Pollution
Pollution is...
The introduction of harmful material into the environment.
What is something that causes air pollution?
Exhaust fumes (cars), airplanes, trains, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, methane, factories, burning trash, etc...
The name of an example of hydropower is....
Dam / Hydroelectric Power Plant
Gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the planet, usually refers to...
Greenhouse gasses
Waves are used for what type of energy?
Ocean energy
What are 4 types of pollution?
Air, land, water, sound, and/or light
A place where municipalities take garbage to bury it underground with soil is...
Landfill
Debris, which is scattered pieces of cement, metal, trash, etc...into the ground or water, is a what type of pollution?
Water / Land pollution
What are the 3 types of fossil fuels that we have?
Coal, oil, and natural gas
The term for the rising in the Earth's temperature, is...
Global warming
What is a detritivore?
An animal that is a decomposer, and which feeds on dead and organic material.
The correct term of the polluted form of water generated from rainwater runoff and human activities...
Waste waters
The deliberate disposal of trash or litter into the sea from platforms, aircrafts, buildings, vessels, etc...is...
Coastal Dumping / Marine Dumping
The main gases responsible for it, include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases (which are synthetic), refers to what effect?
Greenhouse effect.
Hot Springs, Geysers,Green Houses, Fumaroles, and spas are all examples of...
Geothermal energy
What are 1 of the 2 components of acid rain?
Sulfur dioxide / Nitrogen oxide
2 natural forms of air pollution are...
Volcanic activity / Carbon dioxide / Wildfires
3 types of biofuel are...
Tigers, giant pandas, and polar bears, are all...
The traditional meaning of referring to the 3Rs are...
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Name 3 detritivores.
Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, vultures, seagulls, mice, moles, beetles, flies, maggots, etc...
A way that light pollution affects natural life is...
Sea turtles that have an instinct to follow the moon to the ocean, end up following artificial lights and never make it to the sea. / Insects that are attracted to light, go into houses or buildings and even die there of hunger, since some cannot find food or do not eat other insects. / Migration birds get lost, since they follow the moon for guidance.
Protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation, which forms part of the Stratosphere is...
Ozone Layer
Climate change, causes this in the arctic and antarctic glaciers
Melting / Melts / Melt
The total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions, refers to...