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Earth's Resources
Human Activities
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100
What is something that limits the solution you are designing?
Constraint
100
What are 2 ways you can conserve Earth's natural resources?
Turn off water, turn off lights, set thermostat to different temperature, etc.
100
What is any waste product or contamination that harms an ecosystem?
Pollution
100
How has the death rate due to pollution changed?
Decreased
100
What instrument did Mr. Lagge play in band?
Trumpet
200
What is the desirable feature of a solution?
Criteria
200
What are Earth's 4 spheres?
Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere
200
What are the three "Rs"?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
200
What is the 2nd largest source of pollution in India?
Waste Burning
200
What does the fox get its energy from?
Rabbit and Mouse
300
What is another word for breaking down into simpler substances?
Decompose
300
What is anything made from nature that people can use?
Natural Resource
300
What recycling code can almost always be recycled?
PET or PETE
300
What country ranks #3 in Global Recycling Rate?
Netherlands
300
What's Mr. Lagge's favorite fruit?
Green Apples
400
What is all the organisms of that same kind that live together in a given area?
Population
400
What do you call a product that can break down naturally in the environment?
Biodegradable
400
Give 3 examples of what you may see in a "green city."
Urban Green Spaces, Community Gardens, Rooftop Gardens, Vertical Gardens, Walking and Biking, Public Transportation, etc.
400
How much wood, metal, and glass is recycled each year?
15.2 %
400
What do you call the openings on the underside of a leaf that let carbon dioxide and oxygen move?
Stomata
500
What is the process of giving up one quality or feature of a design to gain a different quality or feature?
Tradeoff
500
What are Earth's 4 nonrenewable resources?
Coal, Oil (Petroleum), Natural Gas, Nuclear (Uranium)
500
What is the name of the floating debris that has 30% of the plastic in the ocean called?
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
500
How many thousand tons of plastic was NOT recycled in 2006?
27,000
500
How long has Mr. Lagge's dad been reffing basketball?
31 years