Climate Change
This gas, released by burning fossil fuels, is the #1 human-caused greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
This percentage of Earth's surface is covered by ocean.
What is 71%?
The variety of life in an ecosystem is called this.
What is biodiversity?
The 3 R's of sustainability — Reduce, _____, Recycle
What is Reuse?
This creature holds a bat and is often seen in low lighting.
What is Tung Tung Tung Sahur?
This process traps heat in the atmosphere, keeping Earth warm enough to support life.
What is Climate Change?
Tiny marine animals build these massive, colorful underwater structures. They're often referred to as rainforests of the sea.
What are coral reefs?
These pollinators are responsible for helping grow roughly one-third of the crops humans eat worldwide.
What are bees?
This clean alternative energy sector uses reactions to split uranium atoms, generating zero carbon emissions during power production but requiring careful waste management.
What is nuclear energy?
This is the best bakery in Wake Forest. Known for its highly incredible and delicious assortment of treats.
What is Lidl Bakery?
This landmass reflects a high majority of solar radiation back into space due to its highly reflective surface color.
What is Greenland?
This term describes the entire geographic area of land where all the rainfall and streams drain into a single, shared body of water like a river or a bay.
What is a watershed?
An ecosystem depends entirely on this specific type of species. If it is removed, the entire ecological structure collapses (like a sea otter or a wolf).
What is a keystone species?
This type of energy is obtained from extracting heat from beneath Earth's surface.
What is Geothermal energy?
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This potent greenhouse gas traps roughly 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide over 20 years. This gas is released mostly from landfills and agriculture.
What is methane?
These are tiny, broken-down pieces of plastic debris. They're less than 5 millimeters long and pollute the water and easily enter the marine food chain. They've been found in human brains and embryos.
What are microplastics?
This math concept describes the maximum population size of a specific animal species that an vironment can sustainably support without destroying its own resource base.
What is carrying capacity?
This clean-burning element can be used as a fuel source, and is considered "green" only when produced via water electrolysis powered by renewables.
What is hydrogen?
This is the face on the Sushonion meme?
Sushanth Erramalli.
This international treaty, adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. Named after a European City.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This massive global system of deep-ocean currents, driven by differences in water temperature and salinity, acts as a conveyor belt to distribute heat around the planet.
What is the thermohaline circulation?
This describes an animal's specific role or "job" within its ecosystem, including what it eats, where it lives, and how it interacts with other species.
Ecological Niche
This term describes a home or building that generates as much energy on-site as it consumes over the course of a year.
What is net-zero?
This occupation is Chris Seifert's current job. (Caden can't answer)
A. Nuclear Engineer
B. Furniture Company Vice-President
C. Vice-President of a Renewable Energy Company
What is B?