What are some of the factors that force people to be displaced from their homes?
A. Natural Disasters
B. Droughts
C. Both
C. Both
How is environemtal racism in effect?
A. Placement of waste facilites
B. Housing Structure
C. Both
B. Both
What are the human activities are affecting the ecosystem?
A. Cell phone usage
B. Overpupolation
C. Both
B. Overpopulation
True or False : The ozone layer protects the Earth from the Sun's ultraviolet rays
True
List 3 ways the Green New Deal plans to decrease U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases
Answers vary from:
* Carbon tax
* A jobs guarentee
* Free college
* Single-payer healthcare
* Focus on using public programs
* Renewable energy for electricity
* Make transportation, housing, agriculture and manufacturing more energy-efficient
Where do 98% of climate refugees migrate from?
A. South Asia
B. West Africa
C. South & East Asia
C. South & East Asia
Describe 1 way in which low-income communities are vulnerable to the effects of environmental injustice
* Effects of built infrastructure
- improper ventillation
* Greater pollution
- mine permits, freeways, and bus stop fumes
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Which is not a greenhouse gas?
A. Nitrogen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrous oxide
A. Nitrogen
Which country emits the most carbon dioxide per person?
A. United States
B. China
C. India
A. United States
What country host the largest population of climate refugees?
A. Columbia
B. Turkey
C. United States
B. Turkey
What demographics are targeted by environmental racism?
Answers vary from:
* Indigenous women of color
* Black and brown communites
* Low income areas
True or False : Overfishing is decreasing the efffects of climate change
False
True or False: Wood is a fossil fuel
False
How much greenhouse gases does the U.S. military emitt annually? (As equivalent to passenger cars)
A. 4 million passenger cars
B. 14 million passenger cars
C. 140 million passenger cars
B. 14 million passenger cars
The World Bank predicts that by 2050 about how many Central American and Mexican residents will be displaced due to climate change?
A. 4 million
B. 600,000
C. 2.5 million
A. 4 million
What tactics are used in the process of environmental racism?
A. Placement of green spaces
B. Transit placement
C. Both
C. Both
What are 2 alternative energy sources that do not contribute to global warming?
Answers vary from :
When businesses release fossil fuels, what is released and what is produced?
A. carbon dioxide & smog
B. nitrogen & acid rain
C. neither (name what the other answer would be)
When fossil fuels burn they release nitrogen oxide which create smog and acid rain
What were the only other two countries (other than the United States) that did not sign the Paris agreement?
A. Syria and Nicaragua
B. Ethiopia and South Africa
C. Thailand and Singapore
A. Syria and Nicaragua
List 3 challenges climate refugees face
Answers vary from :
* Limited natural resources, such as drinking water
* Human trafficking
* Not being protected by international laws
* Health issues
* Poverty
* Displacement of housing
* Citizenship status
* Family seperation
Name 5 U.S. cities that are most impacted by the issue of environemtal racism
Answers vary from :
* Cancer Alley, Louisiana
* Pahokee, Florida
* Cheraw, South Carolina
* Uniontown, Alabama
* The Bronx, New York City
* Flint, Michigan
* Houston, Texas
* Los Angeles, California
* Warren County, North Carolina
* Detroit, Michigan
Name 3 causes and 3 consequences of deforstation
Answers vary from :
Causes -
* Agriculture
* Commercial logging
* Mining
* Increase in population
* Urbanization and industrialization
* Construction of dam reservoirs
* Forest fires
* Overgrazing
Consequences -
* Food problems
* Exposing soil to heat and rain
* Flooding
* Coss of biodiversity
* Displacement of indigenous communities
* Climate change
* Economic loss
* Health issues
Rises of just 4 inches may flood which part of the world?
A. Northwest South America
B. Southwest Australia
C. Southeast Asia
C. Southeast Asia
In 1997 an international treaty was signed in order to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. What is the name of this treaty?
Kyoto Protocol