Before the Flood Flashcards
1
Q
fossil fuels (2)
A
- harms enviroment
- non-renewable
2
Q
politicians (5)
A
- make decisions/laws
- want money
- change our opinion
- trump is bad
- paris and sweden are good
3
Q
flooding in florida (6)
A
-mayor of flooded town believes in climate change
-water came out of storm drains
-solution: quick fixes
+raising streets
+pumps to remove water
-due to sea level rise
4
Q
ice caps (4)
A
-melting (global warming [greenhouse gases])
-ice layer is lowering → can see land
+black land → absorbs more heat
-melted ice makes sea level rise
5
Q
deforestation (3)
A
- for palm oil (doritos, hair products, nutella)
- human development (more space)
- used controlled fire to clear area
6
Q
farming + cows (5)
A
- failed crops (+less available water \+cows take up the land) -we should: \+eat less meat \+eat chicken instead of beef -cows produce methane and pollute air
7
Q
pollution (5)
A
- CFCs destroys ozone layer
- smoke
- greenhouse gases
- CO2 (carbon dioxide)
- methane (from cow farts)