Waste & Pollution
This term describes waste that can be reused or processed into new products instead of being sent to a landfill.
What is recycling?
This gas is the main greenhouse gas emitted by human activities and is measured in “ppm.”
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
This renewable energy source currently produces the most electricity worldwide.
What is hydropower?
This game-day item is a major source of waste at sporting events and is often single-use.
What are plastic cups and bottles?
Whats is the world's most populated city?
What is Tokyo, Japan?
This material is commonly used once and thrown away, making it a major source of pollution.
What is plastic?
Most of the Earth's carbon is located where?
What is the ocean's seafloor sediments and rocks
This type of energy comes from sources that naturally replenish, like sunlight and wind.
What is renewable energy?
This part of a sporting event often creates the most waste due to food packaging, cups, and utensils.
What is game day concessions?
Weighing around 8 pounds, this is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
Only about this percentage of plastic waste is recycled globally.
What is about 9 percent?
The biggest reason why ocean levels are rising
What are thermal expansion of ocean water
Whenever an energy conversion occurs, a little bit of energy is always converted into what type of energy?
What is thermal energy?
Team travel contributes to emissions mainly because most professional and college teams rely on this mode of transportation.
What is air travel?
This ocean is the largest on Earth by surface area.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This process causes harmful chemicals from landfills or waste sites to seep into soil and groundwater.
What is leaching?
Since the early 1900s, global mean sea level has risen by about this amount? (in meters or centimeters)
What is about 0.20 meters (20 cm)?
This tradeoff occurs when renewable energy projects reduce emissions but disrupt local ecosystems or communities.
What is a land-use tradeoff?
Installing LED stadium lighting reduces environmental impact primarily because it lowers this.
What is energy use and electricity demand?
Octopuses have this many hearts.
What is three?
When waste decomposes in landfills without oxygen, it produces this potent greenhouse gas.
What is methane?
Which region of the Earth is experiencing the most dramatic changes due to climate change?
What is the polar regions
Extracting fossil fuels and minerals can permanently damage ecosystems through this process, which removes vegetation and topsoil.
What is strip mining?
This tradeoff occurs when building new stadiums improves efficiency but increases emissions from construction materials like concrete and steel.
What is embodied carbon?
California Memorial Stadium officially opened in this year.
What is 1923?