Water Quality
A common test for water's acidity or alkalinity, with 7 being neutral.
What is pH?
This is short for "hazardous materials"
What is HAZMAT?
The EPA promotes this activity, which turns old paper, plastic, and glass into new products.
What is recycling?
This color on the Air Quality Index (AQI) means that the air is safe to breathe.
What is green?
This term, abbreviated as UV, describes the type of electromagnetic radiation from the sun that causes sunburns and, with overexposure, skin cancer.
What is Ultraviolet?
A branch of the military that is the lead response agency for oil spills occurring in coastal waters and ports.
What is the Coast Guard?
A substance intended to destroy or repel pests.
What are pesticides?
The EPA prefers this method of dealing with organic materials over sending them to a landfill.
What is composting?
A respiratory disease that is commonly caused from poor air quality.
What is asthma?
Controlling this factor in the air, usually via a dehumidifier, helps prevent mold growth in basements.
What is humidity?
This is the primary federal law in the U.S. governing water pollution control and water quality standards for surface waters.
Pesticides specifically designed to kill unwanted plants or weeds.
What are herbicides?
According to the EPA, this is how you should dispose of mirrors.
What is the regular trash?
Air pollution that hangs over cities and reduces visibility.
What is smog?
These are small bugs found in hotel sheets that the EPA regulates pesticides for.
What are bedbugs?
This harmful element enters drinking water when plumbing material corrode.
What is lead?
Heat resistant fiber found in roofing, ceilings, and floor tiles that become hazardous when inhaled.
What is asbestos?
This is a massive accumulation of marine plastic debris in the North Pacific Ocean.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
A colorless, odorless gas that replaces oxygen in the blood and can kill you. (Hint: You usually have monitors for it in your house)
What is carbon monoxide?
The EPA monitors this to prevent foreign and possibly health endangering organisms from entering the country.
What is trade?
This is a neurotoxin found in bodies of water that contaminate fish and when ingested causes memory loss, lowered IQ, and severe headaches.
What is mercury?
This poisonous, colorless gas often builds up in basements and is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
What is radon?
The average American produces approximately this many pounds of trash per day.
What is 4-5?
This falls from the sky during storms and is contaminated with air pollutants.
What is acid rain?
This U.S. president created the Environmental Protection Agency.
Who is Richard Nixon?