Sustainability 1
This cause of extinction is when global average temperatures increase or decrease.
Global climate change
This greenhouse gas is caused by the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels.
Carbon dioxide
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-100 points
This primary cause of extinction in the modern era, often correlating with urban development.
Habitat loss
The 87th largest country in terms of square land area.
GHANA
Measure of an individual's impact on the environment by calculating Greenhouse gas emissions from their lifestyle (i.e. consumption and transportation)
Carbon footprint
Everyone make an argument as to why you should win the points!
Woah those were pretty terrible no one gets points
This is remade by natural processes at the same rate that humans use it up.
Renewable resource
This means the variety in terms of life in an area or region.
Biodiversity
Which river famously was forded by George Washington, and later used as a point of industrial tranpirtation for New York City?
The Hudson River
This is discarded electronic devices and electrical equipment that are no longer used, wanted, or working.
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This process uses organisms like bacteria, fungi, and small animals to turn organic waste into soil.
Composting
Products designed to wear out or become outdated quickly to encourage
planned obsolescence
This means taking a used item, breaking it down, and reusing the pieces.
Recycling, but this one's too easy so you're only getting 100....
Hudson’s favorite president who has a famous toy named after him.
Teddy Roosevelt
A resource that cannot be replaced as easily as it is consumed.
A nonrenewable resource
This uses cells to turn sunlight into electricity.
Solar power
Although these chemicals promote plant growth on farms and gardens, they become extremely harmful when they enter the atmosphere and waterways.
Fertilizers or pesticides
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? (you must say the answer fast and without messing up)
As much wood as a wood chuck could chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.
Hudson’s famous campaign slogan.
lil huddy is my buddy!
The second best picture winner of all time.
The Broadway Melody.
A government policy that assigns a cost to greenhouse gas emissions to discourage pollution.
carbon tax
Name two main greenhouse gases.
Co2, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Fluorinated Gases
The only nation with a native lemur population.
Madagascar.
Hudson’s height (easy question)
6 foot 5