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When is the REAL Earth Day?
April 22nd.
What do we call fuels like coal, oil, and gas that pollute the air?
Fossil Fuels.
What can you use instead of plastic water bottles?
Reusable metal water bottles.
What are some reasons animals are becoming endangered?
Habitat loss from global warming and poisoning from plastic digestion.
What is an alternative to a plastic bag?
A tote bag/cloth bath
What is plastic made out of?
Oil/Fossil Fuels.
What is the better option, recycling or reducing plastic use?
Reducing the use of plastic.
Name one human activity that contributes to global warming.
Burning fossil fuels, driving cars, cutting down trees.
How many grams of plastic do we ingest on average each week?
5 grams of plastic/ around one credit card worth of plastic.
What are some carbon sources?
List an item that goes into each category: Compost, Recycle, Landfill.
Compost --> Organics. Recycle --> Plastics, Glass, Aluminum, Battery items. Landfill --> Non-recyclables, Hygiene Products
Name one extreme weather event worsened by climate change.
Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, droughts.
What is a negative trait about microplastics?
Microplastics stay in the environment forever.
What are smaller than microplastics?
Nanoplastics.
What are some carbon sinks?
Ocean phytoplankton, soil, plants, the lithosphere.
Describe how plastic is made and one negative impact.
Oil --> Nurdles --> Manufacture into plastic item.
Negative impacts: Pollution, Cancer, Forever Chemicals
What large area in the ocean is filled with trash?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
What illnesses can be traced back to plastics?
Asthma, birth defects, lung disease, reproductive issues.
What types of plastics CAN be recycled? Hint: look at labels!
Plastic types #1, #2, & #5 can be recycled.
Other types should be disposed in landfill as of now.
What is another name for PFAS chemicals?
Forever Chemicals
What are the methods we use to extract fossil fuels?
Drilling, Fracking, Mining.
What does soil contain that makes it a GREAT carbon sink?
Microbes (Bacteria + Funghi)
What is the Lithosphere?
The outermost rocky layer of earth, a large carbon sink.
What does plastic do to our immune system?
Makes it weaker.
What are the two main greenhouse gasses, that human actions release, that cause global warming?
Carbon Dioxide and Methane.