Enviromental Policy
Scientific Method
Atmosphere
Weather
Random
100

This policy allows for companies to sell excess waste usage to other companies that have reached their waste limit

Cap and Trade

100

This is an educated guess or prediction.

Hypothesis
100

The 2 most prominent atoms/elements in the atmosphere are…

- Nitrogen

- Oxygen

100

Where is the northern hemisphere tilted when it is summer in the United States? 

Towards the sun

100

This is the type of resource that is replenished over a SHORT period of time.

Renewable resource
200

This type of policy is about having strict laws and consequences.

Regulations

200

This is a type of reasoning in which someone uses laws of nature to determine something.

Deductive Reasoning

200

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

The stratosphere

200

Where is the northern hemisphere facing when it is summer in South Africa or Australia?

Away from the sun

200

What was the first major event in human history to rapidly increase the Earths expiration date?

Industrial Revolution

300

This type of policy focuses on having rewards for reducing pollution.

Incentives

300

This is the type of reasoning that is the laws of nature.

Inductive Reasoning

300

This layer has almost 80% of all mass in the atmosphere.

Troposphere

300

This is why the clouds move a different speed at different locations on earth 

Coriolis Effect

300

This describes how much of an impact you have on the environment.

Ecological Footprint

400

This happens when something is unregulated and can cause irreparable damage to the environment.

Tragedy of the Commons

400

This is the variable that is changed.

Where does this variable go on a graph?

Independent Variable, X axis

400

This layer of the atmosphere is where the ISS and the aroura borealis are.

Thermosphere

400

Clouds are made under this type of pressure

low pressure

400

This is the type of experiment’s name when using the scientific method.

A controlled experiment

500

Name an example of Tragedy of the Commons

Teacher discretion

500

What is a conclusion?

A conclusion describes data and gives meaning to the results of the experiment. It also explains future ideas.

500

List the layers of the atmosphere in order

Troposphere, Stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere

500

Which way does a hurricane flow in the southern hemisphere?

Clockwise

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