Renewable Energy
This type of energy comes from the movement of air across the Earth's surface
What is wind energy?
The main greenhouse gas emitted by humans.
What is CO₂?
Carrying your own water bottle reduces this type of waste.
What is plastic waste?
The 3 R’s of waste management.
What are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?
The Amazon is often called this because it produces oxygen.
What is the lungs of the Earth?
This renewable energy source relies on capturing sunlight.
What is solar energy?
The international agreement aimed at limiting global warming to below 2°C.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This type of diet can lower your carbon footprint.
What is a plant-based diet?
A material that takes over 400 years to decompose in landfills.
What is plastic?
Coral reefs are threatened by this oceanic phenomenon.
What is coral bleaching?
This energy comes from the heat within the Earth
What is geothermal energy?
The process by which glaciers and ice sheets lose mass.
What is melting?
Energy-efficient light bulbs use this much less energy than incandescents.
What is about 75%?
Composting turns organic waste into this.
What is fertilizer or soil?
The disappearance of pollinators like bees affects this process.
What is pollination?
Energy created from moving water, often by dams, is called this.
What is hydroelectric power?
This country leads the world in total CO₂ emissions.
What is China?
Buying from local farms supports this type of economy.
What is a local or circular economy?
Recycling aluminum saves this much energy compared to making it new
What is about 95%?
Deforestation most often occurs to make space for this industry.
What is agriculture or cattle farming?
This biofuel is made from corn, sugarcane, or other plant materials.
What is ethanol?
The percentage of scientists who agree that climate change is human-caused.
What is about 97%?
This certification marks environmentally friendly buildings.
What is LEED?
This island of trash floats in the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The term for the variety of all life on Earth.
What is biodiversity?