Science facts
Recycling
Climate Change

Careers in STEM
Misinformation
100

This theory postulates the universe was formed from a major expansive event, resulting in the expansion of the universe.

the Big Bang Theory

100

Paper grades are collected separately from metals, glass, and plastic. 

Dual-stream recycling programs.

100

Climate change is the alteration in the usual weather in a specific area. This can range from the annual rainfall to deviations in the temperature.

What is climate change?  

100

Someone who creates, modifies, and tests the code and scripts that allow computer applications to run.

Computer Programmer

100

This famous figure is most commonly mistaken to have said the quote “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes” 

Mark Twain

200

Energy can't be created nor destroyed.

The Law of Conservation of Energy

200

They can't be removed properly in most recycling facilities and get stuck in machinery.

Plastic bags

200

True or False: Wood is a fossil fuel

False

200

Someone who analyzes organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.

Chemists 

200

This term describes a type of misinformation that is created to be deliberately deceptive.

Disinformation

300

Were used to keep track of the calendar and for navigation

Constellations

300

This county in NJ can only recycle #1 & #2 plastics.

Union county.

300

How will climate change affect the ocean?

Polar Ice caps may melt therefore increasing ocean levels.

300

Someone who assesses individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects.

Genetic Counselors

300

This company investigated the cause of climate change in 1977 but turned around and went against scientific understanding of climate change by creating the Global Climate Coalition along with other companies

Exxon Mobile

400

The forest that produces 20% of Earth's oxygen.

The Amazon

400

Any electrical item when it becomes superseded, obsolete, broken or damaged. 

E-waste

400

How can earth's forests affect global warming?

The forests use the CO2 in the atmosphere

400

Someone who investigates the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi.

Microbiologist

400

Three ways to fight the spread of misinformation.

Any 3 of the 4 answers below are acceptable: 

Do your research

Make sure you know the information that you are reading and sharing is coming from a reliable source

Encourage others to view a more truth-focused mindset

Report posts containing false info

500

The scientist that proposed the 3 laws of motion

Sir Isaac Newton

500

These plastics can be converted into t-shirts, sweaters, insulation for a ski jacket or sleeping bag, carpeting, and even more bottles.

#1 plastics

500

How do people cause climate change?

Humans use energy and release carbon dioxide into the air

500

Someone who analyzes large molecular datasets, such as raw microarray data, genomic sequence data, or proteomics data, for clinical or basic research purposes.

Bioinformatics Scientists

500

This social media platform rolled out a fact-checking program that attaches warnings on posts and stories that contain false information through the entire platform that is seen by ALL users.

Instagram

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