Table 1 List of items
Leaving the tv on for 8 h while you sleep can use as much energy as: | Running a microwave on high for an hour | Leaving the oven on for an hour after cooking | Leaving the fridge door open for an hour |
Hanging your clothes up to dry can save enough energy to: | Cool your home during the summer | Charge a cell phone 100 times | Heat your home for the winter |
An energy saving dishwasher can save as much energy as would be created by: | 1000 skips with a skipping rope | 1000 jumping jacks | 1000 hoolas with a hoola-hoop |
Closing the damper on a fire place can save up to: | $500 per decade | $500 per month | $500 per year |
A computer monitor should be turned off if it's not going to be used for: | 10 min or longer | Overnight | Half an hour |
Per flush, a low flow toilet can save enough water to fill a: | Medium cooking pot | Small cooking pot | Large cooking pot |
A regular flow toilet can be made into a low flow toilet by putting _____ in the toilet tank: | Large pop bottle | Glass jar | Salad dressing bottle |
Leaving the tap running while you brush your teeth can waste enough water to fill a: | 20 child-sized rain boots | 20 medium-sized winter boots | 20 adult-sized running shoes |
A leaky faucet could fill an average sink in just: | 1 lunch break | 1 night of sleep | 1 day at school |
A 5 min shower with a standard shower head uses ____ of water: | A whole bathtub (150 L) | A whole hot tub (1000 L) | A children's swimming pool (500 L) |
Recycled pop cans can be made into: | A wheel chair frame | Aluminum water bottles | A bike rack |
Recycled glass jars can be made into: | Plates and bowls | Mirrors | Windows |
Recycled plastic bottles can be made into: | Toys | Backpacks | Water wings |
1 tree can remove up to ___ of CO2 from the atmosphere over the life of that tree | 100 airplanes full | 100 school buses full | 100 hot air balloons full |
Composting can reduce household garbage up to: | 80% | 60% | 50% |