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100
What is Habitat Loss?
This is the biggest threat to wildlife
100
What is 3?
Renewable Energy creates this many times more jobs than fossil fuels.
100
What is hog farming?
This kind of farming in North Carolina is responsible for giant pools of bright pink sludge around the state
100
What is the Smart Home?
This is the sustainable home which is partially powered by solar energy on Central Campus
100
What is infinite?
An aluminum can is able to be recycled this many times
200
What is hunting?
This is a tool of wildlife management which actually reduces a population
200
What is 4?
Fossil fuels get this many more times the subsidies of renewable energy sources
200
What are Thursdays and Sundays?
These are the two days each week you can volunteer at the Duke campus farm
200
What is Environmental Hall?
Opened in 2014, this building is the home of the Nicholas School of the Environment
200
What is the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
Comprised of over 7 million tons of trash, this is the biggest ocean garbage patch on Earth
300
What is the saber-toothed tiger?
This is the last feline species to go extinct
300
What is biomass?
In 2016, this is the largest renewable source of energy consumed in the United States.
300
What is 66%?
This percentage of livestock is factory farmed (Correct if within 10% of the answer)
300
What is 7,000?
Approximately this many acres are owned and managed by Duke University in the Duke Forest? (Correct if within 1,000 acres of the answer)
300
What is paper?
At 31%, this is the biggest category of waste that winds up in the landfill
400
What is a fungus?
What has killed off tens of thousands of amphibians in the last few decades?
400
What is a year?
Enough sunlight falls on the earth’s surface every hour to meet world energy demand for this amount of time
400
What is 50%?
This percentage of food grown is wasted in the United States (Correct if within 10% of the answer)
400
What is the Climate Action Plan?
Developed by the Duke Campus Sustainability Committee, this document guides the University in achieving carbon neutrality by 2024?
400
What is 90%?
Westerners typically spend this percent of their time indoors (Correct if within 10% of the answer)
500
What is 9?
Since the U.S. Endangered Species Act was enacted in 1973, only this many animals from the list have gone extinct
500
What is 332?
One wind turbine is able to generate enough electricity to power up to this many households. (Correct if within 50 of the answer)
500
What is 1850?
This many gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef (Correct if within 200 gallons of the answer)
500
Who is William Reiley?
This former EPA Administrator is the chair of the board of directors for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
500
What is 1.7?
We would need this many Earths to support the current global lifestyles across the planet (Correct if within .1 of the answer)






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