This includes harm done to water and soil, human-caused abnormalities in noise and light and manifests itself in visual, point and non-point sources. Human beings and their actions are majorly responsible for causing all types of ________.
What is pollution?
100
In 2009, Americans recycled 82 million tons of materials. The resulting ___ ________ _________ is equivalent to taking 33 million passenger vehicles off the road.
What is CO2 emission reduction?
100
What causes global warming?
What is human activity in which carbon-dioxide is released?
100
What does Cornell do to help with recycling?
What is providing recycling locations?
There are recycling locations in each residence hall. Students are encouraged to recycle everything that can be recycled. Facility Services has provided a complete list of items that can be recycled.
200
What is caused by oil spills, urban runoff and ocean dumping?
What is water pollution?
200
Which of the three R’s conserves the most resources?
Recycling
Reusing
Reducing
What is recycling?
200
What are 3 greenhouse gases?
What is CO2, methane, water vapor, and nitrous oxide?
200
What are some of the facilities improvements that Cornell has made?
What are high-efficiency windows and doors, extra insulation in exterior walls, high-efficiency gas furnaces, low water use toilets, and high-efficiency gas water heaters?
300
Water pollution, a crisis in resources, gender imbalance, pollution, land pollution, urban sprawling, deforestation and over-production are some common examples of dangerous effects caused by ______________.
What is overpopulation?
300
Where does reducing waste start?
Recycling bin
Donation drop-off site
Shopping Cart
What is shopping cart?
300
If we continued to damage the earth how would that affect life?
What is the atmoshere would overheat and therefore lifeforms would not have enough time to adapt?
300
Name some of the was our dining services keep the environment in mind?
What is Dining on campus locally-sourced food, tray-free dining and recyclable take-out containers?
400
What involves BTEX compounds, fine particles, and other carcinogens that cause 100,000 premature deaths every year and over six million hospital visits for asthma and other respiratory diseases?
What is air pollution
400
In the world of solid waste and recycling, a MRF is:
i. Merchandise Return Facility: legislation for retailers to take back the products that they sell
Material Recovery Facility: A place that sorts mixed recyclable items
Merchandized Reuse Flattening: a compacting system so that garbage trucks can stay on route longer
What is a Material Recovery Facility?
400
How will climate change affect the ocean?
What is polar Ice caps may melt therefore increasing ocean levels?
400
What happens to Cornell food waste from the dining halls?
What is composting?
500
Because of _____________, the CO2 cycle is disrupted and it accounts for about 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans.
What is deforestation?
500
In order for something to be recyclable, it must be what?
Dry
Empty
Clear of food residue, etc.
What is clean (Dry, Empty, Clear of food residue, etc.)
500
What other organisms help prevent the accumulation of Co2?
What is bacteria?
500
What has Environmental Club done to improve the sustainability on campus?