Pollution
How many pounds of pollution are there per square mile in the ocean?
46,000 pounds per square mile
5.25 trillion pounds total
what are the 3 types of renewable energy
solar power, wind energy, and hydropower
Name one thing that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Riding a bicycle, using public transportation, planting trees, or switching to renewable energy sources
Trash or garbage created by homes
What is municipal solid waste
What is biodiversity?
every living thing on the earth
What pollution results from the release of harmful chemicals or microorganisms into a body of water?
What is water pollution?
what do windmills do?
convert the kinetic energy of wind into mechanical or electrical power
What happens when the Earth's average temperature increases?
Global warming, which can cause sea levels to rise and weather patterns to change
The least expensive of the 3Rs
What is reduce
What are benefits of biodiversity?
Helping to maintain the atmosphere, purifying the water and providing other functions to enable life to exist on earth are examples of this.
What term describes harmful substances in the air that can impact living things?
What is air pollution.
what are some examples of Renewable energy
Solar panels
Wind Turbines
What is a greenhouse gas?
A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
Using bacteria or enzymes to break down toxic waste
What is bioremediation
What is sustainability?
If our society maintains a state of equilibrium with our environment, it may be said that we have reached this.
Which law passed in 1972 placed limits on the amount of toxic chemicals that is put into water?
What is the Clean Water Act?
Energy run by the flow of water
What is hydropower
Is climate change caused by humans
97% of scientist agree that humans cause climate change.
What are the 5 principles of waste management?
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle
What are the major threats to biodiversity?
Habitat loss,climate change, pollution,overexploitation: examples of biodiversity
What is smog?
air pollution that reduces visibility.
T or F: Biomass energy is renewable
True
The primary cause of rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
What is human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels
how many million tons of waste are generated annually in the usa
292.4 million tons
what are 4 types of biodiversity
genetic diversity, species diversity, ecosystem diversity, and functional diversity