Weeks 1-2
Fill in the blank. Environmental studies is a ___ field
What is Interdisciplinary ?
Death of a species
What is extinction?
Unequal heating of the sun
Solar radiation
Term used to describe heat trapped by the Earth's surface
What is the greenhouse effect?
This is a motion that seeks solutions to address the root causes of climate change
What is climate justice?
The environment is made of these 2 factors
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
(Have students name some after the question has been answered- No pts)
An area with high diversity
What is a biodiversity hotspot?
Third step of the Carbon Cycle
What is burial?
Name two greenhouse gases
Ans: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons/ fluorinated gases
Define Just Transition
What is “greening the economy in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone concerned, creating decent work opportunities and leaving no one behind"
Industries or sectors that contribute goods and services to benefit the environment are known as these
What are green jobs?
A species native to one geographical location
What is an endemic species?
The two steps of the carbon cycle that humans are most involved in
What are combustion and extraction?
Define global warming (3 key words)
What is a rise in average global temperature of the air and ocean?
Creating stronger infrastructure to protect against climate change is an example of this
What is climate adaptation?
This term represents the fair and equal treatment of all people, regardless of factors such as race, gender, religious beliefs, or income.
What is environmental justice?
Areas free from harm, alteration, and disturbances.
What are protected areas?
Fill in the blank. Carbon is transferred from the ocean to the ____
What is the atmosphere?
The Keeling Curve is named after this person
Who is Charles Keeling?
Define economy in transition
What are countries/ economies undergoing reformation?
The principles of Environmental Justice were developed here
What is the First People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit?
Name one reason for a loss in biodiversity
Ans: Climate Change, Habitat destruction, Arrival of invasive species, etc.
The process in the carbon cycle where energy is released as ATP to be used for energy
What is respiration?
Describe the difference between climate change and global warming?
(Ans. is up to the discretion of the TF because there are a few)
Ex: Climate change can be an indicator of any change/ both a rise and fall in temperature. Global warming, however, is specifically dedicated to a rise in average global temperature.
This international convening brings together world leaders to discuss climate change
What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?