Enviro Terms
The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes adverse change.
What is pollution?
What is the name of the process of assembling a tent?
What is pitching?
Known as "the vine that ate the South"
What is Kudzu?
Where was the first national chapter of Epsilon Eta established?
What is UNC Chapel Hill 😛
What do you call animals that are active during the day?
What is diurnal?
How many national parks are there in the United States?
What is 63 national parks?
This green beetle cuts into NC native trees, disrupting their vascular systems and killing them.
What is the emerald ash borer?
What are Ep Eta's 3 pillars?
Academics, Community, and Service
The buildup of a persistent pesticide or other toxic
substance in an organism's body
What is bioaccumulation?
How many river basins are in NC?
What is 17
This small freshwater mussel originates from the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine, but has been accidentally introduced to numerous other areas and has become an invasive species in many countries worldwide.
What is the zebra mussel?
Who is UNC Ep Eta's faculty advisor?
Dr. Greg Gangi
What is the ocean zone that begins at 4,000 meters deep where zero sunlight reaches?
What is the abyssal zone?
What part of a tree can you sometimes eat for survival?
What is the inner bark (from some trees like pine)?
These hooved mammals are rooting animals known for digging up large swaths of plant life in order to eat roots and underground insects, causing an estimated $1.5 billion dollars in damage per year throughout the United States.
Feral swine/wild hogs
How many ID points do you need each semester in order to stay in Ep Eta?
2! (make sure you get your ID points)
An environmentally-persistent insecticide banned for most uses by the U.S. EPA in 1972. It accumulates in fatty tissues of animals, and has lead to serious environmental problems such as thinning of shells of certain birds and their resulting die-off.
What is DDT?
What is the strength of a crocodile's jaws (±200 psi)
what is 3700 psi?
This large muskrat-like species is known for its destructive impact on ecosystems through burrowing and overconsumption of vegetation, which causes severe erosion and habitat destruction.
What is a nutria?
How many chapters of Ep Eta are there nationally?
18