Climate Change
This gas, produced by burning fossil fuels, is the largest contributor to human-caused climate change.
What is carbon dioxide?
Earth Day was first celebrated in this year.
What is 1970?
Animals and plants living in a natural environment are called this.
what is wildlife?
This energy comes from the sun
What is solar energy?
Earth is the only known planet with this.
What is life?
The gradual warming of Earth’s average temperature is called this.
What is global warming?
This book by Rachel Carson helped launch the modern environmental movement.
What is Silent Spring?
This term describes a species that may disappear forever
What is extinct?
Wind turns these machines to make electricity
What are turbines?
About 70% of Earth's surface is covered by this.
What is water?
Melting ice at the poles causes this to rise.
What is sea level?
This U.S. agency was created in 1970 to protect human health and the environment.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This word describes animals at risk of extinction
What are endangered species?
This renewable energy source uses moving water
What is hydropower?
This layer of the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV rays.
What is the ozone layer?
The layer of gases around Earth that keeps the planet warm is called this.
What is the atmosphere?
This global organization publishes influential climate reports used by world leaders
What is the IPCC?
intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Cutting down forests destroys this crucial wildlife requirement
What is habitat?
This type of energy will not run out over time.
What is renewable energy?
Earth Day is celebrated during this month
What is April?
This energy comes from the Sun and can be used to generate electricity.
What is solar energy?
This environmental disaster led to the creation of Earth Day
What is widespread pollution and environmental degradation?
This term means using resources without harming future generations.
What is sustainability?
This renewable source uses heat from inside the Earth
What is geothermal energy?
This term means using resources with harming future generations.
What is sustainability?