1. If you turn your lights off when they are not in use you could save on average between

a. 10% of your energy bill
b. 8% of your energy bill
c. 15% of your energy bill

2. If you turned your appliances off rather than leaving them on standby you could save

a. £12 a year and help reduce carbon dioxide emissions
b. £59 a year and help reduce carbon dioxide emissions
c. £37 a year and help reduce carbon dioxide emissions

3. By turning down your thermostat by 1°C could cut your heating bills by up to

a. 10% and save you around £30 a year
b. 20% and save you around £50 a year
c. 35% and save you around £60 a year

4. If we all turned the tap off whilst brushing our teeth we would save enough water to supply

a. 500,000 houses a day
b. 100,000 houses a day
c. 200 houses a day

5. The UK is the world’s

a. 8th largest emitter of carbon dioxide
b. 5th largest emitter of carbon dioxide
c. 10th largest emitter of carbon dioxide

6. In London we produce forty four million tonnes of CO2 every year, which is

a. 8% of the country’s total emissions
b. 5% of the country’s total emissions
c. 10% of the country’s total emissions

7.By installing a water saving hippo bag in your toilet cistern could save you

a. 3 litres of water every flush
b. 6 litres of water every flush
c. 1 litres of water every flush

8. A dripping tap can waste enough water in a day to

a. run a shower for 5 minutes
b. run a shower for 3 minutes
c. run a shower for 7 minutes

9. On average every person in the Uk throws away their own body weight in rubbish every

a. 7 weeks
b. 3 weeks
c. 5 weeks

10. How long do you think it takes a plastic bag to decompose?

a. 100 years
b. 10 years
c. 50 years

11. Washing your car with a bucket and cloth uses as little as

a. 7% of the volume used by a hose
b. 12% of the volume used by a hose
c. 5% of the volume used by a hose

12. How much of the energy do washing machines use to heat the water?

a. Almost 90%
b.Almost 70 %
c. Almost 50%

13. How much could you save by replacing just one light bulb with energy saving recommended ones?

a. £78 over the lifetime of the bulb
b. £30 over the lifetime of the bulb
c. £56 over the lifetime of the bulb

Quiz Answers

1a, 2c, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 12a, 13a