Energy
Water
Air
Pollution
Misc.
100
Power harvested from sunlight often through photovoltaic panels and converted into electricity.
What is solar power.
100
Chemical equation for water
What is H2O
100
Primary gas released into the atmosphere from industrial and automotive emissions responsible for global warming
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)
100
Name a way you can prevent pollution
What is use natural cleaning solutions reduce, reuse, recycle plant a tree
100
Name three things that are commonly recycled.
What is paper, plastic, and glass
200
Non-renewable resources derived from dead organic material (i.e. plants and dinosaurs) that has been compressed over thousands of years and extracted for energy consumption.
What are fossil fuels. (Oil, coal, natural gas)
200
Name two ways you can help conserve water
What is take shorter showers, turn water off while brushing teeth, limit amount of water used for watering lawns and gardens.
200
Grab your inhaler! This chronic lung disease affects more than 25 million Americans is the result of air pollution such as particulate matter, pollen, and ground level ozone.
What is asthma
200
Although these chemicals promote plant growth on farms, gardens, and golf courses they become extremely harmful when they enter the atmosphere and waterways.
What are fertilizers or pesticides
200
Measure of an individual's impact on the environment by calculating Greenhouse gas emissions from their lifestyle (i.e. consumption and transportation)
What is carbon footprint
300
This energy source became even more controversial after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan. Power is produced by splitting uranium atoms through a process called fission that produces heat which creates steam used to power a turbine.
What is nuclear power.
300
The continuous circulation of water as it evaporates from the land and sea, enters the atmosphere, condenses and precipitates to the earth's surface, then moves underground by infiltration.
What is the water cycle.
300
The atmospheric layer where UV radiation from the sun is absorbed.
What is the ozone layer (located in the Stratosphere).
300
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from industries and cars combine with precipitation in the atmosphere to form this.
What is acid rain
300

Female biologist from Pittsburgh that is often credited for advancing the environmental movement through her book Silent Spring.

Who is Rachel Carson. (Her book documented the environmental impact of the use of pesticides, which led to the ban of DDTS)

400

The 4th largest country in the world that consumes the most energy per capita.

What is China

400
An area of land where any groundwater underneath of it or precipitation that falls on it drains into one river, basin, or sea.
What is a watershed
400
Name two natural processes that emit pollution into the air.
What are volcanoes and forest fires.
400
An increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients (i.e. phosphates and nitrates) in a body of water that promotes excessive algae growth which then depletes the amount of oxygen available to other organisms
What is eutrophication
400
International treaty signed in 1997 in Japan that binds industrialized nations to reduce their CO2 emissions
What is the Kyoto Protocol
500

This source of energy is used to generate most of Canada's electricity.

What is hydro energy or hydroelectricity. (60% of Canada's electricity comes from hydro energy, however in Alberta, fossil fuels are still more popular.)

500

The percentage of the world's freshwater reserves that are in Canada is a) 10% b) 15% c) 20% d) 25%.

What is c) 20%

500
Organic compound responsible for ozone depletion commonly used in refrigerants, aerosols, and solvents that has been restricted under the Montreal Protocol
What are Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
500

The name of the material used in cookware, clothing and more for its non-stick properties, which is also known as a type of PFAS.

What is Teflon or Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

500

The biome that covers most of the world's land.

What is taiga or boreal forest

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