Environmental Justice
Finish the Definition of Environmental Racism:
The disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on _____
A. people in low-income communities
B. people of color
C. people who deserve it
D. people of all races
B. people of color
What is the most common plastic litter found in the natural environment?
Which pollutant is NOT one of the six criteria of air pollutants?
A. Water Vapor
B. Ozone
C. Lead
D. Particulate Matter
A. Water Vapor
Name a consequence of climate change
Sea-level rise, more extreme and more frequent natural disasters, ocean acidification
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Asking a question, forming a question
What is the term that goes with this definition?
Definition: Custom tools that identify and address inequality
A. equality
B. justice
C. equity
D. fairness of distribution
C. equity
What is the term that matches this definition?
Small pieces of plastic that are less than 5 millimeters long that can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life
Microplastics
Name an example of where these pollutants are coming from.
Any of the following: landfills, natural gas industry, transportation, power plants, livestock, nature, other human activities that involve burning fossil fuels
What is one of the most common Greenhouse Gases?
Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide, Methane
What step is in between "research" and "experiment"?
Formulating a hypothesis
Fill in the blank:
EJ movement began in the ____ as a response to hazardous waste siting in or near communities of color across the U.S.
A. 1960s
B. 1970s
C. 1980s
D. 1990s
C. 1980s
According to a three-year study, how many pieces of microplastic flowed into the SF Bay Area?
A. 5 billion
B. 7 billion
C. 5 trillion
D. 7 trillion
D. 7 trillion
Name an impact of air pollution and explain the impact.
Environmental impacts: causing climate change, changes and depletes nutrients in soils and waterways, harms forests and crops
Neurological diseases: increased mental illness, increased risk of dementia in adults, damage of neurons in brain linking to worse memory, vocab, ADHD and Autism spectrum disorders
Heart disease/cancer/respiratory ailments
What is the infamous temperature degree that the world is working to not increase by? (C or F)
2 degrees celsius, 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit
What term matches with this definition:
the data you are taking on your experiment, information you'll use to make your conclusions later
A. Independent Variable
B. Dependent Variable
C. Experimental Variable
D. Control Variable
Which case study is NOT an example of EJ?
A. Massachusetts V. EPA
B. Love Canal
C. Mann v. Ford
D. Cancer Alley
A. Massachusetts V. EPA (This established the GHGs are pollutants and therefore should be regulated by the EPA)
What is the name for the pile of floating trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii, that's approx. 3x the size of France?
Fill in the blank: Transportation makes up for ___ percent of California's GHG emissions
40%
Name 3 things that an individual can do to help combat the climate crisis
use public transportation, walk, bike
Reduce your plastic use
Eat sustainably sourced foods
Eat/use locally sourced products
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Rot
BE AN ADVOCATE
Fill in the blank:
______ control lets you know the value of the independent variable without treatment
Negative
Who is nicknamed the "father of environmental justice"?
A. Mustafa Ali
B. Robert D. Bullard
C. Martin Luther King Jr.
D. Al Gore
B. Robert D. Bullard
What percent of deepwater fish in the North Atlantic ocean eat microplastic?
73%
Name one natural carbon sink/sequester
Forests/soil, mangroves, the ocean
Finish this equation of ocean acidification:
CO2 (in the atmosphere) + H2O (in the ocean) = _______
H2CO3 - Carbonic Acid
What do you do when your experiment is complete?
analyze the data to see if they support your hypothesis or not & then retest