Pollution
Resources
Global Warming
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
100
What is water pollution?
100
Formed millions of years ago by natural processes in the Earth from plant and animal remains
What are fossil fuels?
100
This is the symbol for Carbon Dioxide...
What is CO2?
100
The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
What is pollution?
100
The three R’s
What is reduce, reuse, recycle?
200
Air pollution that hangs over cities and reduces visibility
What is smog?
200
Solar, wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal
What are renewable resources?
200
What are effects of global warming?
What is..
-Rising sea level
-Increased temp.
-Habitat damage and species affected
-Changes in water supply
200
A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
What is global warming?
200
When you turn off the water in between washing dishes which conservation effort are you practicing?
What is "reducing"?
300
The removal of trees from an area without replacing new ones..
What is deforestation?
300
Coal, oil and natural gas
What are nonrenewable resources?
300
Over the years, global temperature of the Earth has...
What is "increased"?
300
Something that can be replaced or replenished in the same or less amount of time as it takes to draw the supply down
What is a renewable resource?
300
What is carpooling?
400
How can air pollution harm living things?
What is "it can make them have difficultly breathing"?
400
These are materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
What are natural resources?
400
Human activities that release carbon dioxide in the atmosphere include..
What are burning fossil fuels, deforestation or driving?
400
Something that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a quick enough pace to keep up with consumption
What is a nonrenewable resource?
400
What are two common ways of transportation that does not add to global warming?
What are walking and biking?
500
Excess fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides from agricultural lands and residential areas is an example of Point or Nonpoint pollution
What is nonpoint pollution?
500
Where does most of the energy we use come from?
What are fossil fuels?
500
Bonus Question: How do cattle contribute to global warming??
What is methane?
500
When the Earth's atmosphere becomes thick with gases and substances which trap the sun's radiation, making the Earth warmer.
What is the greenhouse effect?
500
How does planting trees help reduce carbon dioxide levels?
What is they take in CO2 and release oxygen via photosynthesis?