Water
5 ways that living things use water (Think about humans, plants, animals)
What is drinking, batheing, swimming, watering crops, cooking (examples)
5 items that you or your family members put in the trash can
What are Paper towels, soda cans, grocery bags, snack wrappers, juice boxes etc.
The definition of habitat?
What are homes for animals? Animals such as pretty birds, tiny insects and butterflies, or jaguars and chimpanzees.
Define weather. Define climate.
What is weather is short term, for example the weather could be sunny and 70° one day then rainy and 50° the next? What is climate describes the typical weather conditions in an area for a very long time (normally a 30 year period)?
The percent of the Earth that is made up by water. Give the answer is a percent (Answers within 10% of the correct answer will be counted as correct)
What is 71%.
The amount of trash in pounds that the average person produces in one day. People like you and me (Answers within a 5 pound range of the correct answer will be counted as correct).
What is 4.9 pounds?
Bonus Question!
Out of the 50 states, where does Indiana rank for the amount of trash produced per person?
Definition of habitat destruction? (Also referred to as habitat loss.)
What is when humans destroy animal habitats and the forests that they live in. In their place, people have built roads, cities, factories, homes, and farms? This can also happen because of natural disasters.
Define climate change.
What is a change in the typical weather for an area — such as high and low temperatures and amount of rainfall — over a long period of time?
The percent of water on Earth that is drinkable for humans (Answers within 10% of the correct answer will be counted as correct).
What is about 1%
Why?
Only 3% of water is freshwater (instead of saltwater which we can’t drink) But much of this water is either locked up in glaciers or humans have made it too dirty to drink
Two of the places that our trash goes to
What are landfills and incinerators (places that burn trash releasing harmful chemicals)? And/or oceans, lakes, and soils?
By the way...
this is a problem for animals who get caught in the trash or mistake it for food and eat it.
The definition of photosynthesis
What is a process where plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) to make food for themselves and release oxygen?
Bonus question: If humans cut down trees and plants, how does this affect the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide?
One way that climate change could change the planet.
What is more extreme weather events, less access to food and water, less sea ice, rising sea levels. But it is not too late to prevent this!
Interesting Fact: Since the ~1980’s the average annual temperature has increased by 2° F, we get 7.3 more inches of precipitation (rain or snow) on average, and extreme weather events have become more common in Indiana
A human activity that uses a lot of water, a very limited resource.
What is watering crops, flushing the toilet, washing machines, or bathing
Two reasons why an abundance of trash is a problem
What is it can harm animals, it can contaminate water making it unsafe to drink, it is not nice to look at, it can lead to the release of hazardous chemicals, it can take a very long time to break down?
How habitat destruction lead to species endangerment. Name one endangered species.
What is if animals do not have a home or access to the food and water that they need they cannot survive.
What are Orangutans, Sumatran Rhinos, Chimpanzees, Giant Pandas, Monarch Butterflies, Lions, Tigers, Bornean Pygmy Elephants? (examples)
True or False: Climate change occurs naturally
What is true?
The climate on Earth changes naturally however, the amount of change that we have seen is more than what occurs naturally. Scientists have found that the amount of climate change we have observed has been caused by human activity
An action you and your classmates can take to reduce your water footprint (How much water you use).
What are taking showers instead of baths and taking shorter showers, turning off the faucet when you are not using it (while brushing your teeth), reusing towels and clothes that are not soiled, repurposing unused water
What is use a reusable water bottle, say no to plastic straws, use reusable food containers and utensils, donate old clothes and toys instead of throwing them away, shop with reusable bags, eat foods and snacks that make less packaging waste such as fruit instead of chips, use cloths instead of paper towels
An action you and your classmates can take to prevent habitat loss?
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle household items to prevent the need to make more, plant local/native plants, only flush toilet paper, recycle paper and use the front and back, share things instead of buying or asking for new things?
All of these things prevent the need to destroy more habitats to create new items or prevent harmful items from entering animal habitats.
Name one human activity that can lead to climate change.
What is generating power (for electricity), manufacturing goods, and cutting down forests can all emit carbon dioxide (CO2) gas that warms the Earth
Bonus question: True or false: you can help prevent climate change by turning off lights and electronics when not in use, planting trees, walking or biking when possible instead of riding in a car, and reducing the amount of trash you produce