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Energy
Water
Air
Pollution
Club/misc stuff
100
Power harvested from sunlight often through photovoltaic panels and converted into electricity.
What is solar power.
100
Chemical equation for water
What is H2O
100
Primary gas released into the atmosphere from industrial and automotive emissions responsible for global warming
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)
100
Although these chemicals promote plant growth on farms, gardens, and golf courses they become extremely harmful when they enter the atmosphere and waterways.
What are fertilizers or pesticides
100

Number of board members in this club

What is 5

200
Non-renewable resources derived from dead organic material (i.e. plants and dinosaurs) that has been compressed over thousands of years and extracted for energy consumption.
What are fossil fuels. (Oil, coal, natural gas)
200

A natural underground layer of rock, sand, or gravel that holds and transmits groundwater, acting as a vast underground water reservoir that can supply wells and springs

What is an aquifer?

200

This chronic lung disease affects more than 25 million Americans and can come from air pollution such as particulate matter, pollen, and ground level ozone.

What is asthma

200

Term for rapid growths of algae in water, often caused by excess nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus) from pollution, warm water, and sunlight

What are algal blooms?

200

The very invasive plant species located on bvw campus (will accept multiple answers)

What is bush honeysuckle?

300

Name for the most energy-efficient light bulbs

What are LEDs?

300

The largest aquifer in the U.S

What is the ogallala aquifer

300
The atmospheric layer where UV radiation from the sun is absorbed.
What is the ozone layer (located in the Stratosphere).
300

Type of pollution characterized by the discharge of excess heat into water bodies, primarily from power plants and industries using water for cooling, which raises water temperature, decreases dissolved oxygen, stresses aquatic life, disrupts ecosystems, and can cause fish kills

What is thermal pollution?

300

Mr. Quillin's favorite animal

What is a beaver? 

400
This dam produces enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people in Nevada, California, and Arizona
What is the Hoover Dam
400
An area of land where any groundwater underneath of it or precipitation that falls on it drains into one river, basin, or sea.
What is a watershed
400

State with the best air quality

What is Hawaii?

400
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from industries and cars combine with precipitation in the atmosphere to form this.
What is acid rain
400

Year that the bvw garden was created

What is 2021?

500
The 4th largest country in the world that consumes the most energy per capita.
What is China
500
Federal law passed in 1972 that placed limits on the amounts of toxic chemicals that can be discharged into a body of water. Provisions to this act include the Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the establishment of a superfund, or CERCLA.
What is the Clean Water Act
500
Organic compound responsible for ozone depletion commonly used in refrigerants, aerosols, and solvents that has been restricted under the Montreal Protocol
What are Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
500
An increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients (i.e. phosphates and nitrates) in a body of water that promotes excessive algae growth which then depletes the amount of oxygen available to other organisms
What is eutrophication
500

The nonprofit that the december guest speaker is a part of

What is bridging the gap?