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Land Pollution
This type of pollution occurs when liquid or solid waste materials are being disposed either on the land surface or buried underground?
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Smokey the Bear
At 74 years old, this famous cartoon character says, "Only you can prevent forest fires".
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Smog
This word that sounds like fog was used in London for the first time to describe intense air pollution consisting of smoke and fog
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3%
About 70 percent of our planet is water, but what percent is fresh water?
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Antarctica
The cleanest continent on Earth, which is also the most remote
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Renewable energy
This type of energy is made from resources that can be replaced such as wind, water, and sunshine
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Road transportation like cars
The biggest source of air pollution...
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Coral bleaching
The term used to describe when corals turn white because of changes such as temperature
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Agriculture
The #1 cause of deforestation in the world
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82%
Fossil fuels are the world’s dominant energy source, making up this percent of the global energy supply
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Los Angeles, CA
This city has the worst air pollution in the United States
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Sea Turtles
Finding Nemo brought life to this groovy character, but sadly nearly all species of this animal are endangered
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One Million
The number of bushels of garbage (~60 lbs) thrown out of car windows by Americans each year
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Fracking
The process of putting liquid into underground rocks which extracts oil (a popular topic here in Oklahoma)
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Nitrogen (~78%)
oxygen (21%), carbon dioxide (0.039%)
What is the primary gas that air is comprised?
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The Pacific
The ocean to the east of the U.S. is filled with so much garbage that it has earned the nickname "The Great ______ Garbage Patch"
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Deforestation
Climate change, habitat loss, and soil erosion are three effects of this...
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Around 6% of the world’s energy.
The U.S., France, and Japan are the leading producers of nuclear energy. What percent of the world is run on nuclear energy?
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Global Warming
This hot issue term means, "a gradual rising of Earth's temperature"
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Industrial waste,
Sewage water produced by households, Mining, Dumping trash into the oceans, Oil spills, Burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, Chemical fertilizers and pesticides, Landfill leakage
Name a source of water pollution.
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