Biology
Term that means variety in the form of species, genes, ecosystems, and environmental interactions.
What is biodiversity?
The gaseous byproduct of photosynthesis.
The term for the area of land and water needed to support a person's lifestyle.
What is an Ecological Footprint?
Swedish young adult activist and founder of Fridays for Future known for her efforts to combat climate change
Who is Greta Thunberg?
The names of the two Evergreen committees
What are Green Spaces & Recycling committees?
Multiple groups of biological communities and their interaction with the non-living environment is known as:
What is an ecosystem?
This gas makes up roughly 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
The Earth is 70% water. What percentage of it is suitable for human use – 10%, 5%, or .5%?
What is 0.5%?
The year the Clean Water Act was passed:
a) 1955
b) 1962
c) 1965
d) 1972
What is 1972?
Evergreen's annual event in partnership with CAB
Hint: It was just last week!
What is Whatever Floats Your Tote?
The process of recycling organic waste through natural decomposition.
What is composting?
The main greenhouse gas cattle produce.
What is methane?
An area of land where any groundwater underneath of it or precipitation that falls on it drains into one river, basin, or sea.
This US catastrophe resulted from poor farming and grazing techniques.
What is the Dust Bowl?
The year Evergreen was founded
2022
Exotic or new species to an area that can easily adapt, grow, and outcompete native species is known as this.
What is an invasive species?
The atmospheric layer where UV radiation from the sun is absorbed.
What is the ozone layer?
A five-minute shower uses how much water?
a) 13.2 Gallons
b) 26.4 Gallons
c) 39.6 Gallons
d) 52.8 Gallons
What is 26.4 gallons?
This club opposed efforts to reduce the size of Yosemite National Park.
What is the Sierra Club?
The name of the founder of Evergreen
Who is Kennedy Little?
A close, long-term association between 2 or more species
What is symbiosis?
(also will accept Mutualism, Commensalism, or Parasitism)
This organism produces the majority of Earth's oxygen.
What is phytoplankton?
The approximate amount of water used to produce one hamburger
a. 300 gallons
b. 400 gallons
c. 500 gallons
d. 600 gallons
What is 600 gallons?
Agreement that works on a five-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action carried out by countries. The Agreement includes commitments from all countries to reduce their emissions and work together to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
What is the Paris Agreement?
The name of Evergreen's faculty advisor.
Who is Holly Niehoff?