environmental perspective
what are the 3 environmental perspectives?
Planetary management, stewardship, environmental wisdom.
Name something that could pollute water.
Garbage, fertilizer, chemicals, plastic, feces, etc.
Name a famous basketball player.
Answers vary.
When water evaporates to the atmosphere, how does it return?
As rain
Name a character that fits the planetary management viewpoint
Miss Trytten will say if your answer is good enough to gain points.
What are 2 things people can do to avoid polluting water.
Answers vary (throw garbage away properly, not flushing garbage down toilet).
How many planets are in our solar system?
8 (only 5 points lost if you accidentally include Pluto)
What do we exhale into the air?
Carbon Dioxide
Explain the three perspective view on the importance of people vs the environment.
Planetary Management - people then environment
Stewardship - Both
Environmental Wisdown - environment then people.
Name one sections in a wastewater treatment plant.
Pretreatment/Gate Filter
Section 1 - sedimentation/things fall to bottom
Section 2 - Bacteria eating organic nutrients
Section 3 - Sanitation
What shape is a stop sign?
Octagon
Name an example of an apex predator ( not including humans)
Answers will vary.
What perspective would people have on non-renewable resources if they had a stewardship mindset.
We probably won’t run out but don’t overuse them.
What is the fancy word for filling the tank with lots of oxygen (ends in “ation”)
Aeration.
Who played the genie in Aladdin?
Robin Williams
Give two examples of things that eat dead and decaying materials
Fungus
Bacteria
Vultures
Worms and other insects
Explain what a worldview is and how someone forms one. (Make 5 points)
Worldview is your thought, opinions, feelings on the world around you.
it can be formed from your country, family, friends, school, what you watch online, culture, and religion.
What are the 3 ways wastewater is or can be disinfected.
Ozone, UV, Chlorine
What is the common name for dried plums?
Prunes
What causes wind and other large weather events
Air movement caused by a change in temperature.