Water
What is a major environmental issue caused by improper plastic disposal?
Water Pollution
Aged 15 years old at the time, what Swedish environmentalist said, "You are never too small to make a difference," in her 2019 speech "Climate Justice Now" at an international conference in Poland?
Greta Thunberg
What are the three R's of recycling (represented by the arrows that make up a triangle in the recycling symbol?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Known throughout the world as an environmental leader, Costa Rica generates more than 99% of its electricity using renewable sources. The vast majority of this renewable energy comes from what source?
Hydroelectric
What is Habitat for Humanity? (Presented by Rin)
Habitat for Humanity accepts volunteers to help create affordable housing. They have been especially active after the 2011 Tornado.
What is a common agricultural pollutant that contaminates water sources?
Pesticides.
In the summer of 1969, a fire in which river in Cleveland brought more awareness to the environmental threat of pollution?
Cuyahoga
What number inside the recycling triangle represents that the plastic is the easiest to recycle?
1!
This paralegal and environmental activist’s real-life case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and its contamination of groundwater in the California town of Hinkley became the subject of a 2000 biopic starring Julia Roberts portraying her in the film. Name her.
Erin Brockovich
What is Nik's Wish? (Presented by Jailyn)
To bring joy throughout the nation to young adults (age 18-24) fighting cancer and terminal illnesses.
How can individuals reduce water pollution at home?
Properly disposing of household chemicals and reducing water usage.
What is the process by which land becomes degraded and arid, and loses its flora, fauna, and bodies of water, because of climate change, overexploitation of resources, and drought?
Desertification.
What material can be infinitely recycled without losing quality?
Glass
What oil company was responsible for the Deepwater Horizon spill, which dumped 206 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico during three months in 2010?
BP
What is Alex's Lemonade Stand? (presented by Alex Romero)
They’re changing the lives of children with cancer by funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer.
Freshwater in the world is about __% of the total water on the earth.
2.5% Rin says recycle, do not litter, and stop using AI :)
What 1962 Rachel Carson book addressed the environmental effects of pesticides? Its two-word title implied that poisoning the environment could stop plant growth entirely.
Silent Spring
What is the main reason plastic straws are hard to recycle?
They are too small and lightweight for recycling machines.
A certain author's 1957 research trip to Florence, Oregon, began as an attempt to write an article on environmental efforts to use grasses to slow the spread of beach sands. Though the article was never written, the trip did inspire what appropriately-named 1965 science fiction novel?
Dune
What is Bilateral Renal Agenesis? (Presented by Macy)
Bilateral renal agenesis (BRA) is a rare, life-limiting condition in which both kidneys fail to develop, leading to severe complications and usually neonatal death.
Globally, __% of municipal wastewater is discharged into the environment untreated.
80%
Abbreviated MCA, what 1980 act requires trucks to carry minimum insurance coverage to pay liability and environmental restoration claims resulting from accidents?
Motor Carrier Act
Every Year, Americans generate waste that accounts for ___ million tons?
200 million tons. This is enough to fill a large major-league baseball stadium (Busch stadium) from top to bottom twice every single day.
Solar energy inventor and pioneer Frank Shuman wrote the following in the New York Times in what decade? "We have proved ... that after our stores of oil and coal are exhausted the human race can receive unlimited power from the rays of the Sun."
1910s.
What is PSP's philanthropy and their belief?
HOBY! At HOBY, we believe all students have the potential to lead. Our seminars bring students together across different backgrounds, cultures, and communities. We help students discover a newfound sense of awareness, confidence, connection, and purpose.