Waste and What to do about it
Rachel Carson
The Environment in the Media
Earth Week
Climate Change
100

How much garbage can one person make in a day?

4 pounds

100

What is the RCC housing theme?

Environment and Society

100

 What Hunger Games district is in charge of lumber?

 District 7

100

What planet is the closest to Earth?

Mercury

100

What are the causes the ozone hole in the atmosphere?

CFCS

200

What can be composted in Santa Cruz?

Produce, eggshells, animal bones

200

What county does UCSC belong to?

Santa Cruz County

200

What was Meet the Robinsons about?

 Lewis who, as a 12-year old, is an up-and-coming inventor, and dreams of building a time machine to find out who his mother was, future

200

What was geographic land on earth previously called?

Pangea

200

What extreme climate events are common in California?

droughts

300

What is considered hazardous waste?

E-waste, aerosols, anything on these lines

300

What climate does UCSC reside in?

Meditterian climate

300

What did the Maze Runner area look like?

Giant labyrinths

300

What Roman god is Earth related to?

Tellus Mater (Mother Earth)

300

What is sea level rise?

an increase in the level of the world's oceans due to the effects of global warming

400

What’s the name of the closest landfill to Santa Cruz?

Buena Vista Landfill

400

What was the name of Rachel Carson’s first book?

Under the Sea-Wind

400

What was the meaning behind the Lorax?

an environmental allegory about the ravages of industry

400

What are the 7 continents on Earth?

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia

400

What is renewable energy?

energy from a source that is not depleted when used

500

Which resin codes are recyclable in the United States?

1 and 2

500

When does the RCC Council meet? Time and day?

When does the RCC Council meet? Time and day?

500

What is the most popular global warming documentary on Netflix?

Our planet

500

What chemical element is abundant in the Earth’s core?

Iron/Nickel 

500

What is a carbon sink?

a forest, ocean, or other natural environment viewed in terms of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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