Chemistry
Economy
Environment
100

Electric cars use these types of batteries, which are known for their high energy density. 

What are lithium-ion batteries?

100

The percentage of the transportation fuel market in the U.S. that is controlled by fossil fuel interests.

What is 90%?

100
The country in our case study activity which is extremely environmentally affected by nickel mining

What is Indonesia?

200

This type of energy recharges the electric car battery.

What is kinetic energy?

200

Investment in this process comprised 65% of end-use investment in the transport sector in 2021.

What is electrification?

200

The aspect of Indonesia's villages that was most affected by the nickel mining

What are the fisheries?

300

This material makes up the anode in a lithium-ion battery.

What is graphite?

300

The mean income (in USD) of PEV buyers in the California PEV market.

What is $190,000?

300

The acres of land in Eastern Washington that Mary Dye said were needed for windmills to get electricity for electric cars

How many is 700,000?

400

This component of the electric car reverses the polarity of the electromagnet.

What is an inverter?

400

The approximate number of electric cars that were sold globally in 2021.

What is 6.6 million?

400
The type of bird affected by windmills in Eastern Washington

What is the Canada Goose?

500

These byproducts are released into the air during the combustion process in traditional cars.

What are carbon dioxide, water vapor, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides?

500

This is the average cost of a BEV (in USD) in 2020.

What is $62,000? ($61,000 is acceptable as well)

500

Percent of Washington cars sold that are zero-emission by 2026

What is 35%?