Energy
Water
Air
Activism
What can we do?
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
This was a major 2015 international agreement to combat climate change (named after the city where it was signed).
What was the Paris Agreement?
100
Name three things that are commonly recycled.
What is paper, plastic, and glass
200
In this power source, electricity is produced by splitting uranium atoms (fission) which produces heat which creates steam used to power a turbine.
What is nuclear power.
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
Trees are very good at removing this harmful gas from the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
200
This Swedish teenager has become an international celebrity for her climate activism.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
200
This is the term for reducing waste by using raw materials again, like turning plastic bottles into fabric.
What is Recycling
300
This country consumes the most electricity of any country in the world.
What is China?
300
What is this image depicting?
What is the Water Cycle?
300
This "effect" – caused by certain gases lingering in the atmosphere – is causing the earth to warm up.
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
This adjective describes a species of animal where there are very few members left – with some chance they'll die out entirely.
What is endangered?
300
This is what I can do with organic waste (like an apple core) to return it to usable soil.
What is composting?
400
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)
400
Name three kinds of bodies of water.
What is ocean, sea, lake, pond, river, etc...
400
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
400
These are areas protected by the government to help animals and nature.
What are National parks, nature reserves, or protected forests
400
This farming method called that avoids synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. A product you find in the supermarket that has been farmed this way might carry the "bio" label.
What is organic farming
500
This energy source requires building a dam in the middle of a river or at the end of a reservoir.
What is water power/hydroelectric
500
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
500
The atmospheric layer where UV radiation from the sun is absorbed. The use of CFCs caused a hole to appear in this layer.
What is the ozone layer (located in the Stratosphere).
500
This was the threshold for global warming agreed upon in 2015 in Paris that should not be exceeded.
What is 2 degrees celsius (though I can also take 1.5)?
500
This two-word phrase describes the 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