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Test your eco smarts with this fun and educational eco quiz. (Answers at end.)
 1.) When dinosaurs roamed the earth, scientists believe a species became extinct every one thousand years. Today we lose one species approximately every
A. 50 years
B. 2 years
C. 5 months
D. 3 days
E. 8 hours
2.) The single most common reason for animal species to become extinct is what?
A. Over-hunting by humans
B. Increasing numbers of predators
C. Pollution
D. Humans destroying their habitats
E. Global warming
3.) Americans make up 5% of the world’s population. How much of the world’s energy do they use?
A. 3%
B. 5%
C. 15%
D. 25%
E. 50%
4.) The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) was created under which US President?
A. Roosevelt
B. Kennedy
C. Nixon
D. Carter
E. Reagan
5.) Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs can be thrown away in the trash the same as regular light bulbs.
A. True
B. False
6.) What advantage does a latex or water-based paint have over an oil-based paint?
A. Safer to use
B. Easier to dispose of
C. Fewer harmful vapors
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
7.) In three hours, a short-nosed fruit bat can eat what percentage of its own body weight in ripe bananas?
A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 200%
8.) Toilets manufactured before 1993 use up to 5 gallons of water per flush. About how many gallons of water per flush do new low-flow toilets use?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 2.5
D. 3
E. 4
9.) Eating a vegetarian diet is good for the environment because raising animals for food
A. Uses more water resources than growing vegetables
B. Uses more fossil fuels than growing vegetables
C. Depletes more forest and rainforests than growing vegetables
D. Causes more water pollution than growing vegetables
E. All of the above
10.) An average American family produces enough trash each year to fill
A. A compact car
B. An SUV
C. A garbage truck
D. A college classroom
E. An average suburban home
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1.) E. 8 hours or less, as unbelievable as it may seem.
2.) D. Humans destroying their habitats
3.) D. 25%.
4.) C. Nixon. It began operation in December of 1970. Interestingly, less than 4 years later, on the day he resigned, Nixon tried to kill the agency by vetoing its annual appropriations bill.
5.) B. False. Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs and tubes contain mercury, so special care must be taken in their disposal. See How to Safely Dispose of Used or Broken Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs).
6.) D. All of the above. Latex or water-based paint should always be used instead of oil-based paints unless there is an overriding reason to use the latter.
7.) E. 200%. Yes, the short-nosed fruit bat can eat twice its own body weight in ripe bananas in a three-hour period. That would be akin to a 150 pound human eating 100 pounds of ripe bananas per hour over the course of three hours for a total of 300 pounds! (Of course, the short-nosed fruit bat weighs only 1 ounce.)
8.) A. 1. That’s 80% less water.
9.) E. Even if you aren’t ready to go completely vegetarian, every time you avoid meat you help the planet.
10.) E. An average suburban home
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