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Truth or Fiction? Facts about ecology

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;brU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span style=U+34;font-size: 36px; color: rgb(0, 55, 0); line-height: 1.5;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-SeymourOneU+34;U+62;Truth or Fiction?U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(0, 55, 0); font-size: 24px;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-SpectralU+34;U+62;How many facts do you know about ecology? U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;span style=U+34;font-size: 24px;U+34;U+62;🌿U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;brU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;pU+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-SpectralU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;U+34;U+62;Nowadays ecology has become a popular field of science for a lot of people. The trend is easy to understand. A better knowledge of ecology can help us to save our planet. U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;pU+62;U+60;brU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;pU+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-SpectralU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;U+34;U+62;﻿Here you can impove your knowledge of ecology and learn more fascinating facts about it. U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 55, 0); line-height: 1.5;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-SpectralU+34;U+62;Flip the card to check if your answer is correct!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;Correct! U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;We cannot stop producing toilet paper, but we can be more rational in its use.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;h2 class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34;U+62;27,000 trees get cut down every day for making toilet paperU+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/h2U+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.2; font-size: 30px;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Incorrect!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span style=U+34;line-height: 1.2; font-size: 30px;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62; Unfortunately it takes even 4000 years for glass to break down in full.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.5; font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Glass takes at least 1000 years U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.5; font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;to break down in full.U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.2; font-size: 30px;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Incorrect!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span style=U+34;line-height: 1.2; font-size: 30px;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Actually ecology translates as the “study of the house” from Greek to English as the whole planet is a home for us.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Ecology translates from Greek to English as the “study of plants”.U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;Correct!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;About 71% of the earth is water. The oceans hold approximately 96.5% of all the water on earth, and the ice caps hold about 2%. The remaining exists in rivers, ponds, glaciers, ice caps, lakes, as water vapor and our taps, among other water bodies. Interestingly, only 1% of all that water can be used by human beings.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Humans use only 1% of all available water.U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.2; font-size: 30px;U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;Incorrect!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;Paper comes from trees and can be recycled a maximum of six times, after which, its fibres become too weak to hold together. It means if the daily run of any country’s popular magazine or newspaper was to be recycled, it could save about 75,000 trees.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34;U+62;Paper made of trees cannot be recycled.U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;Correct!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a twisting and turning vortex made up of trash and waste. It twice the size of continental America and contains about 100 million tons of garbage, it stretches from the West Coast of North America to Japan along the Pacific Ocean.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong style=U+34;line-height: 1.5; font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34; class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34;U+62;There exists a Garbage island.U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;Correct!U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2;U+34;U+62;The sad part about this is that about 5 million tons of all the oil produced every year, end up in the oceans, killing millions of marine animals.U+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;strong class=U+34;ql-font-RalewayU+34; style=U+34;font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(204, 232, 204);U+34;U+62;There are about 27 oil spills daily, somewhere in the world.U+60;/strongU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

U+60;p class=U+34;ql-align-centerU+34;U+62;U+60;span class=U+34;ql-font-OpenSansU+34; style=U+34;color: rgb(136, 136, 136);U+34;U+62;Used images: Unsplash, GiphyU+60;/spanU+62;U+60;/pU+62;

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Truth or Fiction? Facts about ecology