Pollution
Threats to Diversity
Endangered Species
Ocean Acidification
Laws and Policies
100
An oil spill is an example of this type of pollution
What is water pollution?
100
Word for when too many trees are cut down, destroying the forest habitat.
What is deforestation?
100
Name an endangered species that was presented by someone NOT IN YOUR GROUP.
:)
100
Name an animal that is most directly impacted by ocean acidification.
Shellfish, corals
100
This is the government agency that was originally founded to regulate pollution and ensure environmental health.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
200
A factory emitting toxic smoke is an example of this type of pollution.
What is air pollution?
200
In general, which of the following foods would have the highest ecological footprint?
a. Rice
b. Vegetables
c. Beef
d. Wheat
What is c. Beef?
200
TRUE OR FALSE: The most precise definition of "endangered" species refers specifically to animals at risk of extinction.
Read carefully.
False. Plants, fungi, or microbes can also be endangered. Any living than can be endangerd.
200
The gas that causes ocean acidification.
What is carbon dioxide?
200
Car exhaust is an example of pollution that would be regulated by this law.
What is the Clean Air Act?
300
We are not able to see that many stars at night because of this type of pollution.
What is light pollution?
300
A consequence of too many nutrients from agriculture entering the water.
What is eutrophication OR algae blooms?
300
This word means illegal hunting
What is poaching
300
Give an example of a proposed solution to ocean acidification.
Reducing carbon emissions, carbon capture.
300
This refers to the fact that people of color are disproportionately affected by pollution.
What is environmental racism?
400
Name an example of a major air pollutant other than carbon dioxide.
Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Lead
400
This refers to a biome which exists as a result of human actions (example: cities, farms, residential woodlands).
What are anthromes OR anthropogenic biomes?
400
This is the scale used by international organizations to classify how endangered a species is.
What is the IUCN Red List.
400
Word for when corals become brittle as a result of ocean acidification.
What is coralporosis?
400
If you buy a pet which is an endangered species or hunt an endangered species, you would be breaking this law.
What is the Endangered Species Act?
500
Of the types of plastic, how many can be recycled in Jersey City?
What are three types:
1 - PET/PETE
2 - HDPE
5 - PP
500
This is the type of oil we discussed in class which is often harvested from rainforests, leading to deforestation.
What is palm oil?
500
It is when zoos allow endangered species to mate in captivity to increase their population.
What are breeding programs.
500
In the Ocean Acidification lab, this was the Dependent Variable for Lab 2 (Chalk).
What are the length, mass, and brittleness of the chalk?
500
The city in Michigan which infamously was the center of a major lead pollution crisis due to poor city management.
What is Flint?