Climate
The long-term average of weather patterns in a region is called this.
What is climate?
About 97% of Earth’s water is found here.
What are the oceans?
The three R’s stand for Reduce, Reuse, and this.
What is Recycle?
When too many trees are cut down in an area, it is called this.
What is deforestation?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are classified as this type of energy source.
What are fossil fuels?
This gas, produced by burning fossil fuels, is the primary driver of modern climate change.
What is carbon dioxide?
Tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm in size are called this.
What are microplastics?
Throwing trash on the ground instead of in a bin is called this.
What is littering?
When a non-native species causes harm to an ecosystem, it is called this.
What is an invasive species?
Turning off lights when you leave a room helps save this.
This human activity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally.
What is burning fossil fuels for energy?
When trash enters rivers and eventually reaches the ocean, it is called this type of pollution.
What is water pollution?
This country produces the most plastic waste in total annually.
What is the United States?
The variety of life within a given ecosystem is known as this.
What is biodiversity?
This renewable source generates electricity by spinning turbines with moving air.
What is wind energy?
When forests are cut down, this important climate process decreases.
What is carbon absorption/photosynthesis?
Most of the freshwater people use for drinking comes from this underground source.
What is groundwater?
This gas, produced in landfills from decomposing organic waste, is a potent greenhouse gas.
What is methane.
Animals that eat only plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
This renewable energy source uses photovoltaic cells to generate electricity.
What is solar energy?
As global temperatures rise, sea levels increase mainly because of melting glaciers and this process involving warmer water expanding.
What is thermal expansion?
This invisible boundary underground separates surface water from stored freshwater used in wells and drinking supplies.
What is the water table?
When hazardous waste contaminates groundwater, it often moves through soil by this process.
What is leaching?
This type of organism breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil.
What is a decomposer?
This process in nuclear power plants splits atoms to release energy.
What is nuclear fission?