Natural Disasters
This category 3 hurricane occurred throughout New York and surrounding areas in 2012 due to rising sea levels.
What is Hurricane Sandy?
21 year old female Swedish Climate Change activist
Who is Greta Thunberg?
A pair of climate activists protested against this famous painting by tossing soup over it in Paris.
What is the Mona Lisa?
What is Flint?
physical and economic water scarcity
Droughts and rising temperatures in the Earth's atmosphere caused this state of the U.S. to have the most wildfires in 2023.
What is California?
This lead actor in Titanic created his own foundation dedicated to providing clean water for all and protecting biodiversity.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
A week in September dedicated to spreading awareness on this cause, organized by Climate Group in NYC.
What is Climate Week?
This NYC law named after President Roosevelt's "New Deal" sets large buildings on a path to eliminate emissions by 2050.
What is the Green New Deal?
The name of the gases that trap heat from the sun in Earth's atmosphere.
What are Greenhouse Gases?
In 2014 the city of Flint, Michigan went through a water crisis after residents found this toxic metal in the water.
What is Lead?
Who is Mike Bloomberg?
This day in March is committed to leading change against water-related crises.
What is World Water Day?
This Latina is the youngest elected congresswoman, currently advocating for climate change reform.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? (AOC)
This harmful chemical compound is made up of molecules each containing one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms
What is CO2?
This natural disaster caused the highest number of deaths in the U.S. in 2023.
A) Acid Rain?
B) Meteor Showers?
C) Tropical Cyclones?
C) Tropical Cyclones
The first African American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize for environmentalism
A) Rosa Parks?
B) Wangari Maathai?
C) Natalie Nunn?
This indigenous tribe protested the building of the Dakota Access Pipelines.
A) Standing Rock tribe
B) Zulu tribe
C) Sitting Rock tribe
A) Standing Rock tribe
This Act prohibits discharging chemical, physical or biological pollutants into any body of U.S. waters.
A) Polluted Water Act?
B) Clean Water Act?
C) Green Water Act?
B) Clean Water Act?
These fuels are a source of non-renewable energy, like coal and oil.
A) Fossil Fuels?
B) Greenhouse fuels?
C) Galactic fuels?
A) Fossil Fuels