Civics & Voting
This document is considered the supreme law of the United States.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Her refusal to surrender her bus seat helped begin the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who was Rosa Parks?
Unlike weather, which describes short-term conditions, this describes patterns over many years.
What is climate?
Photovoltaic panels convert sunlight into this form of energy.
What is electricity?
Speaking or submitting a statement during a government meeting is commonly called this.
What is public comment?
The 26th Amendment established this as the minimum voting age throughout the United States.
What is 18?
This civil-rights leader and future congressman was attacked while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday.
Who was John Lewis?
Burning coal, oil, and natural gas releases large amounts of this greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide, or CO2?
Turbines capture the movement of air to produce this type of renewable energy.
What is wind energy?
Often called a utility commission or service commission, this state-level body regulates many electric and gas utilities.
What is a public utility commission or public service commission?
This type of election is used by political parties to select their candidates for the general election.
What is a primary election?
The 1965 marches beginning in this Alabama city helped build support for the Voting Rights Act.
What is Selma?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are collectively known by this two-word term.
What are fossil fuels?
Using less energy to provide the same service—such as replacing an incandescent bulb with an LED—is called this.
What is energy efficiency?
This term describes the percentage of a household’s income spent on electricity, heating, and other home-energy costs.
What is energy burden?
This is the practice of drawing electoral districts to unfairly benefit a political party or group.
What is gerrymandering?
This organizer helped build the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and believed ordinary people should lead movements themselves.
Who was Ella Baker?
This natural process keeps Earth warm, but human emissions are strengthening it.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Nuclear power plants produce energy through this process, in which the nucleus of an atom is split.
What is nuclear fission?
Cooling centers, stronger stormwater systems, and emergency plans are examples of this process of preparing for climate effects.
What is climate adaptation or climate resilience?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Often called the father of environmental justice, this scholar documented how pollution disproportionately affects Black communities.
Who is Robert Bullard?
When oceans absorb additional carbon dioxide, this chemical change makes the water more acidic.
What is ocean acidification?
This modernized electricity network uses digital sensors and communication technology to monitor power flow, detect outages, and respond to changing demand.
What is a smart grid?
This major federal law gives the Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate air pollution.
What is the Clean Air Act?