Water Pollution
contamination of water bodies
What is water pollution?
contamination of air
What is Air Pollution?
destruction of trees/forests
What is deforestation?
species that may go extinct
What are endangered species?
the rise in average temperature of Earth
What is Global Warming?
oil spills, agriculture, mining, waste
What are the causes of Water Pollution?
industries, transportation, agriculture
What are the causes of Air Pollution?
the largest forest in the world that is being the most impacted by deforestation
What is the Amazon Forest?
this animal snacks on bamboo all day long
What is a Panda?
this is commonly confused with Global Warming
What is climate change?
process that improves the quality of water
What is Water Treatment?
air quality index
What is AQI?
What is Palm Oil?
a popular chinese dish causing these aquatic animals to go extinct
What is Shark Fin Soup?
the most common greenhouse gas
What is water vapor?
the process by which the ocean is increasing hydrogen ions
What is Ocean Acidification?
effected by Air pollution
Who is everyone?
raising these is responsible for 41% of global deforestation
What is Beef Cattle?
these large land mammals form groups around the females
What are Elephants?
this phenomenon is when glaciers melt which impacts the coastlines
What is sea level rise?
excessive algae/plant growth in water due to nutrients
What is eutrophication?
particulate matter
What is PM?
these two countries account for half of the tropical deforestation
What is Brazil and Indonesia?
this aquatic mammal lives in the Gulf of Mexico
What is the Vaquita?
the predicted temperature rise by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions remains the same
What is 4 degrees Celsius?