3RD YEAR - SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT

According to our environmental footprint we need 1.6 planets to...

• ...save all the plants and animal species that are in danger today.

• ...satisfy all our food, housing, services, and mobility needs.

• ...feed 8,000million inhabitants.

• ...stop climate change, rising sea levels and global warming.

The capacity of an area of land to generate resources and absorb waste without being damaged is called...

• Biotechnology

• Biodiversity

• Bioethics

• Biocapacity

How does acid rain affect environment?

• Its acid chemicals can disintegrate human skin.

• It affects trees, buildings and technological networks.

• It has chemicals that damage plants, soil and animals.

• It makes temperature increase and contributes to global warming.

What are CFCs?

• Industrial gases that destroy the ozoneof the upper layers of the atmosphere.

• Holes in the Ozone Layer that allow solar radiation to enter the atmosphere.

• Fossil fuels that pollute the atmosphere.

• Costly Factory Crimes: emitting CO2 to the atmosphere without permission of the authorities.

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• Pollution produced by factories that use fossil fuels.

• Gases produced by burning fossil fuels trap heat in the atmosphere and make the global temperatures increase.

• The radiation that enters the atmosphere through the hole in the ozone layer increases the Earth's temperature.

• Plants absorb CO2 and clean the air from pollution.

Should we worry about climate change?

• No, temperatures are rising very slowly and will not affect our planet in the next 200 years.

• Yes, because summers will be warmer every year and that will affect people's health and tourism negatively.

• Yes, because ecosystems, sea level and weather will be negatively affected.

• Yes, because the climate change will produce a new ice age in the next 100 years.

Which one does NOT contribute to soil degradation?

• Deforestation

• Rainforests

• Erosion

• Desertification

What is the consequence of introducing foreign species in an ecosystem?

• Genetic mutations

• A bigger biodiversity

• Desertification of the environment

• Loss of biodiversity

It is as big as Spain, France and Germany together and is made up of plastic waste. What is it?

• The Giant Atlantic Rubbish Pile

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• The Big Pacific Plastic Island

• The Huge Plastic Pacific Current

In this earth summit many countries decided to stop emissions and try to keep global warming under 1.5ºC by 2030.

• Kyoto Protocol

• Berlin Conference

• Moscow Summit

• 2015 Paris Agreement