Super-Awesome. Fun Pack! Environment COOL ECO-FRIENDLY QUIZ! GAMES, JOKES, AND MORE! 2018 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC.

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1 Super-Awesome Fun Pack! Environment COOL ECO-FRIENDLY QUIZ! GAMES, JOKES, AND MORE! 2018 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC.

2 Funny FILL-IN Beach Patrol Ask a friend to give you words to fill in the blanks in this story without showing it to him or her. Then read out loud for a laugh. My friend friend s name cleanup day. We stocked up on for the shores of the a soggy large number food body of water aluminum and I wanted to help save the environment, so we volunteered for a beach trash bags and gloves, and headed. You wouldn t believe some of the junk we found. We picked up noun, plural sandwich, a rusty, type of transportation covered National Geographic magazine. Suddenly a(n) onto the beach and washed up a treasure chest covered with they verb ending in -ing number verb ending in -ing past-tense verb as we pried open the chest with a(n) type of metal up and down like plastic, and even a(n) wave beach item from nature, plural noun noun, plural slimy substance past-tense verb. My heart started. There were at least coins inside! My friend and I yelled, We re rich! and started animal, plural all over my hands. The coins turned out to be. But when I scooped up some of the coins, type of candy, plural in colored foil. But we had a great day anyway, because we helped protect the environment. wrapped, - DAN SIPPLE (ART) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC. 2

3 Bullfrog KNOCK, KNOCK. Who s there Earth. Earth who Really Is there another Earth out there I m it so protect me! GREEN TIP Turn off the lights when you re not in the room. BIG FLOWER: What s up, Bud LITTLE FLOWER: I m busy blooming. BIG FLOWER: I ll leaf you alone, then. GREEN TIP Pack the dishwasher. You ll save about five gallons of water each time you don t hand wash the dishes. Q Q A What did the rock say to the geologist Don t take me for granite. Nothing. It just waved. A You ve got to be joking... What did the Q Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean What does the sun drink from Sunglasses. GREEN TIP With a parent s permission, walk or bike instead of riding in a car. A 3 YAN GLUZBERG / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STOCK (FROG); ROSEMARY CALVERT / GETTY IMAGES (FLOWER); BORIS SOSNOVYY / SHUTTERSTOCK (ROCK); GLEN JONES / DREAMSTIME (SUN); GERRY BOUGHAN / DREAMSTIME (WAVE) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC.

4 1 2 It would take a stack of more 3 10 Bet you If you traveled fast as car as a on the highway, it would take nearly t hree days and nights MAY 2010 didn t know More than a thousand Earths could fit inside Jupiter. than 100,000 giraf fes to reach the outermost layer of Earth s atmosphere. to reach the Earth s core earthshaking facts about our world Earth s temperature rises slightly during a full moon. air The trapped inside iceberg an can be thousands There are about of years old. 3, 000 lightning flashes on Earth every minute. Humans have lived on Earth for about 200,000 years ; dinosaurs walked the planet for roughly 160 million years. 4 BRAND X PICTURES / JUPITERIMAGES (EARTH) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC. M-SAT LTD / PHOTO RESEARCHERS, INC.

5 1 3 5 Which of these items can be composted, or turned into natural fertilizer, for your garden A. eggshells B. golf balls C. aluminum foil What uses the most energy in U.S. homes each year A. lighting B. heating and air-conditioning C. refrigeration D. heating water 6 STUMP YOUR PARENTS How eco-friendly are your parents If they can t answer these questions, maybe they should take a lesson in going green. answers on page 10 2 What alternative form of transportation does not appear in the Harry Potter book series A. a broomstick B. a hippogriff C. a skateboard with wings D. a flying motorcycle 4 In your lifetime, you will throw away enough trash to fill... A. the Empire State Building. B. about five trash trucks. C. six bathtubs. D. the Grand Canyon. Which of these species are threatened by global warming A. koala B. clownfish C. arctic fox Paper can be made from which of these materials A. panda excrement B. hemp C. wood How many degrees has the Earth warmed up in the past 100 years A. 20 F B. 30 F C. 1 F D. 12 F Which statement about recycling aluminum is true A. More than half of all aluminum cans produced in the United States are recycled. B. Approximately 100,000 aluminum cans are recycled every minute in the United States. C. Recycling one aluminum can saves nearly the same amount of energy that it takes to power a 100-watt lightbulb for four hours. What is most frequently found in beach cleanups A. glass C. shoes B. pieces of plastic D. jewelry In the futuristic movie Wall E, what is Wall E s job A. cleaning up trash left behind by humans B. planting trees in parks C. designing eco-friendly tourist destinations D. sorting bottles at a recycling plant 5 CULTURA LIMITED / SUPERSTOCK (EGGSHELLS); REBECCA HALE / NGS STAFF (HARRY POTTER BOOK COVER); DAVID KIENE / GETTY IMAGES (GRAND CANYON); CHRIS NEWBERT / MINDEN PICTURES CULTURA (CLOWNFISH); LIMITED JANA / SUPERSTOCK BRUSCH / ZUMA (EGGSHELLS); RED WEST REBECCA PHOTOS HALE / NEWSCOM / NGS STAFF (WALL E); (HARRY POTTER BRAND X BOOK PICTURES COVER); / JUPITERIMAGES DAVID KIENE / GETTY (EARTH); IMAGES MITSUAKI (GRAND CANYON); IWAGO / MINDEN BLUEHAND PICTURES / DREAMSTIME (PANDA) (CLOWNFISH); HUNGCHUNGCHIH / DREAMSTIME (PANDA); BIRGIT REITZ-HOFMANN / DREAMSTIME (CANS); ZORANDIM / DREAMSTIME (TRASH) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC.

6 Laugh Out Loud Joey and Teddy love my new hoodie. HE CAN ONLY FiND SEVEN OF HiS SHOES. Answers Stump Your Parents (page 9): 1. A, 2. C, 3. B, 4. B, 5. D, 6. D, 7. C, 8. D, 9. B, 10. A. CHRIS WARE (LAUGH OUT LOUD) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS, LLC. 6