Water
Waste
Plants
Wildlife
People
100
This type of cover is associated with increased runoff, losses in recharge, a slight decrease in evapotranspiration, and an increase in pollutant loads.
What is impervious surface?
100
This is the natural process of recycling organic matter into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
What is composting?
100
This is the state tree of New Jersey.
What is a Northern Red Oak?
100
This is a term that describes the variety of living species in a given ecosystem, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.
What is biodiversity?
100
The first Earth Day occurred in this year.
What is 1970?
200
An excess of this nutrient is most often the reason for eutrophication because freshwater lake productivity is limited by this nutrient.
What is phosphorus?
200
Plastic containers labeled with either of these two numbers are generally considered recyclable throughout New Jersey.
What is #1 or #2?
200
While nectar provides sugars and vitamins, this other type of plant food provides visitors with protein and fats.
What is pollen?
200
There are 4000 species of these in North America, they are sometimes referred to as the most important group of pollinators.
What is a bee?
200
This term, a milestone in reversing climate change, refers to the point at which greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere begin to decline on a year-to-year basis.
What is drawdown?
300
This region of New Jersey typically has the highest average yearly precipitation.
What is the Highlands region?
300
This hazy atmospheric phenomenon can form as either a primary or secondary pollutant.
What is smog?
300
One of the common names of this highly invasive plant is associated with its bright red fall coloration, which resembles fire.
What is burning bush?
300
The name of this invasive bird that was brought to North America by Shakespeare enthusiasts.
What is a European Starling?
300
This term refers to the systematic denial of financial services, such as loans, mortgages, and insurance, to residents of poor and/or minority neighborhoods.
What is redlining?
400
This percentage of Earth's water is available for human usage.
What is 0.6%?
400
New Jersey became the first state in the country to adopt mandatory recycling in this year.
What is the year 1987?
400
The name of this pretty, but highly invasive plant that flowers in early spring.
What is lesser celandine?
400
This disease, which affects bat populations, is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans.
What is white-nose syndrome?
400
The first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, during which the Principles of Environmental Justice were drafted, occurred in this year.
What is 1991?
500
In some cities, one pipe manages stormwater and sewage. During storms, the system can be overwhlemed and lead to these untreated discharges.
What are Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
500
This is the name for rainfall that percolates through garbage in a landfill.
What is leachate?
500
Keep your eye out for this emerging invasive plant species!
What is linden viburnum?
500
This is the only species of hummingbird that will breed in New Jersey.
What is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird?
500
The acronym "CRAAP," which describes a test used to check the objective reliability of scientific information, stands for what five words?
What are currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose?