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100

This US state sits on an active hot spot

Hawaii

100

Signed in Canada, this agreement banned CFCs

Montreal Protocol

100

This ocean is where ENSO events occur.

Pacific Ocean

100

This U.S. region is known for mountaintop removal coal mining.

Appalachia

100

This Ukrainian location became uninhabitable after a 1986 nuclear disaster.

Chernobyl

200

This country lies along a convergent boundary on the Pacific Ring of Fire and experiences frequent earthquakes and tsunamis

Japan

200

This international agreement on climate change was adopted in this European capital in 2015.

Paris Agreement

200

The rainforest located primarily in Brazil

Amazon

200

This country relies heavily on geothermal energy due to its volcanic activity.

Iceland

200

This U.S. city faced a major drinking water crisis due to lead contamination starting in 2014.

Flint Michigan

300

This mountain range was formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates.

Himalayas

300

This international agreement was signed in this city and attempted to get developed countries to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, but did not include developing nations such as China

Kyoto Protocol

300

This coral reef system off the coast of Australia is threatened by bleaching.

Great Barrier Reef

300

This Middle Eastern country has one of the largest proven oil reserves.

Saudi Arabia

300

This “dead zone” forms annually due to nutrient runoff from the Mississippi River.

Gulf of Mexico
400

This continent has a diverging plate creating a rift valley

Africa

400

This U.S. city became a symbol of water pollution regulation after its river caught fire, helping lead to the Clean Water Act.

Cleveland Ohio

400

This U.S. state has lost large amounts of wetlands due to sea level rise and hurricanes.

Louisianna

400

This European Union country gets about half its electricity from nuclear power.

France

400

This lake has struggled with harmful algal blooms due to agricultural runoff, as well as invasive Asian Carp

Lake Erie

500

The west side of this continent has a convergent boundary with volcanic mountains and deep sea trenches

South America

500

This U.S. city is known for severe smog problems that helped shape air pollution regulations.

LA California

500

This region of the world is warming faster than any other due to climate change.

Arctic

500

This country is the world’s largest producer of oil.

USA

500

This Japanese power plant site was damaged by a tsunami, causing a nuclear meltdown in 2011.

Fukushima

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