Human Effects
Whats a healthy AQI
0-51
What does AQI stand for
AIR QUALITY INDEX
What is when its dry outside
A Step you personally can take to help prevent wildfires.
Report all unattended campfires.
Extinguish any campfires whey done.
Don’t throw lit cigarettes on the ground.
Pay close attention to firework regulations.
Avoid using fireworks in wooded areas.
The Paradise wildfire spread how fast?
A football field a second
What was used to identify remains in the paradise fire.
Rapid DNA sequencing
What did the wildfire smoke from the 2020 fire season do to anti-pollution efforts?
What is possible set them back by decades
Humans
When humans plan to burn a area its called.
Controlled Burn
How many students are in our class.
What is 16
What AQI is considered unhealthy?
What is 201-300?
What is one benefit to forest fires?
What is cleaning the forest floor, killing diseases, providing habitat, or allowing for the growth of new generation
What factor in the weather can impact the rate of which a wildfire can spread.
What is Wind
PSPS stands for what
Public safety power shutoff
Whats the name of the bear personifying wildfire prevention.
What is smokey the bear.
Name at least two steps that should be taken when you are under an evacuation warning?
Describe what the sky looks like in a place affected by wildfire smoke.
What is an orange sky, a red sun, ash covering the ground, extreme haze that looks almost like fog
What is the energy supplier that has been blamed for the Dixie Fire?
PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric)
Name one of the tactics used in ecological forest restoration.
1. controlled burns other
2. altering the landforms
3. planting vegetation,
4. changing the hydrology
5. reintroducing original wildlife back to the area.
what happened to the people trying to evacuate paradise on the road?
What is intense traffic jams.
Around what AQI was recorded in Pleasanton, California on November 16, 2018?
What is around 300
About how many acres were burned in wildfires in the 2020 fire season?
What is 1.5 million
What was used in a 2020 baby shower to cause the El Dorado fire.
A smoke generating pyrotechnic device.
plants burn and leave nutrients that will take years to decompose.