Farming
Crops are planted in a pattern each year so that the crops planted this season replenish the nutrients and salts from the soil that were absorbed by the previous crop cycle
What is crop rotation?
Replace fluorescent light bulbs with ____ bulbs.
What is LED?
Increasing ______ transportation is one step to making cities green.
The cutting down of selected trees in a forest so that growth of other trees is not affected
What is selective cutting?
Recycling and composting are two sustainable _______ management practices.
What is waste?
Growing multiple crop species in one area that compliment each other
What is polyculture?
Buying _______ products helps you be sustainable at home.
Recycled
Practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient
What are Green Buildings?
Type of plants you should plant in your backyard.
What are Native species?
Onsite systems that use lightly used water for subsurface landscape irrigation.
What are Greywater systems?
The integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems to create more productive and diverse land.
What is agroforestry?
A controlled, aerobic (oxygen-required) process that converts organic materials into a nutrient-rich soil amendment or mulch through natural decomposition
What is composting?
Leaving spaces for plant growth in a major city.
Green Spaces
Conservation of wildlife ______ helps us conserve the biodiversity of our ecosystems.
Habitats
The oil and gas industry can play a major role in reducing _______(second largest chemical causing global warming) leaks.
What is methane?
The conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which mimic the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.
What is permaculture?
A system of crop irrigation involving the controlled delivery of water directly to individual plants through a network of tubes or pipes.
What is Drip Irrigation?
Efficient urban design models of cities can help reduce the need for large transportation use, leading to the reduction of ______ emissions.
What is petroleum
Minimizing the __________ of larger forests.
What is fragmentation?
Oil sustainability strategy that involves refining used oil into diesel fuel.
What is used oil recycling?
Hydroponics and Aquaculture combined into one method
Aquaponics
Federal agency that manages the regulations and inspections of nuclear power plants.
What is Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)?
Country in Asia that has a city is called the "Sustainable City" because of their use of only renewable energy and water management.
What is Dubai?
Largest National Park in United States
What is Wrangell‑St. Elias National Park in Alaska?
Water efficient fixtures can lower the gallons per minute rate by as much as ____ of a gallon.
What is half?