Young Environmentalists
Vocabulary
Stop the Spread!
Hodge Podge
Our friend, the trees
100
Elif Belgin a young environemntalist from Istanbul used this waxy material to make her bioplastic.
What are banana peels?
100
This word means the ability to keep on going for a long time.
What is sustainability?
100
This invasive species came to North America by ships releasing ballast water into our lakes and rivers
What are zebra mussels
100
When plastics breakdown, it does so in these smaller pieces?
What are microplastics?
100
Trees take in carbon dioxide from humans and release this important gas?
What is oxygen?
200
Ana Makosinski invented a flashlight that is powered by this. We would have a lot of this today
What is your body heat?
200
A large fair or show
What is an exposition?
200
One of the best ways to tell the difference between an asian long-horned beetle and the wooded sawyer is the presence of this feature.
What is a white triangle?
200
This group of countries banned glitter from being used in schools.
What is the European union?
200
Trees not only provide us with goods but help reduce this negative feeling when we go for walks or hikes.
What is stress?
300
Salima Visram, a Canadian environmentalist created a solar backpack that helped reduce the use of this harmful fuel
What is kerosene?
300
A place where young plants grow, also the name of the place where babies sleep
What is a nursery?
300
This invasive species has red berries that people like to use to make wreaths.
What is oriental bittersweet?
300
What are the 3 r's?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
300
Kate Session loved trees so much that she devoted her life to planting trees in the harsh weather of this city in California
What is San Diego?
400
William Kamkwamba used these three things to build his windmill.
What are (possible answers)
tractor fan blades, bicycle wheel, wood, pipes, bamboo
400
Unlike its cousin, this kind of plastic is earth friendly.
What is bioplastic?
400
This tiny bug feeds on the needles of this type of tree found in the western United States.
What is the hemlock?
400
These living things are considered the "lungs of the Earth."
What are trees?
400
Agarwood, used in perfumes and incense is so valuable it is worth more than this substance.
What is gold?
500
In order for Ann's flashlight to work, there had to be this much difference in temperature between her hand and the air around her.
What is 5 degrees?
500
A plant, animal or insect that causes a problem for a local ecosystem?
What is invasive?
500
Tree of Heaven is not only destructive, but is often left because its leaves are similar to another important tree?
What is the black walnut?
500
Name something that cleans the air?
Trees
500
Trees play an important role in preventing these two natural disasters.
What are floods and landslides?