What can be done to assess whether your campus is green?
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Many student groups make environmental audits of their campuses or schools. They gather data on practices affecting the environment and use them to propose changes that will make their campuses or schools more environmentally sustainable while usually saving money in the process. Such audits have focused on implementing or improving recycling programs, convincing university food services to buy more food from local organic farms, shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy, retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient, and implementing concepts of environmental sustainability throughout the curriculum.
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Earth's surface receives about twice as much energy from the atmosphere than from the sun as a result of ____
A) the release of latent heat during condensation B) conduction of heat upward from the surface C) convection D) absorbed infrared energy radiated back to Earth E) direct absorption of sunlight by the atmosphere
Glacier National Park has lost ________ glaciers since 1910 when the park was created.
A. About 30 B. All of its C. Over 120 D. Between 50-60 E. No
What does the acronym ENSO stand for? Describe the weather patterns in the U.S. as a result of ENSO.
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Which of the following features is characteristic of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere?
A. Astronomical winter ends in the Northern Hemisphere. B. At middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the longest night of the year. C. At high latitudes the days and nights are of equal length. D. The noon sun is overhead at latitude 23.5°N.