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wHAT'S YOUR RESOURCE
ARE YOU FULL OF HOT AIR?
TO POLLUTE OR NOT TO POLLUTE
THIS ISN'T KANSAS
SPARE SOME CHANGE
100
Fresh water and trees are examples of these
What is renewable resources
100
This is the job of greenhouse gases
What is to trap thermal energy in the atmosphere
100
The EPA stands for this
What is The Environmental Protection Agency
100
A large rotating tropical weather system with wind speeds of at least 119 mph
What is a hurricane
100
This gas is produced by the burning of fossiol fuels
What is carbon dioxide
200
A natural resource that can not be replaced or can be replaced only over thousands or millions of years
What are nonrenewable resources
200
This would occur if there were no greenhouse gases
What is the atmosphere would be too cold for living things to survive
200
The main purpse of the Clean Air Act
What is to control the amount of pollutants in the air
200
This fuels hurricanes
What is warm water
200
This is the process of clearing forests
What is deforestation
300
The aaying that encourages conservation of resources
What is reuse, reduce, recycle
300
This is the danger if there are too many greenhouse gases
What is this leads to global warming
300
This device removes pollutants from smokestacks
What are scrubers
300
This is where hurricanes originate
What is over warm ocean waters
300
Deforestation contributes to global warming in this way
What is less carbon dioxide is used up, since less plants take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis
400
All the energy released from energy resources, ultimately come from this source
What is the sun
400
This is the purpose of planting more trees
What is trees take is extra carbon dioxide to prevent global warming
400
Name two effects of global warming
What are severe weather, melting ice caps, and/or flooding
400
This causes the most damage during a hurricane
What is a storm surge
400
Canada would benefit from global warming in this way
What is warmer temperatures would improve farming conditions
500
Fossil fuel forms over millions of years and comes from this source
What is the buried remains of once living things
500
This occurs when an equal amount of energy enters the atmosphere as is returned to space
What is radiation balance
500
This material lets sunlight in but then traps the light and heat
What is glass
500
In the northern hemisphere this is the direction the hurricane rotoates
What is counterclockwise
500
250 million years ago Pangea wa located near here
What is the South Pole