Environment
The process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without this atmosphere
What is the Greenhouse Effect
The Hoover Dam was completed in 1936 on this US river
What is the Colorado River
Current tallest building in the world
What is Burj Khalifa
Famous tourist spot in San Francisco once held the record for the longest suspension bridge in the world
What is the Golden Gate Bridge
The Dean of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rice
Who is Phil Bedient
Company responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010
What is BP
Number of gallons the average American uses daily (to the nearest 10)
What is 100
Year construction began on the empire state building (to the nearest 5)
What is 1930
Nickname is commonly used for London’s underground system
What is the Tube
The Civil Engineering professor who will soon be publishing a book
Who is Dan Cohen
Famous book by Rachel Carson that brought about a huge shift towards environmentalism in public policy during the 1960s and 70s
What is "Silent Spring"
Term for water used to grow a crop
What is blue water
Architect of the Guggenheim
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright
Country that's home to the longest continuous bridge in the world
What is China
Phil Bedient's favorite baseball team
The Presidential administration that the EPA was established under (LBJ, Nixon, Roosevelt, Kennedy)
Who is Nixon
Water purification process that uses a partially permeable membrane to separate ions, unwanted molecules and larger particles from drinking water
What is blue water
American city the Millennium tower is tilting in
What is San Francisco
This city was the first in the US (and second internationally) to get a metro system, beginning operations just before it hosted the World’s Fair in 1893? (Chicago, New York, Washington, St. Louis)
What is Chicago
This professor is a member of the National Academy of Engineers
Who is Pedro Alvarez
Number of superfund sites in the US (to the nearest hundred)
What is 1300
Number of inches of rain Houston got during Hurricane Harvey (to the nearest 10)
What is 60 inches
Name of the tallest building in Houston (and the state of Texas)?
What is the JP Morgan Chase Tower
Number of stations the New York Metro has (to the nearest 100)
What is 400
State Phil Bedient was born in
What is New Jersey