Health
Renewable Energy & Resources
Reduce, ReUse, ReCycle
Ocean
Circular Economy
100
This type of plastic is the most harmful to human health when exposed to heat.
What is black plastic?
100
A renewable energy source that relies on ocean currents to generate energy.
What is hydropower?
100
A material that in infinitely recyclable.
What is glass or aluminum?
100
The name of the world's most well known ocean garbage patch.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
100
The term used for a product with a life cycle that keep materials in use by recovering and reusing them instead of discarding them.
What is closed-loop product?
200
Tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm in size.
What are microplastics?
200
The terms used for 1. for resources that replenish naturally on a human timescale, 2. resources that are finite or replenish extremely slowly.
What is renewable and nonrenewable resources?
200
The term for turning food scraps into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
What is composting?
200
A blue label that indicates the wild-caught seafood comes from a fishery certified to a sustainable fishing standard.
What is MSC label?
200
The process of turning discarded materials into products of perceived higher value or usefulness.
What is upcycling?
300
The two most common everyday products that release microplastics.
What is plastic water bottle and synthetic clothing (polyester/nylon)?
300
A plant is used to make straws that are easily compostable.
What is bamboo/sugarcane/wheat?
300
This item is commonly misplaced in household recycling containers.
What is plastic bag/plastic packaging?
300
These abandoned or lost fishing nets can continue trapping marine animals long after being discarded.
What are ghost nets?
300
This Massachusetts law requires a five-cent refundable deposit on certain beverage containers, including soda cans and bottles.
What is the Massachusetts Bottle Bill?
400
A term used for marketing products as more environmentally friendly than they really are with labels such as "natural", "green", or "eco-friendly".
What is Greenwashing?
400
This renewable energy source can be installed on existing rooftops, requires no fuel during operation, and is often one of the simplest renewable technologies for homes to adopt.
What is solar energy?
400
This term describes plastic items designed to be used once before being discarded, such as straws, wrappers, and many food containers.
What are single-use plastics?
400
The process that occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, changing seawater chemistry and lowering its pH.
What is ocean acidification?
400
A company collects used plastic packaging, processes it, and uses the recovered material to manufacture new packaging. What circular-economy strategy is this?
What is closed-loop recycling?
500
The term for harmful chemicals or materials linked to reproductive harm/cancers, commonly found in polyester based clothing.
What is BPA/PFAs/forever chemicals/heavy metals/NPEs?
500
A plant, found in the ocean, that is used to make an sustainable alternative to plastic.
What is seaweed?
500
The term used for the material difference in plastic types that makes it difficult to recycle plastic.
What is polymer?
500
The ocean organism that is responsible for producing approximately half of Earth's oxygen.
What is Phytoplankton?
500
This federal law regulates air emissions from sources such as factories and power plants.
What is the Clean Air Act?