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Energy
Water
Air
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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
Name a way you can prevent pollution
What is use natural cleaning solutions reduce, reuse, recycle plant a tree
100
Name three things that are commonly recycled.
What is paper, plastic, and glass
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
Name two ways you can help conserve water
What is take shorter showers, turn water off while brushing teeth, limit amount of water used for watering lawns and gardens.
200
Grab your inhaler! This chronic lung disease affects more than 25 million Americans is the result of air pollution such as particulate matter, pollen, and ground level ozone.
What is asthma
200
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
200
Measure of an individual's impact on the environment by calculating Greenhouse gas emissions from their lifestyle (i.e. consumption and transportation)
What is carbon footprint
300
This energy source became even more controversial after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan. Power is produced by splitting uranium atoms through a process called fission that produces heat which creates steam used to power a turbine.
What is nuclear power.
300
The continuous circulation of water as it evaporates from the land and sea, enters the atmosphere, condenses and precipitates to the earth's surface, then moves underground by infiltration.
What is the water cycle.
300
The atmospheric layer where UV radiation from the sun is absorbed.
What is the ozone layer (located in the Stratosphere).
300
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from industries and cars combine with precipitation in the atmosphere to form this.
What is acid rain
300

Absorbs the most carbon dioxide in the world

What is ocean

400
This dam produces enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people in Nevada, California, and Arizona
What is the Hoover Dam
400

The biggest water pollutant

What is sewage water and waste water

400
Name two natural processes that emit pollution into the air.
What are volcanoes and forest fires.
400

This country emits the most CO2 per person

What is Qatar

400

When humans poor more carbon dioxide into the air than is absorbed

What are carbon bathtubs

500
The 4th largest country in the world that consumes the most energy per capita.
What is China
500

Most endangered marine animal

What is Vaquita


500

Measure of how polluted the air is

What is air quality index (AQI)
500

The total amount of GHGs emitted by a person or activity

What is carbon footprint

500

This country recently declared a "climate emergency" due to extreme weather events

What is Australia