Transcript Review Session - Allegheny Sakai

Review Session
What Does It Mean to be Green?
ECO EDITION!
Landfills
and all that
garbage
100
Climate
Change
Pick Your Carbon
Poison
Foot
Prints
100 100
Energy
Cycles
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
All That Garbage
100 pts.
This type of waste disposal site was
originally built to bury our trash while
keeping the waste isolated from
groundwater, to avoid contact with air, and
to keep waste dry. Unfortunatly, these
conditions also had unfavorable results.
BACK TO
BOARD
Land Fills and All That Garbage
200 pts.
This Lethal and extremely flammable
Greenhouse gas can leak out the bottom
or over the top of landfills.
BACK TO BOARD
Land Fills and All That Garbage
300 pts.
Reducing the amount of waste is one
solution to using landfills less. The motto
“Reduce, ______ and ______ shows two
other solutions.
(The Three R’s)
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Land Fills and All That Garbage
400 pts.
In McKinley’s Dining hall (where you eat
lunch) there are a few types of bins to
dispose your trash into. Which bin does
your food and napkins go into?
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Land Fills and All That Garbage
500 pts.
In the past 30 years, ________of the
planet’s natural resources base have
been consumed.
A) One Fourth (25%)
B) Half (50%)
C) One Third (33%)
D) All (100%)
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Climate Change 100
These Gases absorb infra-red radiation
in the atmosphere, maintaining
Earth's temperature.
Anthropogenic (human) emissions of
these gases “house” a warming
affect.
BACK TO BOARD
Climate Change 200
Explain the difference between the terms
“Global Warming” and “Climate Change”
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Climate Change 300
How many Earths would it take if everyone
on the planet lived and wasted as much as
the USA?
A) 3.2
B) 5.3
C) 7.2
D) 2.5
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Climate Change 400
Name three Greenhouse gases
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Climate Change 500
These indicators of climate change are
known for their sensitivity to change in
temperature. They advance during climate
cooling and retreat during climate warming
on moderate time scales....And that’s only
the tip of the iceberg.
BACK TO BOARD
Pick Your Poison 100
Many harmful chemicals found in these have
been banned in Europe but not yet in the
USA.
That’s something to blush about.
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Pick Your Poison 200
In our class we learned that many everyday
products contain harmful toxins that begin
to affect us negatively with continued
exposure and use.
Reading this on the products when shopping
can help you avoid products that contain
harmful chemicals
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Pick Your Poison 300
This is the governmental agency in the USA that
determines if a product is safe or not.
A. NGO
(Non-Governmental Organization)
B. WWF
( World Wildlife Federation)
C. FDA
(Food and Drug Association)
D. TRL
(Total Request Live)
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Pick Your Poison 400
These are the three ways that harmful
agents like toxins and chemicals can enter
our bodies.
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Pick Your Poison 500
1) Name 4 of the 12 “Dirty Dozen” Toxins
found in cosmetics.
2) What types of products are they found in?
3) How are they harmful to our bodies
(HINT: Check your folders, you got a
handout about this)
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Carbon Foot Prints 100
What is a Carbon Footprint?
BACK TO BOARD
Carbon Foot Prints
200
Your Footprint is at zero when you are
“Carbon ______”
BACK TO BOARD
Carbon Foot Prints
300
Name three ways to shrink your carbon
footprint
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Carbon Foot Prints
400
By using ______fuels like water for
hydropower and sunlight for solar power,
or alternative fuel sources like fuel cells
and biomass, we can help conserve our
natural resources so they don't run out.
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Carbon Foot Prints
500
Oceans are one example of a “Carbon
Sink”. They sequester (trap) carbon. Name
one other natural carbon sink.
(Hint: what organism “breaths” in CO2)
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Energy Cycles 100
Give an Example of a non-renewable
energy source
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Energy Cycles 200
Give an Example of two renewable energy
Sources
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Energy Cycles 300
Name 3 products that are made of oil
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Energy Cycles 400
_______ bulbs use 75% less electricity than
regular light bulbs and last years
longer. Replacing them can save
200 kilowatt hours per year,
which translates into roughly $20
per bulb.
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Energy Cycles 500
Draw on the board the energy cycle of an
aluminum can. Be as detailed as possible.
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