Climate Change
Another name for climate change
Global Warming
What are the three Rs
Reduce, reuse, recycle
3 types of pollution (_____ pollution)
air, water, and land
How many continents are there and what are they?
7: Asia, africa, north america, south america, antarctica, europe, and australia
The main cause of extinction
Habitat Loss
Direct cause of climate change (think broadly)
Increased emissions of greenhouse gases
The result of broken down plastics
microplastics
name of island of floating trash
The great pacific garbage patch
What percent of water makes up the earth's surface?
71%
how many species go extinct per year?
Top three emissions of greenhouse gases
transportation
electricity production
industry
The most popular packaging material before plastic
paper and cardboard
3 most common air pollutants
Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide
how many ocean gyres are there
five
What produces the most oxygen?
The ocean:marine plants
Some scientists believe climate change with be irreversible by...
2030
range of plastic decomposition in years
20-500
the percentage of the world's population that are breathing in polluted air every day
91%
The biome of Greenland
Arctic Tundra
How does the IUCN Red List of threatened species divide the nine categories? (ex. endangered)
Greenhouse gases are at a ______ year high
4.5 million
The system used for recycling in most areas but NOT Charlotte Mecklenburg County
plastic numbering system
percent of industrial waste that is dumped in the oceans
around 70%
How many ACTIVE volcanoes are there worldwide? (not including those in the ocean)
1,350
The rarest animal in the world
The vaquita