Climate Change
This is the gradual increase in Earth’s average temperature.
What is climate change?
This type of pollution happens when trash and chemicals enter rivers and oceans.
What is water pollution?
This is the lack of enough food to eat.
What is hunger?
These are the basic freedoms and protections every person should have.
What are human rights?
This is a fight between countries or groups.
What is conflict or war?
This gas, released by cars and factories, contributes greatly to global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
This environmental problem harms sea animals because of the floating plastic waste.
What is ocean plastic pollution?
This organization provides food aid during emergencies around the world.
What is the World Food Programme (WFP)?
This civil rights leader gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This organization was formed after World War II to help prevent wars.
What is the United Nations?
These giant masses of ice are melting because of rising temperatures.
What are glaciers?
This type of pollution comes from smoke released into the atmosphere.
What is air pollution?
This is living without enough money for basic needs.
What is poverty?
This is discrimination based on race.
What is racism?
These are people forced to leave their country because of danger or war.
What are refugees?
These weather events are becoming stronger because of climate change.
What are hurricanes, floods, droughts, or wildfires?
This giant floating trash area is found in the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
This continent has many countries struggling with extreme hunger and poverty.
What is Africa?
This United Nations document lists the rights all people should have.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This current war in Eastern Europe has created millions of refugees since 2022.
What is the Russia-Ukraine War?
This international agreement encourages countries to reduce greenhouse gases.
What is the Paris Agreement?
These “3 Rs” help reduce pollution and waste.
What are Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
These are two common causes of poverty worldwide.
What are war, lack of education, unemployment, or natural disasters?
This Pakistani activist spoke out for girls’ education and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This is one major effect war has on civilians.
What is loss of homes, hunger, injuries, or displacement?