All About Earth
Populations
Pollution and Solutions
Waste
Sustainability
100

Earth's outermost layer

Geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere


What is ATMOSPHERE?

100

One way the human population has changed over the last 100 years.

What is "increase in technology, urbanization, etc.?"

100

How air pollution affects human health.

What is "respiratory issues, coughing, increased chance of cancer, etc.?"

100
List the main types of waste. 

(solid, liquid) What is "Hazardous, radioactive, industrial, agricultural, biomedical...?"

100

Why freshwater is a renewable resource.

What is, "It can easily be replenished."

200

This layer of the atmosphere supports tectonic plates.

What is LITHOSPHERE? 

200

What humans do to create soil erosion.

What is "overgrazing, deforestation, and lack of crop rotation?"

200

How smog is created.

What is "smoke + fog+ toxic chemicals?"

200
Define composting.
What is "The breaking down of organic matter that can act like a fertilizer?"
200
The spreading out of a town or city.

What is "urbanization?"

300

The reason bees are important for agriculture.

What is "they pollinate flowers, and in return the flowers produce nectar and food?"

300

The total amount of organisms that any environment can hold. (what is the term?) 

What is "carrying capacity?"

300

List one manmade and one natural cause of air pollution.

What is volcanic activity, dust storms, etc. as well as factory emissions, acid rain, etc.?

300

A few ways waste is managed.

What is "composting, landfill gas recovery, recycling, thrown into landfills, water treatment plant processed, and incinerated?"
300

How urbanization affects the environment.

What is "A greater consumption of food, energy , land ,water, etc.?"

400
How heat is transferred in the atmosphere.

What is "radiation?"

400

Use less CFC's, walk rather than drive, make healthy eco-friendly choices.

What is "How can humans prevent further depletion of our ozone layer?"

400

How the Clean Air Act reduces air pollution.

What is "sets standards for the amount of particles per million of toxic fumes that are able to be released into the air.?" 

400
The dangers of radioactive waste.

What is "mutations, death, and radioactive poisoning?"

400

Define urban sprawl.

What is "An uncontrolled expansion of urban areas?"

500

From closest to the Earth to farthest away, list the layers of the atmosphere.

What is..." Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere?"

500

Three ways in which humans can conserve renewable and nonrenewable resources. (3R's)

What is" reduce, reduse, and recycle?"

500
Define point source and nonpoint source pollution.

What is...

Point Source: A person knows directly where the pollution is coming from. 

Nonpoint Source: A person does NOT know directly where the pollution is coming from. 

500

Define carbon footprint.

What is "An individual's output of carbon into the environment?"

500

Eco-friendly buildings that help filter dust, pollutants, provide shade, and  lower temperatures in urban areas. 

"What are green buildings and how do they effect the environment?"

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