Energy
A renewable energy source that converts sunlight into electricity or heat
What is Solar Power?
The greenhouse gas primarily responsible for global warming
What is Carbon Dioxide?
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?
This intense air pollution that is a combintion of smoke and fog, creates a visible, brownish-yellow or grayish haze, reducing visibility and harming health
What is smog?
Every year on April 22nd we celebrate this holiday dedicated to environmental protection, sustainability, and raising awareness about the climate crisis
What is Earth Day?
A non-renewable, hydrocarbon-based energy sources, derived from dead organic material that has been compressed over thousands of years and extracted for energy
What are Fossil Fuels?
This chronic lung disease affects more than 25 million Americans is sometimes caused by air pollution such as particulate matter, pollen, and ground level ozone
What is Asthma?
The human body is roughly ___% water.
What is 60-70?
This group is disproportionately affected by pollution bearing over 40% of the global disease and death burden from pollution despite making up only about a quarter of the global population.
What are Children?
Switching your computer font from this font to century gothic can save 30% of the ink used while printing.
What is Arial?
The reaction by which nuclear power is generated.
What is Nuclear Fission?
Name on of the five countries consistently ranked highest in air quality.
Finland, Sweeden, Iceland, New Zealand, Austrailia
The largest water-consuming fixture in your home
What is the Toilet?
These chemicals promote plant growth on farms, gardens, and golf courses but cause algal blooms when they enter our waterways
What are fertilizers?
More than 50% of all species on earth live here.
What is in Soil?
This state generates about 25% of the United States' wind power, more than any other state
What is Texas?
The phrase "Good Up High, Bad Nearby" is commonly used to describe this gas that protects us from the sun UV rays
What is Ozone?
Hard water contains high levels of _______ while soft water does not.
What are dissolved minerals (calcium and Magnesium)?
This forms sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from burning fossil fuels combine with precipitation in the atmosphere
What is acid rain?
This biome spans northern regions of the world in latitudes just below the arctic tundra and is the worlds largest biome
What is Taiga (boreal forest)?
A renewable energy source that accounts for about 15% of global electricity generation, and is widely considered the most efficient form of energy generation
What is Hydroelectric power?
The potent greenhouse gases and are primarily responsible for depleting the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere.
What are Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?
The primary U.S. federal law regulating water pollution, enacted in 1972 to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters
What is the clean water act?
This effect occurs when cities experience significantly higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas due to high amounts of concrete, asphalt, and pollution and a lack of vegetation
What is the Urban Heat Island Effect?
These trees are the worlds oldest trees at over 5,000 years old.
What are Bristlecone Pines?