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What is a carbon footprint?
A ______ is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that come from the production, use and end-of-life of a product or service.
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What are greenhouse gasses?
These are the types of gasses in the atmosphere that blocks heat from escaping, the main ones being carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane.
100
What is 448.5 million?
In the UK, 2018 data shows annual emissions of _____ tons of carbon dioxide emissions, down 43% since 1990.
100
What is carpooling?
According to the New York Times, this automobile practice is an efficient way of saving energy.
100
What is 40 percent?
According to the New York Times, on average, Americans waste around this percent of the food they buy.
200
What is shopping?
A carbon footprint depends on how much you spend _______.
200
What is the greenhouse effect?
According to FutureLearn.com, this is the process through which greenhouse gasses in the Earth’s atmosphere trap heat from the sun.
200
What are imports?
In the UK, greenhouse gas emissions related to ____ have actually increased.
200
What is meat?
Eating less of this will result in a more environmental diet.
200
What is 25 percent?
In the average American home, ____ percent of energy is used to heat spaces.
300
What is a diet?
A carbon footprint depends on the composition of your _______.
300
What is climate change?
This is a pattern of long-term change in the temperature and weather patterns either globally or regionally, which is being rapidly accelerated by man-made activity.
300
What is 5.27 billion?
According to Dr. Hannah Ritchie from the University of Oxford, this is the total annual emissions from the US in tons of carbon dioxide.
300
What is vegan?
Eating a ____ diet is likely to be best for the environment.
300
What are trees?
These natural decorations are good substitutes for insulation.
400
What is a home?
A carbon footprint depends on the energy usage in your ________.
400
What is global warming?
This is the rapid increase in average surface temperatures on Earth caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
400
What is agriculture?
This produced 5795.51 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2016.
400
What is a smart TV?
Streaming movies through this is more efficient than streaming through your gaming console.
400
What is reduce, reuse, recycle?
The common "Three R-s" make up this phrase.
500
What are miles?
A carbon footprint depends on how many _____ you travel by car, bus, train, and plane.
500
What are fossil fuels?
These are natural resources that produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses when burnt.
500
What are industrial processes?
These produced 2771.08 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2016.
500
What is insulating?
_____ your home helps keep the temperature stable, which means less energy needs to be used to keep it warm or cold.
500
What is cycling?
According to FutureLearn.com, this type of short-distance transportation is the most efficient.






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