Sustainability
Environmental Things!
Energy and Resources
Climate and Sustainability
The Environment and You.
100

Solar, Wind, and Water are examples of what type of energy?

Renewable Energy

100

What is the greenhouse gas produced by cattle?

Methane

100
True or false: coal is a renewable energy source

False

100

True or false: weather and climate mean the same thing

False

100

The BIGGEST man-made contributor to pollution

Burning Fossil Fuels

200

This is the process of turning food scraps into fertile soil

Composting

200

This is the biggest forest in the WORLD!

The Amazon Rainforest

200

The main renewable energy source in Australia.

Solar power

200

One reason for and against using an electric vehicle over a petrol one. 

? Lots of potential answers!

200

This is the process of finding use for things that would normally be put to waste.

Recycle

300

Exotic or new species to an area that can easily adapt, grow, and outcompete native species is known as this.

Invasive Species

300

This is the process by which plants create their own food from sunlight

Photosynthesis

300

The meaning of the word 'reduce' in the phrase 'reduce, reuse, recycle'.

Use less of a resource to cut down waste
300

Three characteristics of climate change. 

Global temperature rise, changes in rainfall patterns, melting ice/glaciers, sea level rise, extreme weather

300

This is a measurement of your personal impact on the environment

Carbon Footprint

400
Methane is considered more dangerous than carbon dioxide, even though there's less of it in the atmosphere because...

Methane traps more heat than CO2 (GWP) ~25 times more than carbon dioxide.

400

This is the movement of water between the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things

Water Cycle

400

The type of power plant that produces radioactive waste.

Nuclear power plant

400

3 pillars of sustainability

economic, environmental, social

400

The production of this meat causes the MOST co2 emissions. 

Beef

500

Name 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of wind power

Advantage- renewable, clean energy.

Disadvantage- dependent on wind, noise/visual impact

500

This was the shift from rural life, animal powered agriculture and manufacturing by craftsmen to an urban society powered by fossil fuels.

Industrial Revolution

500
Speak for 30 seconds without a break on the difference between the natural greenhouse gas effect and the enhanced greenhouse gas effect

?

500

The 4 main greenhouse gases & one source of each

carbon dioxide (fossil fuels), methane (cattle), nitrous oxide (fertiliser), chloroflurocarbons/hydroflurocarbons (refrigerants)

500

These are 3 kinds of food categories (think the food pyramid) that can NOT be put into compost

Meat, Seafood, Dairy, Fat/oil

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