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ECO Day Quiz 2022

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  • Q1
    What is the estimated mass of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
    8, 000 tonnes
    80, 000 tonnes
    800,000 tonnes
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  • Q2
    Which of these is not a problem with nurdle pollution?
    Nurdles can absorb toxins which damages animal tissues
    Animals can ingest the plastic, causing their death
    Nearly all plastic products are made from nurdles
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  • Q3
    What causes coral bleaching?
    Rising sea levels
    Rising sea temperatures
    Rising numbers of predators
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  • Q4
    How many premature deaths does the World Health Organisation estimate were caused by air pollution in just one year?
    370, 000
    37 million
    37, 000
    3.7 million
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  • Q5
    As well as causing depletion of the ozone layer, what else is thought to be caused by ozone-depleting substances between 1955 and 2005?
    over half of the global temperature rise
    Almost half of the loss of corals
    almost half of the warming and sea-ice loss in the Arctic
    The extinction of a number of sea species
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  • Q6
    Human activities produce a large quantity of carbon dioxide. How much of this is stored by trees in forests?
    Up to 40%
    Up to 10%
    Up to 20%
    Up to 30%
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  • Q7
    Which greenhouse gas is released when waste food is put into landfill?
    Oxygen
    Methane
    Nitrogen
    Carbon dioxide
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  • Q8
    What is the name of the Architects firm who designed the Sky Garden House?
    Norman Foster
    AGA Architects
    Guz Architects
    Frank Lloyd Wright
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  • Q9
    How many plastic water bottles have Rothy’s shoes repurposed?
    100 million
    53 million
    27 million
    1 million
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  • Q10
    About how much CO2 is generated per person by a Guernsey- Gatwick return flight?
    7 kg
    7000 kg
    700 kg
    70 kg
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  • Q11
    How many average bike rides equate to one Mars bar in terms of calories?
    1
    8
    4
    2
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  • Q12
    How much reduction in CO2 can be gained by not using the car for 2 days each week?
    0.8 tonnes
    2 tonnes
    0.2 tonnes
    8 tonnes
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  • Q13
    How many trees and shrubs were planted at the millennium walk in March 2020?
    1000
    500
    100
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  • Q14
    By how much did air quality improve on The Grange during lockdown?
    4.20%
    26%
    46%
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  • Q15
    Recycling one newspaper each week for a year will save enough energy to power…
    … a TV for a month
    … a laptop for a month
    … an iPhone for a month
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  • Q16
    If you see an Asian Hornet you should:
    Take a note of its location and direction and notify the authorities.
    Kill it as soon as you see it because it can decimate the local pollinators.
    Try to trap it and check if you have not mistaken it for a hornet mimicking hover fly or a bumble bee and then kill it.
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  • Q17
    In the past 15 years the entire colonies have been disappearing, this phenomenon is known as:
    “Bee disappearance syndrome”
    “Colony collapse disorder”
    “Asian bee disorder”
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  • Q18
    To help pollinators, you can:
    Avoid frequent mowing and using pesticides.
    Get rid of weeds like dandelions and daisies with pesticides.
    Mow the lawn as short as possible so they can easily fly above the ground
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