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Vocabulary
Water Pollution
Air Pollution
Layers of atmosphere
Ways We Help
100

What is the variety of plant and animal life in a habitat. 

What is Biodiversity?

100
chemical, soil or other substances that are washed into a body of water; this often leads to water pollution
What is runoff?
100
polluted air; combination of smoke and fog
What is smog?
100

The lowest layer, where weather occurs and humans live. It contains 80% of the atmosphere's mass and temperature decreases with altitude.

What is Troposphere ?

100

the letters that stand for an agency/organization that helps protect the environment

What is EPA?

200
where an organism lives
What is habitat?
200
water that is stored in the soil and rocks underground
What is groundwater?
200
layer of gas that protects us from the Sun's rays that is being destroyed from air pollution
What is ozone?
200

The coldest layer, where most meteors burn up. Temperatures drop with increasing altitude.

What is Mesophere?

200

taking old materials and making them into something new

What is recycling?

300
a more scientific word for farming
What is agriculture?
300

 Illnesses caused by pathogenic microorganisms transmitted through contaminated fresh water

What is Waterborne Disease?

300
harmful rain caused by air pollution that can harm buildings and plants; causes faster erosion of land
What is acid rain?
300

The outermost layer that gradually fades into space.

What is exosphere?

300

a resource that can be replaced during a lifetime if used wisely

What is renewable?

400
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago
What is fossil fuel?
400

Double Jeopardy Points(Explain the steps)

Nutrient enrichment (nitrogen/phosphorus) that causes overgrowth of algae, reducing oxygen levels.

What is Eutrophication ?

400

A mixture of tiny solid particles and liquid droplets

What is Particulate Matter  ?

400

Contains the ozone layer, which absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation, causing temperatures to increase with height.

What is Stratosphere ?

400

Fix items instead of throwing them away, and use reusable bags, bottles, and coffee cups.

What is Repair or Reuse?

500
a waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
What is pollutant?
500

The build-up of toxic substances (like mercury) in fish or animals.

What is Bioaccumulation ?

500
Radioactive odorless, tasteless gas; with long term exposure may cause lung cancer; often found in people's homes
What is radon?
500

A very thin, high-temperature layer where auroras occur and satellites orbit.

What is Thermosphere?

500

Switch to LED light bulbs, turn off appliances when not in use, and invest in energy-efficient appliances to lower demand on power plants.

What is Conserve?