Water
120-150 gallons
How much water does the average American use?
When cities and buildings spread out
What is urban sprawl?
The sun
what is the origin of all energy OR the origin of fossil fuel energy?
Global warming, air/water/noise pollution, land degradation, methane emissions
Impacts from using fossil fuels
Mirror images
Cellular respiration and photosynthesis. BONUS: explain how both work (+200 points)
Glaciers
Where is most of the world's freshwater?
Excess salt in soil
What is salination?
What is happening to coal use in the U.S.?
Natural gas
What is the cleanest fossil fuel?
Breeding
What is not the same as a GMO?
It's making places wetter or drier than usual
How is climate change affecting the water cycle?
Burp and fart out 18% of global greenhouse gas emssions
How do cows impact the carbon footprint?
Peak oil
What is maximized oil production called?
mountaintop removal
What coal extraction method has no regulations?
3%
The release of water from plants
What is transpiration?
Killing a water ecosystem due to too much nitrogen/phosphorus
What is eutrophication?
When a water mixture is pushed underground with high pressure going sideways, and oil is sucked back through
What is fracking?
No wetlands, safety linings, no earthquake zones.
What are the regulations for coal ash?
How can water be wasted in a watershed?
An area of land where all of the water that falls on it drains off to a common outlet
What is a watershed?
Living beings that are injected with modified genetic material
What are GMOs?
Coal, steam power, and natural gas
Wood
What is a carbon-neutral fuel source?
44% - gasoline
What is oil/petroleum mostly used for?