What are some benefits of using coal?
It is plentiful and inexpensive compared to other power sources.
Name 4 Renewable Resources.
Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Tidal, Hydropower
What uses the most water at home?
Your Toilet.
What does this picture represent?
Greenhouse Gases trapping the Sun's heat.
How can humans reduce greenhouse gases?
Use less Fossil Fuels, use more Renewable Energy, plant trees
What is deforestation?
The cutting down of trees or forest.
Increasing the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere will do what?
Increase the average global temperature.
How can you reduce/fix global warming?
Use less fossil fuels and use more Renewable Resources.
What does Conserve mean?
To save, to protect, to use wisely.
How are Greenhouse Gases beneficial to life on Earth?
Maintains Earth's Temperature
What does a turbine do?
When the turbine spins it makes electricity.
Name all 3 fossil fuels.
oil, coal, natural gas
Name a resource that does not produce carbon dioxide.
Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Hydropower, Tidal
List the Atmospheric Layers in Order.
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
What does UV, as in UV Rays, stand for?
Ultraviolet
Without Greenhouse Gases Earth would be too _____ for support life.
cold
How would reducing deforestation affect global warming?
The more trees there are the less Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere.
People can conserve paper, plastics, and glass by....?
RECYCLING
What does the ozone do?
Absorbs harmful UV Rays
We can conserve water by....?
Turning off water while we brush our teeth.
Is a wood-burning furnace renewable or nonrenewable energy?
It could be both depending on if you replant the trees or not.
Name 4 Nonrenewable Resources.
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear
Which Atmospheric Layer does weather occur?
Troposphere
What do greenhouse gases do?
TRAP heat from the Sun.
What are the 2 most abundant gases in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen