Phenomenon
True or false: packaging materials can be made from mushrooms.
True
Clearing land for grazing, farmining, or building houses or highways.
What is deforestation?
The three Rś
What is reuse, reduce, and recycle?
Something from the Earth that living things use to meet their needs. Examples: water, shelter, air, food
What is a natural resource?
The approximate (round to nearest billion) number of people living on Earth in the year 2021.
What is about 8 billion?
To feed the growing world population, some farmers use these products to produce larger crops. These products are also used to kill weeds, insects, and other pests.
What are pesticides?
Paper, plastics, metals, tires, cans, batteries, and glass are items used for this procedure.
What is recycle?
True or False: The average American family uses about 300 gallons of water per day.
True
The approximate number of people (round to the nearest billion) living on Earth in the year 1960?
What is about 3 billion?
Removing vegetation from an area, such as tilled farmland affects the quality of this resource.
What is the soil?
The careful use of Earth's materials to reduce damage to the environment; synonym protection.
What is conservation?
American families use the most water for this use.
What are toilets?
What are satellites?
What is growing crops and grazing livestock?
A logging company or the government may help the land experience less soil erosion and reestablish lost habitats with this action.
What is reforestation?
Governor Newsom announced in 2020 he issued an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vechicles to be zero-emission by this year.
What is 2035?
A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.
What is a phenomenon?
A type of trash/waste that can not be placed in landfills, because it contains harmful substances that can affect the soil, water, or air.
What is hazardous waste?
Cities reduce runoff, create natural habitats, improve the air quality, and decrease carbon dioxide from the air by planning this public recreation.
What are urban parks?
Fossil fuels, crude oil, coal, uranium, natural gas, and steel are types of these types of resources.
What are non-renewable energy resources?