Air Pollution
This gas, a major contributor to global warming, is also a key component of smog and air pollution.
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
known by this term, referring to the area of land that drains all of its water into a common water body like a river, lake, or ocean.
what is a watershed?
This gas, released primarily from fossil fuel combustion, is the leading cause of global warming.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
This parks district is made of 73 parks, including Oyster Bay, Ardenwood, and the Hayward Regional Shoreline.
What is the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD)?
Monarch butterfly caterpillars rely on this specific plant as their only food source, which is also where females lay their eggs.
What is milkweed?
This practice, often used in agriculture, releases large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and air pollutant.
What is livestock farming or methane emissions from cows?
This event can occur when a large storm causes rapid runoff from urban areas and agricultural fields, carrying pollutants into nearby water bodies.
What is stormwater runoff?
The gradual rise in Earth's average temperature due to human activity is commonly referred to as this.
What is global warming?
The meaning of OVTA.
What is an On-Land Visual Trash Assessment?
Monarch populations face threats from habitat loss, climate change, and the widespread use of these chemicals in agriculture.
What are pesticides?
This program, run by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), helps cities across the U.S. monitor air quality.
What is the Air Quality Index (AQI)?
The phenomenon of this deadly water condition, which results from a lack of oxygen in water, is often caused by high levels of pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus.
What is hypoxia?
This term refers to the long-term shift in weather patterns and temperature on Earth, driven largely by human activity.
What is climate change?
Ardenwood is consided a primary one of these sites for Monarch Butterflies.
What is an overwintering site?
To signal this to predators, monarch butterflies and caterpillars display bright warning coloration.
What is Toxicity?
These industrial operations, often associated with power plants and factories, are major sources of both sulfur dioxide and particulate matter.
What are fossil fuel combustion or industrial facilities?
This term refers to a toxic, anaerobic condition in water bodies, often resulting from sewage or organic waste decomposition, in which oxygen levels drop to near zero, suffocating aquatic life.
Anoxia
The term that functions as a way to pull CO2 from the atmosphere? Give 3 examples
What is carbon sink?
This structure helps migratory fish like salmon bypass dams and other barriers as they travel upstream to spawn.
What is a fish ladder?
Monarchs travel every year to do this process in Central Mexico or coastal California
What is overwintering?
These tiny airborne particles, smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, are linked to respiratory and heart diseases.
What are fine particulate matter (PM2.5)?
These areas, where water from the watershed naturally filters through soil and rock layers, provide clean drinking water for many communities.
What are aquifers?
Draw the Green House Effect
By cutting off faded or dead flowers, this gardening practice you completed at Oyster Bay promotes further blooming and keeps plants looking neat.
What is deadheading?
Monarch butterflies are famous for their migration, traveling around this many miles each year to reach their wintering grounds.
What is 2-3,000 miles?