Transportation
Zero Waste
GHG Emissions
Energy Efficiency
Social Justice
100
What does the acronym TAPS stand for?
What is Transportation and Parking Services
100
By what year does UCSC plan to have net zero waste?
What is 2020
100
What does GHG stand for?
What is Greenhouse Gases.
100
What does LEED stand for?
What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a green building certification program.
100
What are three examples of environmental inequalities
Possible responses include: - Air pollution - Unsafe water - Lack of healthy food options
200
Name a common biofuel
Possible responses: - Ethanol - Bio-diesel
200
What are the three Rs of generating less waste
What is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
200
Name three impacts of GHG emissions
Acceptable responses include: - Increased annual temperatures - Water cycle changes (drought, flooding) - Increased wildfire risk - Changes in ecosystems
200
What are the four LEED classifications
What are: Platinum Gold Silver Certified
200
What is Environmental Racism
What is a type of discrimination where people of low-income or minority communities are forced to live in close proximity of environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, such as toxic waste, pollution and urban decay.
300
Name three different sustainable transportation modes
Possible responses include: - Walking - Bicycling - Public Transportation
300
True or False: Pizza boxes can be recycled
What is False
300
What are the primary sources of GHG emissions?
Possible responses include: - Transportation emissions - Providing energy services - Deforestation releasing GHGs (sink to source)
300
What is Free Energy?
What is low-cost or no costs for energy services in a building. Examples include natural lighting, solar panels, etc.
300
What is the meaning of Environmental Justice?
What is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
400
What do some Santa Cruz Metro buses run on?
What is Natural Gas
400
How many plastic recycling symbols are there?
What is Seven
400
What is the Paris Agreement?
What is an agreement between 194 countries to reduce their GHG emissions, aiming to keep global cooling from surpassing 2 degrees Celsius of warming
400
Electricity generated by harnessing hot water or steam from within the earth is known as
What is Geothermal Energy
400
Name three possible Environmental Justice solutions?
Possible responses include: - Communities included as stakeholders in decision-making - More access to clean air, water, and healthy foods - Empowering communities through outdoor education or collective gardens.
500
What two recycling symbols (aka numbers) are accepted in SC?
What are 1 and 2
500
What are Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions?
Scope 1: Direct GHG emissions from vehicles, fuel combustion, etc. Scope 2: GHG emissions from consumption of purchased energy Scope 3: Other indirect GHG emissions, such as from waste disposal or flying.
500
Which of the following are renewable energies? A. Solar B. Nuclear C. Wind D. Natural Gas
What are A and C
500
What is the EPA department OEJ?
What is the Office of Environmental Justice
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