This animal lives in the soil and helps with soil breakdown, which is why it used for composting
What is a worm?
This season is becoming hotter and dryer because of climate change
What is summer?
These insects pollinate plants and make honey
What are bees?
This style of bathing is more efficient than a bath
What is a shower?
You can complete this question up to 5x at 100 points each.
Name a country with ocean coastline.
Responses will vary
This beautiful insect migrates thousands of miles through Canada and the United States to reach Mexico during the summer.
What is the (monarch) butterfly?
A process you can do every day to help keep waste out of landfills and allow the materials to be used again
What is recycling?
These tall leafy plants breathe in carbon dioxide and protect us from climate change
What are trees?
This energy source uses light from the Sun to create electricity
What is solar power?
This process occurs when water is heated, causing it to go from liquid water to a gas.
What is evaporation?
This large bird, once endangered because of DDT pesticide use and pollution is now thriving.
What is the bald eagle?
Bonus question: What is a pesticide? +150pts
These colorful underwater biomes are endangered by climate change and the warming of the oceans
What are coral reefs?
This spiky plant can survive in deserts by storing water in its stems
What are cacti?
This is one way to reduce carbon footprint
What is turning the lights off, carpooling, biking/walking, minimizing use of heaters, driving electric cars, recycling?
This place in Cincinnati has an entire department devoted to conservation and endangered animals, as well as solar panels and a water recycling system.
What is the Zoo?
This large mammal, known for impressive ivory tusks, is critically endangered due to poaching
What is an elephant?
Bonus question, what is poaching? +100pts
What are some other species that experience it? +250pts
a storm, which can be intensified by climate change, and includes strong winds and heavy rainfall.
What is a hurricane?
Bonus Question: Name the recent hurricane that ravaged Florida. +1000 points
What is photosynthesis?
This type of transportation, while fast for traveling long distances, is far worse for the environment than driving or walking.
What is flying/what are airplanes?
This ultra-famous pop star is famous for often unnecessary and excessive airplane trips
Who is Taylor Swift?
a species of animals that thrives and consumes resources in an area it is not native to, putting local, native species in danger
What is an invasive species?
Gases that form a barrier in the atmosphere trapping heat and increasing temperature on Earth
What is a greenhouse gas?
Bonus question: Name one +500pts
This is the name for a person or animal who doesn't eat meat, a more efficient and environmentally friendly diet.
What is a vegetarian?
What is Fast Fashion?
This is the outermost layer of earth where plants and animals live
What is the crust?