Water Pollution
This is a patch of 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, covering an area that is twice the size of Texas
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
These bodies of water cover 97% of our Earth.
What are oceans?
This renewable energy source is generated by harnessing the power of the sun.
what is solar energy?
This is the term for the large-scale removal of forest, often to make land for farming or cities.
What is deforestation?
Who is the sponsor of our club?
Who is Mr. Oliver?
This accounts for about half of water consumed for personal use.
What is landscaping?
Shorten this by a minute or two and you can save up to 150 gallons of water a month
A shower
This type of car runs on electricity and produces no emissions.
what is an electric vehicle?
Cutting down trees in rainforests often happens to make space for growing…
What are crops?
How many points do you need for a cord?
What is 12 per year?
This can waste 3,000 gallons of water per year.
What is a leaky faucet?
80% of this environmental problem is due to domestic sewage.
What is water pollution?
The practice of reusing, reducing, and recycling materials to minimize waste is often referred to as this.
what is sustainability?
Without trees to anchor soil, this process causes land to lose fertility and wash away.
What is soil erosion?
How often do we meet?
What is the 3rd Thursday of every month?
The number of times you can refill an 8-oz glass of water for the same cost as a six-pack of soda pop.
What is 15,000 times?
List the renewable resources (list at least 3 out of the 5 possibilities.)
What is biomass, hydropower, geothermal, wind and solar?
This type of fuel is made from plants and is considered a more environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline.
what is biofuel?
When forests are cut down, this important gas they normally absorb increases in the atmosphere, warming the earth.
What is carbon dioxide?
When is the next meeting?
What is September 18th?
These cover approximately 1 million miles and can circle the earth 40 times.
What are the pipes in the US and Canada?
List the Non-Renewable resources (list at least 3 out of the 5 possibilities.)
What is petroleum, coal, natural gas, uranium and propane?
This city, known for its "Green Roofs," is also the first to have a green rooftop garden on a skyscraper.
What is Chicago?
Because of deforestation, this South American rainforest, known as “the lungs of the earth,” is shrinking.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
Name every officer
What is Sophie, Jocelyn, Inaaya, Gia, Owen, April?