Sustainability & Environment

Sustainability

100

Solar, Wind, and Water are examples of what type of energy?

Renewable Energy

200

This is the process of turning food scraps into fertile soil

Composting

300

Exotic or new species to an area that can easily adapt, grow, and outcompete native species is known as this.

Invasive Species

400

Methane is considered more dangerous than carbon dioxide, even though there's less of it in the atmosphere because...

Methane traps more heat than CO₂ (GWP) ~25 times more than carbon dioxide.

500

Name 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of wind power

Advantage- renewable, clean energy.

Disadvantage- dependent on wind, noise/visual impact

Environmental Things!

100

What is the greenhouse gas produced by cattle?

Methane

200

This is the biggest forest in the WORLD!

The Amazon Rainforest

300

This is the process by which plants create their own food from sunlight

Photosynthesis

400

This is the movement of water between the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things

Water Cycle

500

This was the shift from rural life, animal powered agriculture and manufacturing by craftsmen to an urban society powered by fossil fuels.

Industrial Revolution

Energy and Resources

100

True or false: coal is a renewable energy source

False

200

The main renewable energy source in Australia.

Solar power

300

The meaning of the word 'reduce' in the phrase 'reduce, reuse, recycle'.

Use less of a resource to cut down waste

400

The type of power plant that produces radioactive waste.

Nuclear power plant

500

Speak for 30 seconds without a break on the difference between the natural greenhouse gas effect and the enhanced greenhouse gas effect

?

Climate and Sustainability

100

True or false: weather and climate mean the same thing

False

200

One reason for and against using an electric vehicle over a petrol one. 

? Lots of potential answers!

300

Three characteristics of climate change. 

Global temperature rise, changes in rainfall patterns, melting ice/glaciers, sea level rise, extreme weather

400

3 pillars of sustainability

economic, environmental, social

500

The 4 main greenhouse gases & one source of each

carbon dioxide (fossil fuels), methane (cattle), nitrous oxide (fertiliser), chloroflurocarbons/hydroflurocarbons (refrigerants)

The Environment and You.

100

The BIGGEST man-made contributor to pollution

Burning Fossil Fuels

200

This is the process of finding use for things that would normally be put to waste.

Recycle

300

This is a measurement of your personal impact on the environment

Carbon Footprint

400

The production of this meat causes the MOST co2 emissions. 

Beef

500

These are 3 kinds of food categories (think the food pyramid) that can NOT be put into compost

Meat, Seafood, Dairy, Fat/oil