At which stage of the water cycle does water vapor form clouds or fog?
What is Condensation
100
What is resource depletion?
What is
When natural resources are used faster than they can be replaced
100
What is compost?
What is Decaying organic matter
100
Using hydro energy often requires that people build what?
What is Dams
100
What is energy reduction?
What is
When you reduce your use of products or activities that use energy
200
List at least two ways that humans add to the greenhouse effect
What is
Burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon dioxide
Methane gas from grazing animals, coal mines, and landfills
Nitrous oxide from fertilizers and burning fossil fuels
200
If a factor is dynamic, what does that mean?
What is
It changes often
200
What is reducing?
What is
Decreasing the amount of waste produced by not using as many resources
200
A type of landfill that only stores one specific type of waste
What is Monofill
200
What is biomass?
What is Organic material
300
What is the difference between flora and fauna?
What is
Flora means plant life. Fauna means animal life.
300
List at least one thing an ecological designer considers about a product.
What is
What it's made of
How it's made
How it's used
300
What is downcycling?
What is
When a product is recycled into something of lesser quality than the original
300
What is biodegradable material usually made of?
What is Plant and animal matter
300
Wind farms can also be used for which other purposes?
What is Grazing cattle or farming
400
What is the built environment?
What is An area of the world that humans have created
400
List at least two natural causes of global climate change
What is
Solar output
Continental drift
Orbital changes
Volcanic eruptions
400
List at least two ways that landfills are harmful to the environment.
What is
They can leak leachate into the soil
They release methane gas
They contribute to deforestation
Many areas are running out of room for landfills
400
A clean coal technology that captures carbon dioxide and stores it where it can't enter the atmosphere
What is Carbon capture and storage
400
What type of dangerous waste is produced by nuclear power plants?
What is Radioactive waste
500
What substance was responsible for a major ozone depletion in the 1900s?
What is Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
500
List at least two types of evidence of global climate change that scientists have discovered.
What is
Average temperature increase
Melting glaciers
Rising sea level
Comparing Earth's past climate to its present climate
Drilling holes through old glacial ice
Looking at rings of old trees
Analyzing fossils
500
What is the order of the waste hierarchy?
What is
Reduce, reuse, recycle
500
List at least two ways in which people can conserve energy.
What is
Designing better buildings
Designing better products
Insulating better
Timing energy use
Reducing energy use
500
Charging different prices during times when electricity is cheaper or more expensive to make is an example of what type of grid?