Environmental Justice
Plastics
Air Pollution and Transportation
The Climate Crisis
Scientific Method
100

Finish the Definition of Environmental Racism:

The disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on _____

A. people in low-income communities

B. people of color

C. people who deserve it

D. people of all races

B. people of color

100

What is the most common plastic litter found in the natural environment?

Cigarette Butts
100

Which pollutant is NOT one of the six criteria of air pollutants?

A. Water Vapor

B. Ozone

C. Lead

D. Particulate Matter

A. Water Vapor

100

Name a consequence of climate change

Sea-level rise, more extreme and more frequent natural disasters, ocean acidification

100

What is the first step in the scientific method?

Asking a question, forming a question

200

What is the term that goes with this definition?

Definition: Custom tools that identify and address inequality

A. equality

B. justice

C. equity

D. fairness of distribution

C. equity

200

What is the term that matches this definition?

Small pieces of plastic that are less than 5 millimeters long that can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life

Microplastics

200

Name an example of where these pollutants are coming from.

Any of the following: landfills, natural gas industry, transportation, power plants, livestock, nature, other human activities that involve burning fossil fuels

200

What is one of the most common Greenhouse Gases?

Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide, Methane

200

What step is in between "research" and "experiment"?

Formulating a hypothesis

300

Fill in the blank:

EJ movement began in the ____ as a response to hazardous waste siting in or near communities of color across the U.S.

A. 1960s

B. 1970s

C. 1980s

D. 1990s

C. 1980s

300

According to a three-year study, how many pieces of microplastic flowed into the SF Bay Area?

A. 5 billion

B. 7 billion

C. 5 trillion

D. 7 trillion

D. 7 trillion

300

Name an impact of air pollution and explain the impact.

Environmental impacts: causing climate change, changes and depletes nutrients in soils and waterways, harms forests and crops

Neurological diseases: increased mental illness, increased risk of dementia in adults, damage of neurons in brain linking to worse memory, vocab, ADHD and Autism spectrum disorders

Heart disease/cancer/respiratory ailments

300

What is the infamous temperature degree that the world is working to not increase by? (C or F)

2 degrees celsius, 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit 

300

What term matches with this definition:

the data you are taking on your experiment, information you'll use to make your conclusions later

A. Independent Variable

B. Dependent Variable

C. Experimental Variable

D. Control Variable

B. Dependent Variable
400

Which case study is NOT an example of EJ?

A. Massachusetts V. EPA

B. Love Canal

C. Mann v. Ford

D. Cancer Alley

A. Massachusetts V. EPA (This established the GHGs are pollutants and therefore should be regulated by the EPA)

400

What is the name for the pile of floating trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii, that's approx. 3x the size of France?

Great Pacific Garbage Patch
400

Fill in the blank: Transportation makes up for ___ percent of California's GHG emissions

40%

400

Name 3 things that an individual can do to help combat the climate crisis

use public transportation, walk, bike

Reduce your plastic use

Eat sustainably sourced foods

Eat/use locally sourced products

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Rot

BE AN ADVOCATE


400

Fill in the blank:

______ control lets you know the value of the independent variable without treatment

Negative

500

Who is nicknamed the "father of environmental justice"?

A. Mustafa Ali

B. Robert D. Bullard

C. Martin Luther King Jr.

D. Al Gore

B. Robert D. Bullard

500

What percent of deepwater fish in the North Atlantic ocean eat microplastic?

73%

500

Name one natural carbon sink/sequester

Forests/soil, mangroves, the ocean

500

Finish this equation of ocean acidification:

CO2 (in the atmosphere) + H2O (in the ocean) = _______

H2CO3 - Carbonic Acid

500

What do you do when your experiment is complete?

analyze the data to see if they support your hypothesis or not & then retest