Environmental Conservation and Impact

The video discusses how individuals can help the environment through conservation, cleaning up, and advocacy. It highlights the impact of human activities over the past 200 years, including pollution and deforestation, and emphasizes the importance of reducing waste and using renewable resources. The video encourages viewers to take action by conserving energy, reducing waste, and advocating for environmentally friendly practices.

What are the three key actions mentioned to help the environment?

• Recycling, reducing, and reusing

• Saving water, using electric cars, and composting

• Planting trees, using solar energy, and biking

• Conserving, cleaning up, and chiming in

What does 'conserving' mean in the context of helping the environment?

• Using more resources

• Using less of things like energy and manufactured goods

• Cleaning up after yourself

• Speaking up about environmental issues

When did humans start making a major impact on the environment?

• During the 20th century

• In the last 50 years

• Over the last 200 years

• Since the beginning of time

What was one of the major consequences of the industrial revolution?

• Increase in renewable energy use

• Reduction in waste production

• Start of pollution as we know it

• Decrease in population

Why are trees important for our health?

• They prevent soil erosion

• They provide shade

• They produce the oxygen we breathe

• They are used for furniture

What is one of the negative effects of deforestation?

• Increase in renewable resources

• Increase in air quality

• Destruction of animal habitats

• Reduction in carbon dioxide

What is a major environmental issue caused by plastic production?

• Increase in renewable energy

• Reduction in global warming

• Pollution and waste

• Increase in biodiversity

What are some pollutants produced by burning fossil fuels?

• Carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane

• Water vapor and ozone

• Oxygen and nitrogen

• Hydrogen and helium

What is one simple way to conserve energy at home?

• Turning off lights when not in use

• Increasing thermostat temperature in winter

• Leaving lights on

• Using more plastic products

How can you make your voice heard about environmental issues?

• Ignoring the issues

• Using more fossil fuels

• Throwing trash on the ground

• Writing to government representatives