Energy
What do we call power made from sunlight
What is solar power.
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is H2O
What gas from cars and factories causes global warming?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)
Name one way you can help stop pollution.
What is use natural cleaning solutions reduce, reuse, recycle plant a tree
Name three things that you can recycle.
What is paper, plastic, and glass
What kind of fuel is made from dead plants and animals that were buried for millions of years?
What are fossil fuels. (Oil, coal, natural gas)
Name two ways you can save water at home.
What is take shorter showers, turn water off while brushing teeth, limit amount of water used for watering lawns and gardens.
Grab your inhaler! This chronic lung disease affects more than 25 million Americans is the result of air pollution, pollen, and dust.
What is asthma
What kind of chemicals make plants grow but can hurt water and animals?
What are fertilizers or pesticides
What do we call the amount of greenhouse gases a person causes by using energy and traveling?
What is carbon footprint
What type of energy is made by splitting uranium atoms in power plants?
What is nuclear power.
What do we call the path water takes as it evaporates, rains, and goes underground?
What is the water cycle.
What layer of the air blocks harmful UV rays from the sun?
What is the ozone layer (located in the Stratosphere).
What kind of rain happens when chemicals in the air mix with water and fall to the ground, hurting trees and buildings?
What is acid rain
What day do people around the world celebrate to help the Earth?
What famous dam makes electricity for people in Nevada, California, and Arizona?
What is the Hoover Dam
What do we call land where water drains into one river, lake, or ocean?
What is a watershed
Name two natural things (not man-made) that put pollution in the air.
What are volcanoes and forest fires.
What is it called when too much trash or chemicals in water make fish and other animals sick?
What is water pollution
What is a simple habit you can do every day to help the planet?
What is turn off lights, recycle, pick up trash, etc
What is the 4th biggest country in the world for energy use per person?
What is China
What are two things you should never dump down the drain because they can pollute rivers and lakes?
What are oil, paint, chemicals, etc.
What can you plant in your yard or neighborhood to help clean the air?
What are trees
What can you do at school or home to make less trash?
What are recycle, compost, use reusable bottles, etc.
What kind of animal is in danger because melting ice is destroying its home?
What is a polar bear