Environment
What is the environment?
Natural places on Earth, nature
What is an electric bus?
An electric vehicle takes kids to school/home and that requires charging.
What is diesel?
A type of gas we put into trucks and buses.
What is an electric bus?
A bus that runs on an electric charge instead of gasoline.
Who signed the infrastructure law?
President Biden?
A human action that hurts the environment
Driving gas powered vehicles
A benefit of electric buses
No air pollution!
Do we "charge up" diesel vehicles?
No, we have to fill up at the gas station
What is a president?
The elected leader of the USA
What kind of the bill did Biden sign?
An infrastructure law that set aside $2.5 billion for electric school buses.
How can we help make the environment better?
True/False
Electric vehicles are 100% pollution free
False- the battery charging station, panels create some pollution when they need to be replaced.
What are diesel fumes?
Pollution or smoke that gas powered vehicles create that makes our breathing air dirty.
To breathe in?
Name two ways electric buses can improve our lives
Less dependence on gas
Less air pollution
Healthier people
What is the name of the pollution a gas powered car makes?
Diesel fumes
How do you charge an electric bus?
You connect the bus battery to the charging station in order to power it up.
pollution, cost of gas is expensive
What is the envrironment?
The air, water, and land in or on which
people, animals,
and plants live.
Name of the school bus company excited by the infrastructure bill.
Thomas Built Busses in NC
What part of our environment is hurt by diesel fumes?
air
What is electricity?
(Clue: think about what food does for you)
A form of energy
How does diesel help and hurt us
Helps us get to where we need to go; it creates pollution that impacts our health and the environment
What is infrastructure?
The physical structures (buildings, roads, power lines & schools) that communities
needs to run.
When was the bill signed?
November 15, 2021