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Two types of air needed for tornados to form that include "thermal" opposites and "wetness" opposites
What are warm, humid air and cold, dry air?
A major greenhouse gas escaping from landfills
What is methane?
Part of the United States where tornados are likely to occur
What is the central plains?
The number of tornados that occur in the United States every year
What is 1,200?
It involves the use of cheap textiles used quickly to keep up with styles and trends
What is fast fashion?
Drier land leads to the spread of this
What is a wildfire?
Along with hydropower, geothermal, and biomass, these make up the five types of renewable energy
What are solar and wind?
Where plastic pollution occurs
What is everywhere?
A meteorologic drought depends upon this
What is the amount of rainfall?
Two major causes of food waste in U.S. homes
What are expired foods and preparing too much food?
Occurs when air pressure falls at least 24 mbars in 24 hours
What is a weather bomb?
It's a type of greenhouse gas commonly caused by wildfires?
What is carbon dioxide?
Name for small islands in the Pacific Ocean that may disappear due to sea level rising
What are atolls?
A mass of cold air that lifts warm air in an updraft
What is a squall?
The measure of food availability and an individual's ability to access it
What is food insecurity?
Long stretches of violent winds or thunderstorms
What is a squall line?
The percentage of wildfires generally caused by humans
What is 85%?
Besides Antarctica, most glaciers and ice sheets come from this country
What is Greenland?
It's the period of time that the high winds of a squall usually last
What are minutes?
Plastic broken down into tiny pieces
What are microplastics?
Where there are no windows and the lowest level
What areas of the house are safest when a tornado strikes?
Two natural causes of wildfires
What are lightning strikes and solar heat/energy?
Biome where precipitation tends to vaporize before it hits the ground
What is the desert?
Three types of precipitation that squalls bring
What are rain, snow, and hail (sleet is also acceptable)?
Materials that are broken down into natural substances by bacteria and other microorganisms is said to be this
What is biodegradable?