Water concerns
Water and wastewater utilities account for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, how much is caused by wastewater treatment?
70%
(article 22)
Once infected by the chronic wasting diesese, it can take over how many months for clinical signs to develop?
16
(article 20)
What tree species were considered the "redwoods of the East"?
American chestnut
(article 18)
What are highly toxic, long-lasting organic compounds that are dangerous at even extremely low levels?
Dioxins
(article 5)
"After struggling with this emotional problem all day, I went to bed confused and exhausted. The next morning, when I woke up. The solution came to me in a flash and I just knew it was true" is an example of what?
Intuition
(article 2)
What is never included in the C-suit discussions on climate?
wastewater
(article 22)
Most deer population models predict notable declines or localized extinction over how long following CWD introduction?
50-200 years
(article 20)
What type of migration involves tree movement to new locations within their established historical range, typically as a seed or seedling?
Assisted population migration
(article 7)
Dioxins are formed when products containing what is burned?
carbon and chlorine
(article 5)
In what year was the Constitution amended by the bill of rights?
1791
(article 1)
The Clean Rivers Project will eliminate what percent of Washington, D.C.’s sewage discharges into the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and Rock Creek by 2030?
96%
(article 21)
Senator Chuck Schumer called for how much more in funding for a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that targets invasive species?
$22 million dollars
(article 19)
What type of expansion is tree movement from their current range to suitable areas just beyond their current range?
Assisted range expansion
(article 7)
The ash residue from backyard burning can contain toxic pollutants, name 2.
mercury, lead, chromium, arsenic
(article 5)
Six Methods by Which We Acquire Our Values & Viewpoints
Authority, Logic, Senses, Emotion, Intuition, Science
(article 2)
Hydrilla showed up in NC waters how long ago?
More than 30 years
(article 3)
Spotted lanternflies are native where?
Parts of southeast Asia
(article 19)
What are the 3 types of assisted migration?
assisted population expansion, assisted range expansion, and assisted species migration.
(article 7)
What is a highly reactive form of oxygen, can be good and bad?
Ozone
(article 4)
"since A is true, B must be true because B follows A" is an example of what?
Logic
(article 2)
NC portion of the Roanoke River basin has 2 major parts, name them.
Dan River, and Roanoke River
(article 3)
As invasive spotted lanternflies continue moving through the US, local agricultural agencies have launched what campaigns?
"If you see it, kill it"
(article 19)
A non-native fungus called what is the pathogen that causes chestnut blight?
Cryphonectria parasitica
(article 18)
Name all the ozone color codes
Green, yellow, orange, red, purple
(article 4)
Name 2 Freedoms that the bill of rights gives us stated in the article.
Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of petition
(article 1)