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WorksheetsUnit 4 - Technology and Sustainability
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
A site for the disposal of waste materials.
Sustainability
Land Pollution
Land Fill
Adaptation
When gases stop or absorb the infrared radiation that is released from the Earth, preventing the heat from escaping.
Sustainability
Greenhouse Effect
Landfill
Carbon Trapping
A phrase that describes long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
Climate Change
Greenhouse Effect
Sustainability
Pollution
The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance; the capacity for Earth's biosphere and human civilization to co-exist
Greenhouse Effect
Adaptation
Sustainability
Climate Change
The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change or effects.
Climate Change
Greenhouse Effect
Pollution
Sustainability
When chemicals or dangerous foreign substances are introduced to the Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers.
Water Pollution
Land Pollution
Air Pollution
Light Pollution
The presence of unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial illumination.
Water Pollution
Land Pollution
Air Pollution
Light Pollution
When the soil, fields, forests, streets, etc. become polluted by household garbage or by industrial waste.
Land Pollution
Water Pollution
Light Pollution
Noise Pollution
When the sound coming from planes, industry, or other sources reaches harmful levels.
Noise Pollution
Land Pollution
Light Pollution
Air Pollution
When people release particles or contaminants into the atmosphere, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels.
Noise Pollution
Air Pollution
Light Pollution
Land Pollution
The technique of making a machine, a process, or a system operate without human labor or input.
Adaptation
Machine Learning
Automation
Echo Chamber
A drop in ph levels of surface ocean waters that makes them less hospitable to marine life such as coral reefs
Mitigation
Automation
Acidification
Endangered Species
An environment in which a person encounters only existing beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own
Automation
Mitigation
Acidification
Echo Chamber
The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
Mitigation
Automation
Echo Chamber
Acidification
Any animal, plant, or other living organism that is considered at risk of extinction.
Mitigation
Endangered Species
Automation
Echo Chamber
The Three Principles of Sustainability
Society, Economy, and Justice
Society, Environment, and Justice
Society, Economy, and Environment
Society, Justice, and Economy
Rising Temps, Changing Precipitation, Sea Level Rise, More Frequent and Intense Weather Events
Evidence of Climate Change
The Greenhouse Effect
Solutions to Climate Change
Future Effects of Climate Change
A realistic and viable SOLUTION to climate change:
Automation
Adaptation
Reduce Wind
Ocean Acidification
The ESA protects endangered species from being harassed, captured, hunted, or wounded
Sanctuary
Withdraw
Shelter
Take
Central to AI: the development of computer systems that adapt and master things without following explicit instructions, using algorithms and data.
Mechanization
Mass Production
Automation
Machine Learning
What is the gas that intensifies the Greenhouse Effect, comes from human activities and causes Ocean Acidification
CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
O (Oxygen)
CH4 (Methane)
Exhaust Fumes
