Central Ohio Sustainability Alliance

Test your knowledge of sustainability. For answers send us an e-mail to contactcosa@gmail.com and put "Sustainability Trivia Quiz" in the subject line.

1. What is the only country that may be considered essentially totally sustainable?

A. Cuba	B. Denmark
C. New Zealand	D. Japan

2. If everyone in the world consumed resources on par with the average U.S. citizen, how many planet Earth's would be needed to support everyone?

A. 1.5	B. 2
C. 3	D. 4

3. The sun supplies enough energy to run global civilization for a year every:

A. 70 seconds	B. 70 minutes
C. 70 hours	D. 70 days

4. The typical food product we consum travels how many miles from farm to our tables?

A. 50	B. 250
C. 750	D. 1500

5. Natural lighting in buildings helps to cut down on electric lighting cost. What other benefits does it provide?

A. Increases worker productivity	B. Helps students learn better
C. Helps the sick to heal faster

6. What has been true about annual U.S. domestic oil production since 1970?

A. Increased slightly	B. Stayed about the same
C. Decreased slightly	D. Decreased significantly

7. The first Earth Day was celebrated in?

A. 1962	B. 1970
C. 1972	D. 1976

8. In what year did a scientist first issue a warning as to the potential of global warming?

A. 1896	B. 1947
C. 1956	D. 1973

9. Greenhouse gases help to retain a portion of the sun's energy which is needed to provide necessary warmth to the earth. Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

A. Water vapor	B. Carbon Dioxide
C. Methane	D. Nitrous oxides
E. Ozone

10. Where is the largest inventory of ice cores that contains the oldest atmospheric records (back 600,000 years)?

A. Washington, DC - at the National Ice Laboratory	B. Columbus, OH - at the Ohio State University
C. Moscow, Russia - at the Lenin Technological Institute	D. Oslo, Norway - at the United Nations Polar Research Laboratory

11. Over the entire production life cycle, how many gallons of water are needed to make one hamburger?

A. 50	B. 100
C. 250	D. 450

12. Which of the following is a major reason why the use of photovoltalic cells to capture solar energy is not growing faster in the U.S.?

A. Germany has co-opted (purchased) most of our production capacity	B. They are just too expensive
C. Shortage of people who know how to install the systems	D. The technology is not reliable

13. U.S. coal supplies are widely estimated to last 250 years at current rates of use. If use rates increase by 2 percent per year, how long will they last?

A. 50 years	B. 90 years
C. 135 years	D. 175 years

14. China brings on line a new fossil-fueled power plant every?

A. 4 hours	B. 4 days
C. 4 weeks	D. 4 months

15. The average U.S. citizen generates how much garbage and trash per day?

A. 2.75 pounds	B. 3.25 pounds
C. 4.50 pounds	D. 6.15 pounds

16. Ecomagination is the name given to the sustainability initiatives of?

A. General Electric	B. Disney
C. Southwest Airlines	D. Olympics

17. Clean coal technology refers to methods of removing carbon, sulfur and other elements from coal before it is burned to produce energy.

A. True	B. False

18. The earth's population is about 6.5 billion people. By 2050 the projected population will be:

A. 7 billion	B. 8 billion
C. 9 billion	D. 12 billion

19. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is about 387 parts per million (ppm). To prevent adverse climate impacts on human civilization long-term carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere must be no more than:

A. 500 ppm	B. 400 ppm
C. 350 ppm	D. 250 ppm

20. When carbon dioxide is released into the earth's atmosphere, it is slowly dissipated into outer space. Nevertheless, about half still remains in the earth's atmosphere after:

A. 1 year	B. 100 years
C. 1,000 years	D. 10,000 years

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