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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

Water can be found in these three states of matter.

What are solid, liquid, and gas?

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

This word describes the usual weather conditions in a place over a long period of time.

What is climate?

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

This frozen water source holds most of Earth’s freshwater.

What are glaciers or ice caps?

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

This simple act helps reduce air pollution by reducing car use.

What is carpooling?

400

This term describes animals or plants that are at serious risk of disappearing forever.

What is an endangered species?

500

True or False:

Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a normal light bulb for about four hours

True!

500

Humans only use _____ % of all available water

About 71% of the earth is water. The oceans hold approximately 96.5% of this water and the ice caps hold about 2%. The remaining water exists in rivers, ponds, glaciers, ice caps, lakes, as water vapor and our taps, among other water bodies. Only 1% of the earth’s water is safe for human consumption.

500

This brown haze that forms over cities is caused by sunlight reacting with pollution.

What is smog?

500

Tiny pieces of plastic that pollute oceans and harm wildlife are called this.

What are microplastics?

500

This process happens when pollen is transferred from one flower to another, helping plants make seeds and fruit.

What is pollination?