Green quiz answers

  1. Carbon dioxide, methane , nitrous oxide, water vapour.
  2. 2°C.
  3. Floods, severe storms, loss of biodiversity, starvation, mass migration of people seeking homes, mass extinction of most life forms.
  4. 10 billion.
  5. Reduce speed (45-65mph is generally the most efficient speed); avoid short journeys (a cold engine uses twice as much fuel); drive smoothly – harsh acceleration and braking causes significant increase in fuel consumption); keep car well service ad and tuned; keep tyres at correct pressure for the load.
  6. Air travel, home heating, car travel, electricity use.
  7. Loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, double-glazing, draught-proofing doors and windows.
  8. Wood, gas, oil, coal, electricity.
  9. One third.
  10. One third.
  11. Pour it on the compost heap - it’s a good activator!
  12. Less – 1.4 tons.
  13. 1 ton.
  14. Reduce them by about one quarter.
  15. Recycle, compost, avoid packaging, re-use, repair, reduce.

Gain 1 mark if you get it all right and 0.5 if you get the answer at least half right!  The top score at Bookham Village Day was 13.5 - how did you do?

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