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100

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson believes we should find this in climate action

Joy

100

This term refers to the average weather in an area over a long period of time

Climate

100

This year was Earth's warmest year on record

2024

100

This critter has the thickest fur of any mammal

Sea Otter

100

This planet is closest to the sun

Mercury

200

Over the past 10 years, this group from the "Six Americas" study has grown more than any other group

Alarmed

200

This is the most abundant naturally occurring greenhouse gas

Water vapor

200

This industry is responsible for burning the largest amount of greenhouse gases

Transportation

200

This (mostly) land animal has the most powerful bite

Hippo

200

This is the highest grossing movie of all time

Avatar

300

This term refers to the increase in production and consumption of goods beginning around 1950, after World War II

The Great Acceleration 

300

These are two examples of greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc

300

The richest 1 billion people on this planet are responsible for roughly this percentage of greenhouse gas emissions

50%

300

Which male sea creature gives birth to its young

Seahorse

300

The unicorn is the national animal of which country?

Scotland

400

This is a form of feedback in which the reader strives to recount their experiences as a reader rather than evaluate the writing itself

Descriptive 

400

Most air pollutants are the result of this

Burning fossil fuels

400

Many of the plants and animals that have later became fossil fuels can be dated back to this time period

Carboniferous 

400

This is one of two mammals that lay eggs

Spiny anteater or duck-billed platypus

400

This was the first president to appear on television

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
500

This old Latin term refers to land that is empty and belongs to nobody

Terra nullius

500

This is the name of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist who started taking daily measurements of CO2 levels in the atmosphere in the year 1958. These measurements continue today.

Charles Keeling

500

This is the name of the red seaweed species that has been proven to significantly reduce cow methane emissions when fed to them

Asparagopsis taxiformis

500
Lobsters have this many legs

10

500

This was the first Pixar movie to be released

Toy Story