Here's your challenge!
Are you smarter then a grade sixer. Here are some skill testing questions that will enlighten you on local and global environmental issues. These questions represent just some of the information that young adults can use to educate their parents and their communities to influence environmental community initiatives. Here we go, (remember, this is Victoria, BC)
1. Methane is a major contributor to the planet's increasing temperature rise--or global warming. What is the greatest source of Methane gas in this area?
2. Where does our drinking water come from in the Victoria region?
3. Where does the garbage go that we leave out for pick-up?
4. This protocol was developed in 1992 as an international environmental treaty intended to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
5. This metal was commonly used for pipes in plumbing during Roman times, but it is now known to have poisonous effects on the living environment.
6. Foods that have had their DNA altered to enhance their growth possibilities are known as these, also represented by the acronym GMO.
Answer: Cows, Answer: Sooke Reservoir, Answer: Hartland land fill, Answer: Kyoto Protocol, Answer: Lead, Answer: Genetically Modified Organisms
Are you smarter then a grade sixer. Here are some skill testing questions that will enlighten you on local and global environmental issues. These questions represent just some of the information that young adults can use to educate their parents and their communities to influence environmental community initiatives. Here we go, (remember, this is Victoria, BC)
1. Methane is a major contributor to the planet's increasing temperature rise--or global warming. What is the greatest source of Methane gas in this area?
2. Where does our drinking water come from in the Victoria region?
3. Where does the garbage go that we leave out for pick-up?
4. This protocol was developed in 1992 as an international environmental treaty intended to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
5. This metal was commonly used for pipes in plumbing during Roman times, but it is now known to have poisonous effects on the living environment.
6. Foods that have had their DNA altered to enhance their growth possibilities are known as these, also represented by the acronym GMO.
Answer: Cows, Answer: Sooke Reservoir, Answer: Hartland land fill, Answer: Kyoto Protocol, Answer: Lead, Answer: Genetically Modified Organisms
Next blog we will take a close look at what the kids from Bench Elementary in the Cowichan Valley did to increase the social capital in their town and win the EcoKids challenge presented by Earth Day Canada.
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