Intro
This is the current population of the Earth.
What is 8.3 billion people?
The three categories of rocks.
What are metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary?
This form of energy is associated with motion.
What is kinetic energy?
What OPEC stands for.
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
(Bonus: When did the OPEC oil embargo occur?)
This country uses coal as its largest source of electricity.
What is China?
The three pillars of sustainability.
What are Environmental, Economic and Social?
The name of the outermost layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
The measure of the amount of energy used in a given amount of time.
What is power?
This type of coal is commonly mined in West Virginia.
What is bituminous coal?
The number of mineral resources needed for energy production in 1700.
What is 3?
The Epoch we are currently in.
What is the Anthropocene?
The age of the Earth.
What is 4.6 billion years?
The primary source of energy for most ecosystems.
What is the sun?
The approximate age of most fossil fuels.
What is 300 million years old?
The most common types of mining operation in Appalachian coal fields.
What is mountain top removal?
The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a specific area.
What is carrying capacity?
This creates a magnetic field and protects the Earth from harmful radiation.
What is the geodynamo system?
Ways to make your home more efficient.
What are _____________? Many answers!
Drilling technique for extraction of oil and gas from tight underground rock formations using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals.
What is hydraulic fracturing or "fracking"?
The biggest open pit mine on Earth.
What is the Bingham Canyon Mine (or Kennecott Copper Mine)?
The type of system the Earth is (open/closed) if only considering matter.
What is a closed system?
The most abundant element in the Earth's crust.
What is oxygen (O)?
About the amount of energy loss to heat at power plants using fossil fuels.
What is ~66%?
What is Canada?
This takes into account the resources you use and wastes you produce to determine your effect on the Earth.
What is an ecological footprint?