Wildlife
The natural environment or home where a specific plant, animal, or organism lives, grows, and reproduces
What is a habitat?
Radiant light and heat harnessed from the sun to generate electricity, heat water, or provide lighting
What is solar energy?
One hour of this gas-powered activity can equal 11 cars' worth of pollution—and contributes to chemical runoff.
What is lawn mowing?
First celebrated in 1970, this annual global event celebrated on April 22nd is to demonstrate support for environmental protection
What is Earth Day?
The first practical version of this gadget was invented in 1962, while the BLUE version was created in the early 90s, allowing us to consume 8-10 times less energy and last 25-50 times longer than its traditional counterpart.
What is the LED Light bulb?
This is the only living structure visible from space
What is The Great Barrier Reef?
A rotary mechanical device that converts the kinetic and potential energy of a moving fluid—such as water, steam, air, or hot combustion gases—into mechanical rotational energy
What is a turbine?
The average American family uses about 300 to 400 gallons of water daily, with approximately 30%—roughly 90 to 120 gallons—dedicated to this...
What is irrigation?
An independent federal agency of the United States government established in 1970 to protect human health and the environment
What is the EPA or Environmental Protection Agency?
Earlier, less effective, hand-cranked patents of this existed in 1850, but the first functional, mechanized device was invented and patented by Josephine Cochrane on December 28, 1886.
What is a dishwasher?
These creatures are vital for soil health, increasing crop yields by 36% through aeration.
What are ants?
A renewable energy source that generates electricity by using the natural flow of moving water, typically through a dam, to spin turbines and generators
What is hyrdopower?
Biodiversity loss in these "green deserts" is caused as they offer little to no habitat or food for pollinators and native wildlife.
What is turfgrass?
Will also accept monoculture lawns, manicured lawns & landscapes
The primary catalyst for the inaugural Earth Day, four-million-gallons of oil spilled into waters off the California coast.
What is the Santa Barbara Oil Spill?
Devices like Google Nest or Ecobee learn schedules to reduce heating/cooling waste
What is a Smart Thermostat?
This big cat subspecies native to southeastern Russia and northern China is listed as Critically Endangered. In 2007, only 19–26 were estimated to survive in the wild.
What is the Amur Leopard?
Power generated from natural, virtually inexhaustible resources that replenish themselves faster than they are consumed
What is renewable energy?
Excessive use of this does harm to ecosystems by killing non-target plants, disrupting soil microbes, and polluting water.
What is weed killers or glyphosate?
The worlds first national park created in 1872, which was brought on by protections from the Yosemite Grant Act, implemented by Congress in 1864.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
While the use as a daily accessory is a 1970s-90s phenomenon, this functional, reusable, durable item has existed for much longer
What is a reusable water bottle? (or canteen)
Despite looking like a reptile because of its overlapping keratin scales, this nocturnal mammal rolls into a tight ball when threatened and has become the most trafficked wild animal on Earth.
What is a pangolin?
A renewable, clean, and sustainable energy source derived from the heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface, originating from the planet's formation and radioactive decay
What is geothermal energy?
Avoiding this fall activity will help provide a natural, free, and effective erosion-control barrier that shields soil from wind and heavy rain.
What is raking leaves?
Thought to be the earliest in environmental regulations, in 1306, this English monarch banned the burning of coal in London because thick smog was choking the city.
Who was King Edward I?
The name of the third-generation ocean cleaning technology, now dubbed "System 03", deployed in 2023 and removed over one million pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Patch by 2024.
What is Jenny?