Sustainability 1
This is adding harmful chemicals, noise, heat, or light to an environment.
What is pollution?
This object transforms wind energy into electricity.
What is a wind turbine?
The natural home or environment of an organism is known as this.
What is habitat?
This is one of the primary causes of extinction.
What is habitat loss?
This uses moving water to turn turbines or water wheels to create electricity.
What is hydropower?
This cannot be replaced within a human lifespan.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
This element is causing global climate change by altering pour atmosphere
What is carbon?
This is remade by natural processes at the same rate that humans use it up.
What is a renewable resource?
Release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere leads to this.
What is Global Climate Change?
Exotic or new species to an area that can easily adapt, grow, and outcompete native species is known as this.
What is an invasive species?
This means decreasing the amount of waste we create.
What is reduce?
This process uses organisms like bacteria, fungi, and small animals to turn organic waste into soil.
What is composting?
The complete disappearance of a species is known as this.
What is extinction?
This means taking a used item, breaking it down, and reusing the pieces.
What is recycle?
The current trend for global climate changed is caused by this.
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
This cause of extinction is when global average temperatures increase or decrease.
What is global climate change?
This greenhouse gas is caused by the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels.
What is carbon dioxide?
Coal, oil and natural gas are examples of this type of energy source?
What is nonrenewable?
This means the many different types of life on Earth. It is essential that we keep it to help ensure a sustainable Earth.
What is biodiversity?
The portion of renewable resources that can be harvested or used without depleting the resource or harming the environment
What is a Natural Income?
The largest cause of deforestation today is this.
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
This object turns sunlight into electricity.
What is a solar panel?
This object turns the sun's radiation into electricity
What is a solar panel?
This activity seeks to improve the health of an ecosystem by planting native species and removing invasive ones.
What is habitat restoration?
Meeting the needs of the present without keeping future generations from meeting their needs.
What is a sustainability?