Green Daily

How Well Do You Know Your Planet?

How old is the earth?

• 300 million years old
• 4.5 billion years old
• 227 billion years old

How long does it take a glass bottle to break down in a landfill?

• 1 million years
• 20 years
• 1,000 years

What percentage of the earth is covered by water?

• 18%
• 98%
• 71%

How many acres of rainforest are lost every day?

• 125
• 2,500
• 130,000

How many different species of animals inhabit the planet?

• Between 200,000 and 900,000
• Between 5 million and 100 million
• It's impossible to know

What was the deadliest hurricane on record?

• The Galveston hurricane of 1900
• Hurricane Camille in 1969
• Hurricane Katrina in 2005

Where is the hottest place on Earth?

• Death Valley
• Saharra Desert
• El Azizia

Where is the coldest place on Earth?

• Oymyakon, Russia
• Vostok, Antarctica
• Prospect Creek, Alaska, USA

Our air is made of:

• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• both

What is the surface area of the planet?

• 787,027 square miles
• 196,950,711 square miles
• 9,887,574,298 square miles