Sustainable Technologies
Solar panels, wind turbines, hydro electricity and biomass energy are all examples of __________________.
What is Renewable Energy?
What is using energy wisely and protecting from waste?
What is conservation?
Of the total U.S. greenhouse gas pollutants, this gas accounts for 82%.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
What is deforestation?
What is the loss of forest and forest areas?
A renewable energy source that captures the Sun’s rays and converts it into electricity.
What is solar energy?
The name of a major company which produces electric vehicles and is popular in today’s world.
What is the company is Tesla?
When using a dish washer or washing machine, how should the load be?
What is full load?
These 3 greenhouse gases are emitted as a result of fossil fuel combustion.
What is carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide?
A man made ecosystem, that would not be sustainable without the assistance of humans.
What is an artificial ecosystem?
What type of energy(ies) does an oven produce at home?
What is light and heat/thermal energy?
A more sustainable and efficient alternative to fuel powered cars.
What is Electric Cars?
What is the cheapest energy source?
What is solar and onshore wind?
This greenhouse gas can result from the use of fertilizers.
What is nitrous oxide?
_______ is farmland being lost.
What is Desertification?
What is the most dangerous/toxic type of energy to use in residential or commercial areas?
What are fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, petroleum, etc.)?
How are LED lights energy efficient?
What is more light energy produced?
What do energy-efficient appliances do?
What is pay for themselves over time?
This source produced 18% of methane gas emissions.
What are landfills?
The removal/ destruction of a species from their natural environment.
What is direct harvesting?
Ethanol and _____ are the two most prevalent forms of biofuel energy utilized in various vehicles and appliances.
What is biodiesel?
By what year will most cars on the road be electric cars?
When is 2050 (40% EV cars)?
What uses less energy than an air conditioner?
What is an evaporative cooler?
Methane (CH4) is produced from this type of agricultural cultivation.
What is rice?
The process in which chemicals are absorbed by organisms due to exposure/consumption, and the concentration of the substance increases as it passes up a food chain.
What is biomagnification and bioaccumulation?
What is the difference between hydro and tidal powered energy sources?
What is in hydro energy the water is constantly flowing but in tidal energy sources it is altered by waves and tides?