The Cuyahoga River
In the 1969 fire, what was the first thing to catch on fire in the Cuyahoga River?
It was an oil slick.
Greenhouse gases do this.
Do they trap heat in the atmosphere, therefore heating the earth?
According to a ___ report, 1 gram of human excrement contains approximately "10 million viruses, 1 million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts, and 100 parasite eggs."
What about CNN?
A majority of space junk is made of _____
What are satellites?
What is the leading cause of air pollution in the U.S.?
Motor vehicles.
Cleveland lost about this many manufacturing jobs from the 1969 river fire.
How about 60,000?
In 1952, at least _____ people were killed by pollution from factories and home fireplaces.
What is 4,000?
CWA is the acronym for this legislative act.
What is the Clean Water Act?
NASA is the acronym for this federal agency.
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Manifest destiny is _____.
The belief that the United States had the divine right to expand westward.
This man was elected mayor of Cleveland and pushed to clean the Cuyahoga.
Who was Carl Stokes?
This act was passed in 1970 to help reduce air pollution.
What is the Clean Air Act?
In 2007, CNN reported that up to ___ million tons of pollutants slip into the global water supply yearly.
How much is 500?
______million is the estimated tally of tiny orbital junk in space.
What is 150?
ALA stands for ____
American Lung Association
____ million dollars were approved to help clean up the Cuyahoga.
How about 100?
This man threatened people with harsh penalties if they didn't stop burning coal to heat their homes.
Who was King Edward the 1st?
In 1989, this ship dumped about 11 million gallons of crude oil were accidentally dumped into the ocean.
What is Exxon Valdez?
Space junk orbits the Earth at around _____ miles per hour.
What is 17,500 mph?
Breathing particle pollution year-round can shorten life by __ to __ years
1 to 3
This toxic chemical was banned in 1978.
What is polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)?
Acid rain was first discovered in the _____'s.
What is the 1850's?
Every __ seconds, somewhere on the planet, a child dies from water-related disease.
What is 15?
This civilian got hit by space junk in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1998.
Who is Lottie Williams?
What is the main cause of acid rain in the U.S.?
Factories and industrial companies releasing sulfur and nitrogen into the atmosphere.