Claudia
Last year Claudia taught...
5th Grade Math & Science
This gas in our atmosphere is most responsible for keeping the Earth warm
Carbon dioxide
Instead of using gas-burning cars so often, we could use this instead
Public transportation (also acceptable: electric vehicles)
After the stomach, food goes to...
The small intestine
If your cells aren't healthy, then ____ aren't healthy!
YOU
30
This gas is a "stronger" greenhouse gas
Methane
These animals create a lot of methane, a greenhouse gas
Cows
These two small organs clean the blood. The waste leaves the body as urine.
Kidneys
Cells are the basic building blocks of your body. There are this many of them in your body.
Trillions!
The state where Claudia grew up
Texas
Greenhouse gases warm up the Earth by ________ the Sun's energy.
trapping / reflecting / something similar
These remove carbon dioxide from the air, so we should make sure there are a lot of them
Trees
Food goes from your mouth, through your ______, and then into your stomach
When we eat things like bread, vegetables, and rice, we are consuming _____. These get broken down into ______, which our cells need.
starches; glucose
Claudia's favorite genre to read
Science fiction
During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum there was so much greenhouse gas in the atmosphere that even this continent was a warm, tropical place
Antarctica
In places like the desert, this kind of energy production facility could help power a city in a sustainable way
Solar farm
The name of the system that transfers oxygen into your blood is...
Respiratory system
When we eat things like beans, cheese, and meat, we are consuming _______. These get broken down into ______, which our cells need.
proteins; amino acids
The year Claudia joined Park Day
2019
During this era on Earth there was so little greenhouse gas in the atmosphere that scientists think all the oceans were frozen
Cryogenian Era / Snowball Earth
It is possible for power plants that burn fossil fuels to capture the carbon dioxide they produce before it enters the atmosphere. They capture it and store it where?
The system that carries nutrients around your body to all of your organs and their cells is called
The circulatory system or cardiovascular system
Every cell in your body needs these three molecules to be healthy
Oxygen, glucose, amino acids