Environmental History
Not Jurassic, Triassic or any assic, we live in this era
At age 15, this activist started skipping school to protest.
Greta Thunberg
Despite being invasive, this species was designated as the CT state insect in 1977.
What is a European Mantis
Once thought to be nearly extinct in this area, these animals are making a comeback in Nepal.
What are tigers
Currently, there are 195 different countries that have agreed to this agreement, which aims to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
What is the Paris Agreement.
The first coral reefs were mostly comprised of these organisms
What are sponges
This British woman discovered that chimpanzees were vegetarians, not omnivores
Jane Goodall
Widely regarded as the most common mammal in CT
What is the Eastern Grey Squirrel
This material is typically only recycled once or twice due to it's tendency to degrade.
What are plastics
Located in Southern Asia, this place is the only carbon negative country in the world
What is Bhutan
The continent before Pangea
Brother of filmmaker Richard he was credited w/ helping to invent the nature documentary as we know it today.
David Attenborough
This fast growing tree is more commonly associated with Canada than the U.S.
What is the Red Maple
Located in the pacific, this has been estimated to be nearly 620,000 square miles wide - and we're working on shrinking it!
What is The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The three major environmental laws include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and this Act.
What is the Toxic Substances Control Act.
This neighbor is thought to be a fragment that was once a part of Earth
What is the moon
Rachel Carlson was one of the first people to warn about pesticides in her book _____
Silent Spring
When spring comes, you can hear the song of these little leapers.
What are Spring Peepers
Fewer than 50% of Americans claim to know the basics of this
What is recycling
Enacted in 1989, the Montreal Protocol banned ODS', substances which depleted this crucial barrier.
What is the ozone layer
There's many explosions in Earth's history, but this one was the most lively
What is the Cambrian explosion
Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai helped create the Green Belt Movement, helping her to win this coveted award.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize
Host plant of the Monarch Butterfly, this plant should not be consumed despite it's name.
Milkweed
Eutrophication is a lack of dissolved ___ within a body of water.
What is oxygen
Deforestation has dropped by around 22% in this forest.
What is the Amazon Rainforest