Behrend, Erie, and Abington are three out of ___ total satellite campuses.
What are 24 total campuses?
Known for its focus on farms, the environment, and people, the ERM major falls under this college.
What is the College of Agriculture?
fish
What is brook trout?
We breathe it out, industries emit it.
What is carbon dioxide?
Maple, oak, and birch are different types of this tree species that lose their foliage in the fall.
What is deciduous?
This beloved coach started in 1966 and won two Nationals Championships in '82 and '86.
Who is Joe Paterno?
ERM has these three options/specializations within the major.
What is soil, water, and environmental science?
insect
What is firefly/lightning bug?
Energy sources such as coal, oil, or natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?
Excessive nutrients in run-off from fertilizer causes this process to occur in bodies of water
What is eutrophication?
This anthracite-named mule was the mascot before the nittany lion. Now his bones are on display in the Hub next to the art gallery.
Who is Old Coaly?
After 35 cumulative years working for Penn State as ERM advisors, this couple just recently retired in August!
Who are Rob and Tammy Shannon?
flower
What is mountain laurel?
Heat-trapping molecules in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?
What is an opossum?
This was the year Penn State first competed in the NCAA as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
What is 1993?
The ERM program at Penn State was founded in this year as a response to the environmental movement the decade before.
What is 1971?
dog
What is great dane?
The largest carbon sink on Earth.
What is the ocean?
Known for its highs and lows, this is the physiographical region State College resides in.
What is the ridge and valley?
It was during this historically sad time period, that Penn State received the nickname "Happy Valley".
What is the Great Depression?
The department ERM is housed under.
What is interdepartmental?
soil
What is Hazleton?
The Earth has warmed roughly __ degrees Celsius since the late 19th century.
What is 2 degrees?
Best known for its subterranean limestone caverns and sinkholes, State College's valley landscape is characterized by this topography.
What is karst/karst topography?