Bad Stuff
This greenhouse gas is caused by the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels.
Carbon dioxide
This greenhouse gas is caused by the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels.
Carbon Dioxide
This uses windmills to transform energy into electricity.
Wind power
Name two ways you can help conserve water
Take shorter showers, turn the water off while brushing teeth, limit the amount of water used for watering lawns and gardens, etc.
The natural home or environment of an organism is known as this.
Habitat
Alterations in weather patterns on a global level
Global Climate Change
The destruction of large areas of the Amazon Rain Forest for example
Deforestation
This turns sunlight into electricity
Solar power
This uses moving water to turn turbines or water wheels to create electricity.
Hydropower
The complete disappearance of a species is known as this.
Extinction
Adding harmful chemicals, noise, light or heat to the environment
Polllution
The burning of this is contributing to the current global climate change trend
Fossil Fuels
This is remade by natural processes at the same rate that humans use it up.
A renewable resource
Instead of flying to the Climate Action Summit in New York, Greta Thunberg used this mode of "green: transport to travel from the UK to the USA
A Yacht
Name a natural process that emits pollution into the air.
Volcanic eruptions and forest fires.
Measure of an individual's impact on the environment by calculating Greenhouse gas emissions from their lifestyle (i.e. consumption and transportation)
Carbon footprint
Although these chemicals promote plant growth on farms and gardens, they become extremely harmful when they enter the atmosphere and waterways.
Fertilizers or Pesticides
This means taking a used item, breaking it down, and reusing the pieces.
Recycling
This means the many different types of life on Earth and is a very good thing. Therefore, we should maintain it.
Biodiversity
How long does it take a plastic bottle to decompose?
450 years
These cannot be replaced as easily as it is consumed.
Non renewable resources
What percentage of food produced in the US is wasted?
40%
This process uses organisms like bacteria, fungi, and small animals to fertilize soil.
Composting
Norway gets 90% of its electricity from this type of renewable resource.
Hydropower
Which regions have experienced the most obvious and impactful effect of global warming so far?
Arctic regions (the Arctic and Antarctic)