Weather vs Climate
Ecological Footprint
Causes and Effects of Global Changes
Measuring and Responding to Change
Sustainability
100

Summers are hot and winters are cold in New Jersey is a description of this

What is climate?

100
Switching from private cars to public transportation would decrease a person's

What is ecological footprint?

100

The ozone layer is important to human health because it protects us from this

What is UV radiation?

100

Climate scientists can make recommendations but cannot set laws to reduce global climate change.  The power to enact laws are the responsibility of these.

What are governments?

100

We are planning to construct a new basketball arena.  In order to not increase the carbon footprint, the arena is placed in the middle of a city so that people can access it by

What is public transportation?

200

This type of air holds more moisture. (Hint: temperature)

What is warm air?

200

To reduce the global temperature from increasing further, we need to reduce this

What are global emissions or the use of fossil fuels?

200

Precipitation patterns are changing due to this.  (Be specific)

What is global climate change?

200

A drastic reduction in fossil fuels, would be one way to reduce the effects of this

What is global climate change?

200

Healthy ecosystems can replace this type of resource

What are renewable resources?

300

Gases in the atmosphere that contribute to the warming of temperature is described as this effect

What is the Greenhouse effect?

300

Compared to the biomes that existed in 1620, more than half of the land are now covered by 

What are anthromes?

300

This is the cause of the following events:

Ecosystem changes that impact multiple species

An increase in the greenhouse effect

What is the burning of fossil fuels by humans increasing the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?

300

The decrease in CFCs over the last 20 years is a direct result of 

What is the global banning of CFCs?

300

Reducing the amount of solid waste that a household reduces the amount of land needed for these

What are landfills?

400

This weather phenomenon contributes most to ocean currents

What is the wind?

400

The increase in carbon dioxide in our environment contributes to these two ecological problems

What are acid rain and global climate change?

400

Ocean acidification is caused by

What is an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere/increased dissolved carbon dioxide in the oceans?

400

Installing solar panels on a shopping mall is a good idea because solar energy is an example of 

What is a renewable resource?

500

The three main greenhouse gases

What are Water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane

500

Cows contribute greatly to global warming because of the release of this greenhouse gas

What is methane?

500

PCBs persist in ecosystems despite being banned because of this

What is biomagnification?

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