Air
The presence of one or more substances in the air, which has harmful or poisonous effects.
What is air pollution?
This common tall plant provides shade, absorbs carbon dioxide, improves air quality, captures and filters water, provides shelter for animals, deflects sun rays, and improves urban quality of life.
What is a tree?
This type of water is essential for cooking, bathing, cleaning, and staying hydrated without health risks
What is safe drinking water?
This branch of government enforces the laws of the nation.
What is the executive branch?
This term describes a job that focuses on helping the environment, such as working with renewable energy, recycling, or conservation.
What is a green job?
Air purifiers, plants, and exhaust fans can improve this aspect of your home.
What is indoor air quality?
A shared space where a group of people grow and maintain plants, producing food for the neighborhood. An example is Down Bottom Farms in Newark.
What is a community garden?
The continual process of water as it evaporates from land and oceans, enters the atmosphere, condenses and precipitates, and moves underground.
What is the water cycle?
This level of government is the most powerful in the nation.
What is the federal government?
Before applying for a job, you should do this to show potential employers that you are interested and qualified for the position.
What is writing a resume or cover letter?
A waste facility that releases methane, a toxic gas that impacts air quality.
What is a landfill?
The rights of Indigenous peoples to control their land and natural resources.
What is land sovereignty?
Even minimal amounts of this toxic metal in drinking water poses a health risk.
What is lead?
This person is the head of city/township government.
What is a mayor?
Bonus points if you can name the mayor of your town.
This type of program helps you gain real-world work experience while still in school, and sometimes it’s paid!
What is an internship?
These particles are often produced from combustion from vehicles and power plants.
What is PM 2.5?
Name 2 trees native to New Jersey.
Northern red oak, flowering dogwood, hazel alder, tulip tree, silver bell, sweet birch, black spruce
A body of water polluted by a Newark manufacturing facility (now superfund site) that produced Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
What is the Passaic River or the Newark Bay?
This piece of legislation is a proposal to create a new law or change an existing law. It is introduced to both chambers of Congress, and once approved, it goes to the President to approve or deny.
What is a bill?
This job title describes someone who studies plants and plant biodiversity.
What is a botanist or ecologist?
Name 3 greenhouse gases.
water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, halogenated gases
The movement of people based on changing climates. Current examples include people from Florida, the Gulf Coast, Bangladesh, and Somalia.
What is climate migration?
The right of all people to have access to clean water, and collectively control local water sources.
What is water justice?
NJ state law passed in 2020 that requires the Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate the environmental and public health impacts on overburdened communities when reviewing permit applications for certain facilities.
What is the New Jersey Environmental Justice Law?
Name 3 environmental careers.
Sustainability officer, organizing, advocacy, operations, forest management, park ranger, renewable energy technician, ecologist, etc. (Use your judgement!)