What is the term
A gas that absorbs and retains heat from the sun in Earth's atmosphere
What is a greenhouse gas?
a higher percentage of the world's plastic waste end up in
Landfills | The Ocean
What are landfills?
(46%)
A long term increase in trapped heat within the Earth's atmosphere due to air pollution
What is Global Warming?
The "Great Garbage Patch" of the Atlantic is not actually an island but rather
What is a concentration of trash?
What is a soup?
3 examples of green energy
What are Solar, Wind, and Hydroelectric (nuclear)
term for a substance that is put directly into the air by human activity like smoke from a smokestack or exhaust from a car.
What is a primary pollutant?
the leading cause of air pollution in the United States today is
Motor Vehicles | Factories
What is motor vehicles?
small plastic fragments found in oceans and in human blood
What is microplastic pollution?
(or plastic pollution)
What percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?
What is 3%?
3 examples of single use plastics
What are Straws, Plastic bags, Water Bottles
also acceptable:
Balloons, Cigarette butts, Wet Wipes, Cotton Bud sticks, plates, ziploc bags
pollution that enters water from a specific, identifiable location, such as a pipe or a ditch from a factory.
What is point source pollution?
this greenhouse gas has higher "Global Warming Potential"? (traps more heat per molecule)
Methane | Carbon Dioxide
Methane (28x more potent)
the cause of Dead Zones
Nutrient Pollution or Eutrophication
What did Rwanda do to reduce their plastic footprint in 2008/2019
What is banned single use plastics and plastic bags?
3 greatest benefits of building a dam
What are jobs, flood prevention & drinking water
the process by where lakes receive excess nutrients that accelerate plant/algae growth
What is eutrophication?
This energy source produces maximum power for a greater percentage of the year?
Nuclear | Coal
What is nuclear energy?
the main cause of Acid rain
Sulfur/Nitrogen pollution in the air
On average, a plastic bottle takes this long to decompose in a landfill
What is 450-1000 years?
2 examples of non point pollution
What is storm water run-off and pesticides
the gradual accumulation of pesticides, plastics, or other chemicals in animals
What is bioaccumulation?
The larger emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States by percentage
Transportation | Electric Power
What is transportation? (29%)
unwanted sounds such as heavy machinery or traffic that can disrupt animal communication
What is Noise pollution?
This percentage of fresh water is trapped in glaciers and ice caps, making it unavailable for human use
68%
(10% window of failure)
2 examples of microfibers that leech microplastics into waterways
Polyester and Nylon