You're Causing Rapid Climate Change Worksheet The major component of any fossil fuel is carbon. It forms seventy-five percent of methane, the major...

Does the make of the vehicle have any effect on its environmental friendliness?  Explain.

Does the age of the vehicle have any effect on its environmental friendliness?  Explain.

Does the vehicle type have any effect on its environmental friendliness?  Explain.

For your group of students what was the worst vehicle in terms of MPG and CO2 production?

For your group of students what was the best vehicle in terms of MPG and CO2 production?

The average US driver, according to ABC news, commutes 32 mile each day.   If they make this commute 5 days a week to find the total mileage driven by the average driver per week.  (show your math work)

Calculate the gas used by the average driver if they were driving your car and getting the MPG you calculated for this worksheet.  (show your math work)

Calculate the amount of CO2 produced by the average driver each week.  This will be the average driver’s weekly transportation carbon footprint.  (show your math work)

What are some of the ways that you could reduce this average carbon footprint?