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Skin Actives Earth Week quiz

Earth day quiz

This was a mixed bag of questions related to Nature, how we are changing it, and how Nature is used in advertising. Please let me know if you have any questions.

In short: not everything natural is good for you (nature is not there for your benefit!) and some people lie (they know that the word “nature” warms our hearts and loosens the hold on our wallets). And just one question (the first) to remind you that humans are so powerful as a species that they are modifying nature at a fast pace.

In bold, the right answer

The following are the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 1970 (when I was studying biology in college) and now:
a) 340 ppm (parts per million) and 405ppm
b) 380 and 390
c) 405 and 360
d) 405 and 405 ppm

Scary, isn’t it? You can look it up: carbon dioxide is a “greenhouse gas”.

Which of the following chemicals is natural?
a) petrolatum
b) hyaluronic acid
c) water
d) none of the above
e) all of the above

What is an essential fatty acid?
a) a fat that is good for you
b) a main component of Skin Actives ELS serum
c) present in breast milk
d) an unsaturated lipid
e) all the above

What is natural?
a) chemically modified from a natural product
b) exists in nature

What chemicals may cause allergies?
a) made in the lab but identical to a chemical that exists in nature
b) extracted from a plant
c) obtained from an animal
d) created in the lab, does not exist in nature
e) all of the above

What matters is the chemical structure, not how it was made

Which chemicals may irritate the skin?
a) made in the lab but identical to a chemical that exists in nature
b) extracted from a plant
c) obtained from an animal
d) created in the lab, does not exist in nature
e) all of the above

What matters is the chemical structure, not how it was made

Natural essential oils
a) are essential for human life
b) are always beneficial
c) always smell good
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

Skin care products advertised as natural
a) are always good for you
b) are always free from preservatives
c) are always non-allergenic
d) are made of chemicals sourced only from nature
e) all of the above
f) none of the above

Which of the following synthetic chemicals appear in skin care products advertised as “natural”
a) diheptyl succinate
b) Sodium Cocoyl Wheat Amino Acids
c) Ethylhexylglycerin,
d) dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline
e) none of the above
f) all of the above

Humans lie. Sorry!