's wasteful.
Because pouring grease down the drain causes clogs in pipes that can cause major sewer spills.
8. True or False: You can use kitty litter to absorb excess paint before disposing as solid waste. False-and your cat wouldn't like sharing its litter box anyway.
True-kitty litter works well to absorb the paint so you can throw it away instead of rinsing it down the drain.
False-you should save time and just rinse the paint down the drain.
9. What is a watershed? A watershed is a small house where bottles of water are kept in case of an emergency.
A watershed is an area of land that catches rainfall and/or snow, and drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, lake, groundwater, or river, ultimately leading to the ocean.
A watershed is another name for a small town near a river.
10. True or False: Cigarette butts are biodegradable. False-cigarettes never break down in the environment.
True-cigarettes are made of paper and break down quickly.
True-cigarettes do break down, but it can take decades because the filters are made from a type of plastic.
11. The oil extracted from just ___oil change can pollute _________gallons of water-more than _____people can drink in a lifetime! The oil extracted from just one oil change can pollute a million gallons of water-more than 120 people can drink in a lifetime!
The oil extracted from just one oil change can pollute 32,000 gallons of water-more than 100 people can drink in a lifetime!
The oil extracted from just one oil change can pollute two million gallons of water-more than 1,000 people can drink in a lifetime!
12. If you go to the beach and leave a plastic beverage bottle behind on May 22, 2004, by what approximate date will the bottle have decomposed? May 22, 2054.
May 22, 5354.
May 22, 2454.


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