Trash
How does trash effect the environment?
Threatens animal species, especially oceanic animals, pollutes the earth when people are careless, uses fossil fuels to make and those hurt the environment.
What are some effects of deforestation?
Deforestation causes habitat loss for animals, less oxygen for everyone, etc...
What are the bad effects of polar ice caps melting?
Polar bear habitats go down, sea level rises so more erosion in the world, more global warming, etc...
What happens when you don't recycle?
More pollution, overflow landfills, natural habitat destruction, etc...
Some effects of climate change are what?
Increased heat in world, flooding, hurricanes, mostly extreme weather, etc...
What are effects of trash waste for humans?
Cancer, birth defects, asthma, etc...
How much does deforestation cost us per year?
2.5 trillion dollars.
Does the sea level rise when the polar ice caps melt into the ocean?
Yes it rises.
Recycling 100 cans can provide enough energy for how many weeks?
2 weeks.
Should you worry about climate change?
YES!!!
How much acers of rainforest are destroyed daily?
80,000 acers of rainforest per day.
How much does the earth lose in ice each year?
1.2 trillion tons. It has lost about 28 trillion tons of ice from a study from 2010.
Recycling one ton of papers saves how many trees?
Only 17.
Is climate change natural?
No, humans cause it.
Where is the largest garbage dump in the world?
The great pacific garbage patch.
What percent of trees have been cut down since deforestation started?
What percent of polar ice caps melt every ten years? (Hint, under 15 percent)
9 percent
Which countries have the worst recycling?
Turkey and Chile
How much has the global temperature increased in the last centaury?
1 degree celcius.
How much trash was wasted in the united states in 2018?
292.4 million tons
What animals are most effected by deforestation?
Monkeys, giant pandas, sloths, rhinos, mostly rainforest animals.
How much of the polar ice caps thickness have melted since 1960s? (Hint, it is between 50 and 40 percent)
40%
89%
How many species of animals have gone almost extinct from climate change?
Almost one million species.