IS AMERICA TRASHED?Not enough energy? Too much garbage? What if there wasn't enough electricity to power the lights in your house, your TV, computer, CD player? That happened in California last January. Or what if the landfill that holds your family's trash was so full it had to be shut down, and garbage hauled to another state? That's happening in Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . You may not give a thought to where energy comes from or where trash goes, but you may have to think hard about these issues in years to come. Science World's eighth annual Environmental Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. takes a close look at energy and trash, just in time for Earth Day on April 22. One of this year's themes: "Clean Energy Worldwide." Log on to www.earthday.net to find out more about the dozens of ways you can make a difference. Who says you can't change the world? How much do you know about trash and energy? Circle the correct answer for each question. Then read through the issue to find the answers, and check them out in the Teacher's Edition. 1. A "rolling blackout" means: a. Short-term loss of consciousness b. Temporary shutdown of electricity c. Neither 2. If every U.S. household lowered its average heating temperature by 6 [degrees] F for one day, we'd save how many barrels of heating oil? a. 100,000 b. 250,000 c. 500,000 3. What creature reduces garbage in landfills by eating it? a. Shrimp b. Raccoon raccoon, nocturnal New World mammal of the genus Procyon. The common raccoon of North America, Procyon lotor, also called coon, is found from S Canada to South America, except in parts of the Rocky Mts. and in deserts. c. Microbe microbe /mi·crobe/ (mi´krob) a microorganism, especially a pathogenic one such as a bacterium, protozoan, or fungus.micro´bialmicro´bic mi·crobe n. 4. How many landfills were so crammed they shut down last year? a. 50 b. 75 c. 100 5. Eighty-five percent of all U.S. energy is generated by a. dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. supplies of fossil fuels b. solar energy c. nuclear energy |
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