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What is acid rain
A type of rain that is acidic due to pollution in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels.
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Renewable Resources
What is the name given to the resources that will never run out and can be used over and over, such as the sun and water?
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What is a renewable resource
A resource that will never run out.
It is an INFINITE RESOURCE, it can last forever |
All of Them
Which of these resources are considered renewable?
Wind, Solar Power, Hydro Power or All of Them |
"CFC'S" , depletion of the ozone layer which causes more UV rays to reach the earth
What is causing more skin cancer and eye disease?
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Deforestation
Cutting down all the trees in forests to use for lumber to build, make paper and have farmland is called what?
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Swamp
What do you call an area of shallow water where a lot of plant life grows?
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what are Hydro, Biomass, Geothermal and Nuclear
Name 2 non renewable resources other than solar power and wind.
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Sulpher Dioxide -- (SO2)
Nitrogen Oxide -- ( NO)
The 2 gases released (given off) from smoke stacks that cause acid rain are what?
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Global Warming
Melting Ice Caps, Rising Sea levels, Climate Change and Extinction are all results of what?
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Pollution
Heavy amounts of chemicals that are in our air, water and land because of increased human activity is called ?????
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Fossil Fuels
What is the name that is given to NON RENEWABLE resources such as oil, coal and natural gas.
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What are "Fossil Fuels"?
The non renewable resources that formed billions of years ago are called this.
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Increase the number of termite eating birds
Which of the following would be a good thing for you to do in order to get rid of pesty termites, but also not harm the environment ?
1.Get rid of the wood by your house 2. spray chemicals by your house 3.spray oil to suffocate the termites 4. Increase the number of birds that eat termites? |
Diseases that affect humans, animals and the environment
examples: lung disease, heart disease, skin cancer, eye disorders, destroying biodiversity
What are 3 the negative effects of air, water and soil pollution?
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Carbon
What is the element that is found in all living things ?
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Depletion
When we use too much of something and it is in danger of running out like fossil fuels, we are causing this??
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1.Infinite, they won't run out 2.They are green, they don't cause pollution (clean)
What are 2 benefits ( reasons) for using renewable resources?
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Conserving means to use fossil fuels wisely and try not to use too much so they will last longer
What does conserving fossil fuels mean? What does it mean to "conserve"
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Cutting down the rain forests reduces biodiversity, causes extinction of species due to loss of food and habitat, and limits oxygen
Why is deforestation bad for the environment?
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Global Warming
What name is given to the HEATING UP of the Earth's water, air and land caused by burning fossil fuels?
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Ozone Layer
What is the layer in the atmosphere that is being destroyed by Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels?
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Global Warming
What is happening to the earth because of all the carbon dioxide ,from burning fossil fuels, that is being released into the Earth's atmosphere?
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Recycling
-Out of Deforestation,
-Recycling, -Using fossil fuels for heat -Removing animals from their environment... Which one of these helps CONSERVE fossil fuels? |
CO2, Methane, SO2 and NO...
causing.. Pollution..Global Warming,
What are the 4 Greenhouse gases ? What do they cause?
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The Greenhouse gases are causing Global Warming which is causing the melting of polar Ice Caps, Climate Change, Rising water levels. These changes negatively the survival of all forms of life by upsetting BIODIVERSITY.
What are the Greenhouse gases causing and why is it so bad for our environment?
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