Trash Talk
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is the living and nonliving parts of an environment that interact with one another. (soil, water, flora, fauna, air, sunlight, animals, rocks, insects etc.)
What is Air Pollution?
Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere.( air)
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts other animals for food.
What is a balanced ecosystem>?
it is where there is equal amounts of predators and prey. Their needs are met everything is doing its job.
What is a major contributor to pollution in the water and on land?
Plastic
What is a landfill?
a place to dispose of waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.
What is the Greenhouse effect?
Certain gasses in the atmosphere hold the heat energy (or infrared radiation) and trap it, causing temperatures to rise, similar to the glass in a greenhouse.
What is a Prey?
An animal that is hunted and killed by another animal.
What is a decomposer?
An organism that decompose organic material
What is water polllution?
The contamination of streams, rivers, oceans, or groundwater with substance produced through human activities.
What are dumps?
big holes full of piles of rotting garbage. They are not sanitary or controlled to protect the earth.
What is the Ozone depletion?
Ozone depletion is the thinning of the Earth’s ozone layer. The ozone layer is the layer that is responsible for keeping most of the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays (UV rays) out of our planet.
True or False: Turning off lights saves energy
True
What is deforestation?
The removal of tress faster than the forest can replace themselves
How does an oil spill impact wildlife?
Birds feathers and eggs are damaged. Birds lose their ability to stay warm and fly. Eggs soak in oil. All animals are impacted.
What is the difference between dumps and landfills?
Dumps is an open hole in the ground where trash is buried and where animals often swarm.
Landfills are carefully designed and monitor structure that isolates trash from the surrounding environment
What is Global Warming?
Global warming is the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere.
What is one thing you can do at home to save energy?
turning off appliances, using energy-efficient bulbs, or unplugging devices
True or false: Deforestation affects the climate.
True
What is recycle?
The process of making new products from materials that are used in another product.
What are pollution solutions?
Reduce, Reuse and recycle
What does global warming cause?
Rising sea level and bigger storms.
What is the difference between ozone depilation vs global warming
the key difference between ozone depletion ( its disappearing) and global warming is that ozone depletion is the decrease in the thickness of the ozone layer whereas global warming is the increase of heat in the atmosphere
Name one major consequence of deforestation on the environment
loss of biodiversity and increased carbon dioxide levels
What is biodegradable?
Capable of being readily decomposed into harmless substance by microorganisms.