How Do we Respond to Natural Disasters?
What is an event that occurs in nature that damages the environment and may harm living things called?
Natural Disaster
What are the three types of pollution?
Air pollution
Water pollution
Litter
The ozone layer is located above which layer?
Troposphere
Wildfires are common in which US Region?
West
What are two consequences for littering?
Prison Time
Fines
The ozone layer was getting thinner over which continent?
Antarctica
The Pacific Coast is at the highest risk of which event that can result in a natural disaster?
Earthquakes
Name one way that people can reduce water pollution.
Do not throw cleaning cleaning products down the drain
or
Do not throw cooking oil down the drain
What is the name of the layer of atmosphere that protects the earth from the sun's rays?
Ozone Layer
Name the group that begins with the letter "S" that helps rescue people after a natural disaster.
State Government
Riding a bicycle or bus can reduce which type of pollution?
Air Pollution
What do scientists hope will happen between 2060 and 2080?
The ozone layer will recover
What group does not help rescue people after a natural disaster? Federal Government, State Government, or Local Government.
Federal Government
The harmful chemical, lead, was in the drinking water of which city and state?
Flint, Michigan
In what year did 200 countries sign the Montreal Protocol and agree not to use chemicals that harm the ozone layer?
2018