Environmental Issues Review Game

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Environmental Issues Review Game

• The At School edition

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Q Name one cause of human overpopulation.

• A More than 2 children or Improvements in
  medicine

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Q Name one of the two improvements in medicine
that contributes to overpopulation.

• A Fertility treatments or more children
  surviving until adulthood

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Q Name one of the three Greenhouse Gasses we
have discussed.

• A Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and CFCs

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Q How is Carbon Dioxide primarily released into
the air?.

• A Burning fossil fuels

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Q Name at least two fossil fuels.

• A Coal, Oil, Gasoline, Natural Gas, etc.

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Q Give one way methane gas is released into our
atmosphere.

• A Flatulent Cows or Landfills

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Q What is the major source of CFCs?.

• A Refrigerators and air conditioners

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Q What used to be the major source of CFCs?

• A Aerosol spray cans

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Q What is the pH of Normal Rain ?

• A Approx 5.5

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Q What is acid rain?

• A Rain with a pH of less than 5.5

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Q What are the 2 main sources of acid rain
producing compounds?

• A Burning gasoline and coal

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Q Burning coal causes what acid to be formed?.

• A Sulfuric acid

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Q Burning gasoline causes what acid to be
formed?

• A Nitric acid

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Q What can you do in your everyday life to
reduce the amount of acid rain and global
warming?.

• A Drive less and dont waste electricity.

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Q What is an Endangered Species?

• A A living thing whose population has gotten so
  low it risks extinction.

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Q Name 3 human activities that have led to
endangered species.

• A Hunting for fashion and luxuries
• Over hunting for food.
• Intentional extermination
• Unintentional poisoning
• Habitat destruction / deforestation
• Pollution
• Exotic species introduction.

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Q In the last 2000 years, approx 300 species of
animals have gone extinct, better than 60 have
been in the last 150 years. Why do you think so
many have disappeared in that last 150 years?

• A Increased human population and the industrial
  revolution

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Q Of all the environmental issues we have
discussed, which one is not worsened by increased
human population?

• A NONE