Sustainability 1
This is adding harmful chemicals, noise, heat, or light to an environment.
Pollution
This uses windmills to transform wind energy into electricity.
What is wind power?
The natural home or environment of an organism is known as this.
What is habitat?
This is one of the primary causes of extinction.
What is habitat loss?
This uses moving water to turn turbines or water wheels to create electricity.
What is hydropower?
This cannot be replaced as easily as it is consumed.
Nonrenewable resource
This atom forms very strong bonds to many other atoms and is called the "duct tape" of atoms.
What is carbon?
This is remade by natural processes at the same rate that humans use it up.
What is a renewable resource?
Release of nitrogen oxide back into the atmosphere leads to this.
What is acid rain?
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?
This cause of extinction is when global average temperatures increase or decrease.
Global climate change
This greenhouse gas is caused by the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels.
What is carbon dioxide?
This tree species can support hundreds of species of caterpillars.
What is an oak tree?
This means the many different types of life on Earth. It is essential that we keep it to help ensure a sustainable Earth.
What is biodiversity?
This bird needs 6,000-9,000 caterpillars to raise its babies.
What is a chickadee?
This means decreasing the amount of waste we create.
Reduce
This process uses organisms like bacteria, fungi, and small animals to turn organic waste into soil.
What is composting?
The complete disappearance of a species is known as this.
What is extinction?
This means taking a used item, breaking it down, and reusing the pieces.
What is recycle?
The current trend for global climate changed is caused by this.
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
The largest cause of deforestation today is this.
Burning of fossil
This uses solar cells to turn sunlight into electricity.
What is solar power?
This means using the same item again for the same function and also using an atom again for a new function.
What is reuse?
This activity seeks to improve the health of an ecosystem by planting native species and removing invasive ones.
What is habitat restoration?
This is used in a way that meets the needs of the present without keeping future generations from meeting their needs.
What is a sustainable resource?