Heat Islands
This type of green infrastructure is present at the Ecology Center.
What is a green roof?
This type of species is the base of the food chain and makes energy for other species to feed off of.
What are consumers?
Hillside Park used to be this before being refurbished.
What is a golf course?
This type of pollution, which isn't physical, is caused by industrial facilities like data centers, airports and factories.
What is noise pollution?
This word, often used in disaster preparation, means 'to make a problem less severe'.
What is mitigation?
This type of building built by companies like Google and Meta can contribute to urban heating, as well as produce air, water and noise pollution for nearby residents.
What is a data center?
This type of species, which raises support for conservation movements, is also called an 'ambassador species'.
What is a flagship species?
What is Swiss chard?
Name three kinds of greenhouse gas.
What is any of the following: carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, water vapor, ozone
This type of disaster caused the smog over Baltimore last week to worsen.
What is a wildfire?
Trees do these two things to help alleviate heat.
What is sweating/transpiration and shade?
Beavers, which build dens to create ponds, are an example of this type of species.
What is an ecosystem engineer?
This turtle species, found in the Masonville Cove visitors' center, is the mascot of the University of Maryland.
What is the diamondback terrapin?
These are the three main methods of cleaning up oil spills.
What are skimmers, booms and dispersants?
This type of disaster is uncommon in Maryland, but very common in the Midwest.
What is a tornado?
Due to the effects of heat islands, urban areas can be up to this much hotter than surrounding suburbs.
What is 25 degrees?
This type of consumer sits at the top of the food chain and is usually not predated by any other species.
What is a tertiary consumer?
The Zen Garden at Druid Hill Park contains symbols and structures from this world religion.
What is Buddhism and/or Hinduism?
This is a term referring to environmental issues that disproportionately harm minority communities.
What is environmental racism?
This hurricane, which happened in 2005, was devastating to most of the American South.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This term, from the Latin for 'whiteness', is a measure of how much energy a surface reflects.
What is albedo?
National Parks and wildlife reserves are examples of this type of conservation, Latin for 'on site'.
What is in situ conservation?
Eagle nests, like the one at Masonville Cove, can weigh up to this much.
What is a ton/2200 lbs?
This medical condition can result from exposure to excessive noise pollution.
Earthquakes can be worsened due to climate change through this process.
What is the melting of glaciers, causing a shift in tectonic plates?