Smog
Ozone Depletion
Ocean Acidification
Urbanization
Wild
100
These are the two words that the portmanteau of smog comes from.
What are smoke and fog?
100
True or False: Carbon dioxide emissions were the primary factor in the widening of the ozone hole.
False, carbon dioxide is a factor in global warming, not ozone depletion.
100
This is the molecule most responsible for ocean acidificiation
What is carbon dioxide?
100
This is what cement walkways can cause.
What is runoff and flooding?
100
This is a solution to urban flooding.
What is permeable pavement?
200
Rather than grey like industrial fog, this smog has a yellow hue.
What is photochemical smog?
200
This is the compound responsible for ozone depletion.
What are CFCs (cloroflourocarbons)?
200
Fill in the Blanks:
As the ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide, the water becomes ________ (more/less) acidic, and the pH of the water _______________ (decreases/increases)
What is more and decreases?
200
This is what a green building is.
What is a building that is sustainably built and thinks about the environment rather than just human gain.
200
This is the measurement for how healthy air is for people to breathe.
What is Air Quality Index (AQI)?
300
This is one impact of smog on humans and one impact of smog on the environment.
What is health (asthma/eye irritation, etc) and impact on plants and ecosystem?
300
This is an example of something ozone-depleting compounds used to be common in.
What are aerosols and refrigerants?
300
These are the organisms that are most directly affected by ocean acidification.
Shell-building organisms and/or coral
300
This is a solution for urbanization effects that also helps provide fruits and vegetables to inner-city residents that may not have access otherwise.
What is an urban garden?
300
Making sure to use the term for what specific species descriptor coral are, explain why coral bleaching due to ocean acidification is such a big problem.
What is the downfall of entire aquatic ecosystems (keystone species)?
400
These are at least 3 of the smog solutions discussed in class.
What are emissions limitations, renewable energies, electric vehicles, and public transport?
400
This is the name of the international agreement that caused ozone-depleting substances to be phased out
What is the Montreal Protocol?
400
This is why shark populations could be affected by ocean acidification.
What is food chain disruption?
400
This is the certification program for Green Buildings.
What is LEED?
400
In addition to nitrous oxides, these compounds are responsible for photochemical smog.
What are VOCs (volatile organic compounds)?
500
This is another human-impacted weather pattern that is common where smog occurs and can impact aquatic ecosystems.
What is acid rain?
500
Describe the series of changes that occured between 1970 and 2010 that expain this graph
-Rise of aerosols (CFCs) cause ozone to deplete
- Montreal Protocol bans CFCs in late 1990s
- Ozone regrows over time
500
These are 2 solutions to ocean acidification and 2 reasons why they might be difficult to implement.
What are emissions (laws and other interests)
and carbon capture (expensive)?
500
This is the term for the phenomenon of cities being hotter than rural areas and one reason why that happens.
What is the urban heat island effect and lack of vegetation/asphalt?
500
Describe the reason for this graph
Asphalt, lack of vegetation, etc.