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W8 Plastics
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The main cause of climate change is..
CO
2
(carbon dioxide) staying in the atmosphere creating the greenhouse effect, which heats the earth’s surface
use of technologies that evaporate freshwater from aquifers into the atmosphere
The earth is..
1 degree hotter than it was in the 1880’s before factories
3 degrees cooler than it was in the 1880’s before factories
2 degrees hotter than it was in the 1880’s before factories
The main cause of global warming is…
Not conserving the freshwater that we have in aquifers
Deforestation or the cutting down of trees
Humans who create powerplants for energy, drive cars for transportation, and use electrical appliances
More than ____ of the world’s electricity comes from burning _____ ____
½ ; coal and oil
¾ ; fossils
2/3 ; fossil fuels
1/8 ; freshwater
Plastic is made from
Trees and coal
Air and soil
Plants and animals
Oil and gas
The global warming we have inflicted upon our planet is irreversible even if we stop burning fossil fuels because of the heat we have already produced
True
False
The sun has a surface temperature of ______ that can obliterate any type of trash we throw at it
5500
0
C
1276
0
C
300,000
0
C
12
0
C
By _____ we will have ________ of plastic in our landfills
2050; 12 billion tons
2039; 19 billion tons
2020; 15 billion tons
What if there was an accident in launching a rocket into the atmosphere?
The trash would burn up in the atmosphere, no problem
Trash and nuclear waste might rain down on us
Because of our position of the earth, getting to the sun takes
2x the effort
10x the effort
3x the effort
Instead of looking for outlandish solutions we should
Stop producing so much waste
Use plastic more
Just burn it all
We have been going into space since the
1930’s
1950’s
Shooting up millions of rockets into space each year can <Select all that apply>
Can require a lot of monkeys and other space animals
Hinder (or stop) future space travel
Damage the global environment
Russia’s Soyuz space launch system is the most successful of all time, their success rate is
97%
87.3 %
100%
A 3% failure rate is scary because
A few freak accident could damage oceans, soil, and the atmosphere
Nuclear waste exploding in the atmosphere can make it not safe to breathe
Deaths and damages from burned plastic and metal are serious
There is nothing to fear
Americans alone generate
254 million tons of trash per year
3 kabillion tons of trash per year
300 trillion tons of trash per year
0.1 camerillion tons of trash per year
There are only 1500 _________ worldwide
Trees
Active volcanoes
Dumps
Location
The most ideal volcano for burning our trash is in a
Stratovolcano
Domed volcano
Shield volcano
In 2002 Ethiopian researchers threw a 30 kg bag of trash into a volcano
The trash triggered a chain reaction – mini explosions
The trash was easily incarnated and no harm could come from it
Plastic is made out of natural resources. Do you think it is renewable or nonrenewable?
* Hint it takes more than a thousand years to break down
Non-renewable
Renewable