Overview
Questions 1-5 will use the following information and are going to look at the impact of littering: specifically, cigarettes. One cigarette filters (butt) has a mass of about 0.17 grams and is 0.5 milliliters in volume (http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/cigbutthowmany.htm). There are estimated to be 1 billion (1,000,000,000) smokers on Earth. Let’s assume each smoker has 1 cigarette each day and throws the filter on the ground when they are done.
What is the mass of cigarette filters on the ground after 1 day in kilograms (kg)? (Show work)
What is the volume of cigarette filters on the ground after 1 day in liters (L)? (Show work)
What is the mass of cigarette filters on the ground after 1 year in kilograms (kg)? (Show work)
What is the volume of cigarette filters on the ground after 1 year in liters (L)? (Show work)
Reflect on this information. (Is this a lot? How much? Why is this bad? What can we do?)
Calculate your carbon footprint at the Berkeley CoolClimate website (https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculatorLinks to an external site.) and use the “Advanced” setting for Travel and Shopping. Include a screenshot of your completed results.
Attach your screen shot either as an image file in a submission comment, or copied into a Google Doc with the share link provided.
What is one thing you do that lowers your carbon footprint the most? What is one thing you do that increases your carbon footprint the most? Explain both.
Take the “How Green Are You?” quiz provided on Canvas and state what rank you received.
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What is one thing you could do to increase your green score from the quiz from question 8? Explain why it would help.