Air Pollution
Cars release this gas into the atmosphere
Industrial farming often triggers land pollution by overusing these synthetic chemical mixture meant to kill weeds and insects.
What are pesticides?
Trash floating in the oceans is often made up of this material
What is plastic?
This gas is the largest contributor to human caused global warning
What is carbon dioxide?
This natural recycling process turns organic kitchen waste and backyard leaves into rich, dark soil or gardening.
What is composting?
A thick dirty fog caused by pollution
What is smog?
Land pollution destroys these tiny soil organisms that help plants get nutrients.
What is soil bacteria?
Run off fertilizers introduces excess nutrients into ponds, triggering, suffocating overgrowth photosynthetic organisms
What is algae?
The gradual increase in earths average temperature is known by this term
This specific, greasy cardboard item is famously un-recyclable because oil breaks down the fibers in the cardboard, running the batch.
What is pizza box?
It is helpful high up in space but turns into toxic pollution when we breathe it at ground level.
What is ozone?
This type of land pollution happens when high winds or heavy rain strips away the top layer of rich soil
What is soil erosion?
This federal department oversees water management
What is the Department of Interior?
What is the greenhouse effect?
Scientists measure the warming impact of gases using this
What is carbon footprint?
This hazardous residue left on the ground after major wildfire is picked up by the wind, creating sever toxic air pollution miles away from the flames.
What is wildfire ash?
The infamous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred off the coast of the northern most US state of
What is Alaska?
Climate change often effects these natural disasters and makes them even more problematic
What are typhoons?
This creative recycling trend exploded in popular platforms like Etsy and Pinterest during the 2010's, focusing on turning old trash into higher-value products.
What is upcycling?
This foundational 1970 U.S. law gives the EPA the power to regulate air pollution from cars and factories.
What is the Clean Air Act?
In April 26, 1986 the worlds worst nuclear accident occurred in the Soviet Union deemed the
What is the Chernobyl Accident?
This toxic precipitation forms when industrial sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxides react with water vapor
What is acid rain?
Higher global temperatures can drastically shorten the incubation period of a virus inside of a mosquito which accelerates this metric of disease spread
What is the rate of transmission?
Cleaning out residue before recycling helps prevent this problem
What is contamination?