Respect your environment
Clean Air
Protecting Our Water
Protecting our Land
Others
100

What is an ecosystem

What is a system made up of all the living things in an area and the nonliving parts of their environment

100

What are tiny particles in the air such as dirt, soot, ashes, and pollen.

What is particulates

100
What is water runoff?
contaminated water that runs off the land into a body of water.
100

What is landfill?

A place where wastes are dumped and buried

100
This is defined as the ability to do work
energy
200

What type of organism cannot make their own food?

What is consumers

200

Describe Smog

What is smoke and fog combined

200
Thermal Pollution
Pollution of water by excessive heat
200
What is radwaste?
radioactive waste such as contaminated soil and water.
200
Define support network?
A group of poeple who help and encourage you.
300

Describe the Environmental Protection Agency

What is a regulatory agency responsible for reducing and controlling environmental pollution.

300

Sick Building Syndrome

What is an illness that is caused by indoor air pollution.

300
What are trihalomethanes?
chlorine can react with other substances in the water to form dangerous chemicals.
300
AT What percentage does the US recycle most of its waste?
30 %
300

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, about ____________ of household solid waste could be composted.

1/4

400

What is a resource that can be replaced once they are used called?

What is renewable Resource

400

Describe greenhouse effect

What is the trapping of heat by carbon dioxide and other gases in the air.

400

Define the Water Cycle

the cycle of water evaporating from the earth's surface into the clouds, back down in form of percipitation.

400
This means able to be broekn down by organisms to become part of Earth's natural resources.
biodegradable
400
What is social-emotional environment?
refers to the quality of the contacts one has with other people.
500

Pollution

What is any change in the air,water, soil, noise level, or temperature that has a negative effect on life and health.

500

What is Global Warming?

What is an ongoing increasing of Earth's temperature.

500
Each person in the United States uses how many of gallons of water per day?
80 to 100
500

Paper, glass, plastic, and metal are all what?

recycling categories

500
What type of pollution can have a negative effect on mental health and increase stress levels?
visual pollution
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