General Facts and Knowledge
Urgent and purposeful efforts by individuals, organizations, and governments to combat climate change
What is Climate Action?
The World Health Organization classifies this grave issue as one of the greatest threats to global health
What is Climate Change?
The presence of substances and heat in air, water, or land that creates undesirable conditions and generates pollutants. Generally, this poses health risks to humans and animals.
What is pollution?
The three main types of renewable energy
What are wind, water (hydro), and solar energy?
Transition words that are used in debate when making multiple points (name at least 3)
What are "additionally, also, finally, and in conclusion"?
(Additional answers might be accepted)
The four main subtopics of the Global Classrooms Santiago Conference
What are "Clean Energy, Pollution, Global Health, and Sustainability of Natural Resources"?
The four main types of hazards (think "problems")
What are "respiratory illnesses, heat, pollution, and food scarcity"?
Areas that can be polluted
What are the air, land, and water?
The three types of machines utilized to harness natural resources
What are "Solar panels, wind turbines/windmills, and water turbines"?
Infraestructura sostenible in English
What is sustainable infrastructure?
The process of throwing trash on the ground or into bodies of water
What is littering?
Three of the major negative effects of Climate Change
What are respiratory illnesses, heat stroke, cancer, and lack of safe/adequate drinking water?
The way the three major areas of the Earth get polluted
What are chemicals/trash (water), trash (land), and gases/fossil fuels (air)?
The three main nonrenewable resources (think fossil fuels)
What are "oil, coal, and natural gas"?
What is "sustainable development"?
Adopted by the United Nations, these 17 desired outcomes aim for peace and prosperity for people and the planet and specifically focus on Climate Change
What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030?
This number/percentage of people live in areas affected by climate change.
What is 3.6 billion/almost 50% of the world's population?
This process allows for more of the sun's rays to affect the Earth directly
What is "pollution of the ozone layer by fossil fuels"?
This colorless, odorless gas is released when fossil fuels are burned in excess
What is "Carbon Dioxide"?
Transition words that are utilized when making two contrasting points. Can also be used when discussing a point you will then disagree with. (3)
What are "on the one hand, on the other hand, another perspective, in my opinion, however, while"?
Other answers can be accepted
These three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were suggested as being directly relevant to combating Climate Change
What are Clean Water and Sanitation (6), Affordable and Clean Energy (7), and Climate Action (13)?
(Half point for each additional SDG named)
This number of people lack access to potable/sanitary drinking water
Nearly two billion
The nuclear residue that is deposited into water, and sometimes land, from nuclear power plants, agricultural fertilizers, or even fossil fuels
This type of clean energy source, although not considered renewable, takes uranium from the earth to fuel power plants. It can also create Radioactive Waste
What is "Nuclear Energy"?
To have the same opinion
To give advice, often in a serious or helpful way
To support something and speak in favor of it
To give an idea or a plan for others to think about it
To say something strongly or with confidence
(Minimum 4/5 for the points)
What is "to agree, to counsel, to advocate, to propose, and to assert"?