Chemicals
Gadgets/Things
Processes
Threats to the environment
Think green
100
Chemical which enters the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil), solid waste, trees and wood products. It is removed from the atmosphere when it is absorbed by plants as part of the biological carbon cycle.
What is CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)?
100
A more common expression for a photovoltaic module.
What is SOLAR PANEL?
100
The observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.
What is GLOBAL WARMING?
100
A process which comes in many forms and no matter where you live, you’ve probably seen some form of it - litter on streets, smog that lingers over large cities, plastic trash in the countryside...
What is POLLUTION?
100
An annual event, celebrated on April 22. On this day, events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Even you can join millions of people across the globe to do at least one thing that will make our planet a better place to live :-)
What is EARTH DAY?
200
Structural modification of oxygen, an air pollutant in the lower atmosphere but beneficial in the upper atmosphere.
What is OZONE?
200
An energy saving bulb that will consume 80 percent less energy than its outdated predecessor. Moreover, these bulbs last 25 times longer than traditional ones.
What is LED BULB?
200
Natural process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere. The mechanism is named after a faulty analogy with the effect of solar radiation passing through glass and warming a greenhouse.
What is GREENHOUSE EFFECT?
200
"A change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns". You might have noticed that the weather’s been hotter than usual, or you might have noticed a drought in your area or conversely, unusual storms. Furthermore, even small temperature changes are causing crops to die, decreasing the amount of food available. On top of all that, higher temps are causing the polar icecaps to melt, flooding certain areas and leading to an imbalance for wildlife.
What is CLIMATE CHANGE?
200
The three essential components of environmentally-responsible consumer behavior, also known as waste hierarchy, often shortened to 3R:
1) Reduce the number of purchases that you make in the first place, borrow things instead of buing, walk...
2) Reuse items as much as possible before replacing them, donate things you no longer need, bring cloth sacks to the store with you instead of taking home new paper or plastic bags...
3) Recycle things we use every day, like paper bags, soda cans, and milk cartons. These, are made out of materials that can be recycled. You can also help the environment by buying products that contain recycled materials.
What is REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE?
300
Highly toxic element, traditionally used in thermometers, posing a substantial safety and disposal risk.
What is MERCURY?
300
A plant, which you can easily plant. They give us oxygen, fruits, timber, prevent soil erosion, control floods, provide shelter to wildlife. Massive scale deforestation in last couple of decades has reduced forest area by significant percentage.
What is a TREE?
300
A rapid movement of a large mass of earth and rocks down a hill or a mountainside. It occurs either naturally (erosion, groundwater, earthquake) or is often enhanced by human activity, such as construction, agricultural or forestry activities, deforestation
What is LANDSLIDE?
300
Process when trees are cut down and cleared land is used as pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities and settlements. It has resulted in damage to habitat, biodiversity loss and aridity (=a severe lack of available water). It has adverse impacts on biosequestration, the capture and storage of the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
What is DEFORESTATION?
300
Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education.
What is ECOTOURISM?
400
The DuPont trade name for CFC, a chemical strongly associated with global warming (chlorofluorocarbon - containing carbon, chlorine, and fluorine - used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants, and whose manufacture is being phased out by the Montreal Protocol)
What is FREON?
400
Now a regular feature at most supermarkets, a typical feature at local markets. A special attention is paid to the way farmers grow and process agricultural products, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. All this is designed to encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution.
What is ORGANIC FOOD?
400
Surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it away to another location.
What is EROSION?
400
A serious problem, which causes rising sea levels. Average temperatures in the Arctic region are rising twice as fast they are elsewhere and the ice is melting and rupturing. NASA satellite images reveal that the area of our permanent ice cover is shrinking at a rate of 9% every decade. At that rate, the Arctic could be totally ice-free in the summer season by the end of the century.
What is MELTING POLAR ICE-CAPS?
400
A measure of human impact on Earth's ecosystems. A common way of estimating this is the area of wilderness (of both land and sea) needed to supply resources to a human population.
The world-average in 2007 was 2.7 global hectares per person (18.0 billion in total).
With a world-average biocapacity of 1.8 global hectares per person (12 billion in total), this leads to an ecological deficit of 0.9 global hectares per person (6 billion in total)
Check out this this list of countries and their impact
What is ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT?
500
Collective metaphorical term for carbon dioxide CO2, methane, nitrous oxide N2O, and sulphur hexafluoride SF6
What are GREENHOUSE GASSES?
500
An extremely energy-efficient home in which a comfortable interior climate can be maintained without active heating and cooling systems. They are heated primarily by the sun, but unlike solar-powered houses, which use solar panels to convert sunlight to electricity, these houses capture the sun's energy in the form of heat, using the design and construction of the home itself to eliminate the need for a furnace, fireplace or other conventional heat source.
What is PASSIVE HOUSE?
500
Harmful environmental process affecting plants, aquatic animals and infrastructure caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
What is ACID RAIN?
500
An activity when more fish are caught than the population can replace through natural reproduction. It has serious consequences, the results not only affect the balance of life in the oceans, but also the social and economic well-being of the coastal communities who depend on fish for their way of life.
What is OVERFISHING?
500
A physical activity when you get outdoors, breathe the air, feel the sun on your cheeks and absorb some vitamin D. All this without a car. Even if you live in the city and don’t have easy access to a lot of green space, you’d be amazed how even spending a short amount of time in an urban park will rejuvenate your soul.
What is WALKING?
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