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Task 2: Questions and Answers

TASK 2: Questions and Answers Group A

Dear all,

your films are really amazing!

Now, each team will focus on one of the films in order to write three questions and answers about the topic presented.

Deadline: 19th May

Causes of Gobal Warming	Team IT 8
Questions	Answers
1.What is global warming?	Global warming is a process of increasing the average temperature of the Earth, oceans and atmosphere
2. Which are the main causes of Global warming?	Global warming is caused by massive greenhouse gases, immisions, arginating from a number of human activities such as the burning of fossil fuel
3.What is produced when fossil fuel burns?	Carbon dioxide

Environmental Disasters	Team IT 1
Question	Answer
1.Why did the disaster happen at Lake View?	There was this disaster because more than one million of tons of crude oil was released into the air. The artificial geyser has also created a giant lake around the well and even a river.
2. What happened at Chernobyl on April 1986?	On April 1986, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded causing massive amounts of radiations into the atmosphere which had obviously bad effects on people and animals.
3.What did the iranian dictator order and what did this cause?	In Iran because of the orders of the dictator Saddam Husseim all the existing oil wells there, were set on fire. This has sent poisonous smoke to the environment creating the famous " Black Rain"

Environmental Impact of Technology	Team IT 2
Questions	Answers
1. What are the most consistent consequences of environmental impact of technology?	They're negative health effects on humans and animals, diffusion of diseases like cholera, global warming because too much poisonous gases are released in the air we breath, radical changements of ecosystems.
2. Is the relationship between technology and environment always negative?	No, in fact there are "green technologies". They are advanced technologies that allow remediations of polluted areas, the protection of environmental resources or they are used to replace more polluting technologies.
3. In which ways does the industrialisation increase the pollution?	Extracting, burning fossil fuels, throwing away wastes in the nature.

Air Pollution	Team IT 3
Questions	Answers
1.What can we do to decrease the air pollution?	We can to do cycling,plant trees and protect them
2.Do gases reduction can help to decrease air pollution?	Yes, of course
3.What do you think about trees in air pollution?	Personally i think that they can help us because they are an oxygen source, such as the Amazon rainforest that is one of the green lung of the world

Soil Pollution	Team IT 4
Questions	Answers
1.Why are humans affected too by soil pollution?	Because if the soil is contaminated, so are the plants and the animals, and, as humans eat both, animals and plants, we will get contaminated too.
2.When does the natural problem begin?	The problem arises when ecosystems are subjected to esternal pressures which are mostly caused by humans.
3.How can we fix this?	We can fix this problem by recycling and re-using things. But most important: the government needs to take actions and measures such as making strict rules and regultions, then changes will be noticeable

Water Pollution	Team IT 5
Questions	Answers
1.what must we do to decrease the water pollution ?	we must not waste water, for example when we take a shower,and we must not pollute the ocean with plastic or with the others objects
2.How industries pollute aquifers?	Industries pour the sewage into the waterways that end up in the aquifers
3.What do you think about some sea coasts that in all the world are polluted?	I think that if we do not change our mentality it will never clean again, but i confide in the good sense of humans

Noise Pollution	Team IT 6
Questions	Answers
1.How many type of noirs are there?	Two
2.How many decibels produce transports?	105/130 db
3.Can noise pollution cause vascolar diseases?	Yes

Impact of COVID-19 on the environment	Team IT 7
Questions	Answers
1. What happened to the economy?	Due to the pandemic, the economy stopped all over the world, and the amount of carbon emissions reduced drastically
2.Are there negative aspects as well?	Yes, of course. The fear of infection made people protective masks which aren't recyclable.
3.Are these good consequences going to last forever?	We don't know yet, but many scientists believe that they are only temporary, and company workers will return to their bad habits

Endangered Species	Team PT 8
Questions	Answers
1.What kind of diet does the giant panda follow?	The giant panda only eats vegetables.
2.Where do Maui dolphins live?	Maui´s dolphins live off the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
3.Which are the greatest predators of the giraffe?	The greatest predators of the giraffes are lions and hyenas but they are mostly affected by the climatic changes.

Genetically-modified products	Team PT 1
Questions	Answers
1.Who Discover the DNA?	Rosalind Franklin
2.What was the first food that was genetically modified?	Tomatoe
3.Which one is cheaper ? An inorganic product or an organic product?	An inorganic product

Overpopulation and sustainable development	Team PT 2
Questions	Answers
1.What do antinatalists defend?	That no one should have children.
2.Which factors contribute the most to overpopulation?	Poverty, no contraceptive use and child labor, mostly because children are seen as a source of income.
3.What are the best contraceptive methods?	Condoms (female included), contraceptive injection, vaginal ring and oral contraceptive (pill).

Renewable energy sources	Team PT 3
Questions	Answers
1. What is a renewable energy source?	A renewable energy source means energy that is sustainable - something that can't run out, or is endless, like the sun. When you hear the term 'alternative energy' it's usually referring to renewable energy sources too. it means sources of energy that are alternative to the most commonly used non-sustainable sources like coal.
2. What are the factors that contribute to the overpopulation?	The factors that contribute for overpopulation are poverty, the lack of sex education in some countries and child labour.
3. What is the Antinatalism?	Antinatalism is a philosophical position and social movement that assigns a negative value to birth. Antinatalists argue that people should abstain from procreation because it is morally bad (it contributes for the overpopulation).

Natural resources vs non renewable resources	Team PT 4
Questions	Answers
1.What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power?	It does not produce greenhouse gases, but it can be used in nuclear wars and can cause nuclear accidents, which makes them very dangerous.
2. Which energy resources are nonrenewable?	Coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, etc are nonrenewable energetic resources.
3.Which energy resources are renewable?	Wind energy, hydropower, solar energy, etc are renewable energetic resources.

How fairtrade protects people and the Planet	Team PT 5
Questions	Answers
1.What is Fairtrade?	Trade that respects people, animals and the environment.
2. What does a sustainable cuisine defend?	The use of local and unpacked products.
3. How do restaurants contribute to food sustainability?	They donate leftovers for charity and homeless people.

The Earth's physical and biological systems	Team PT 6
Questions	Answers
1. What are the Earth's physical systems?	The atmosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere and the lithosphere
2.What biome is at risk due to desertification?	The prairies
3.Since when has the earth been seriously affected by human beings?	Since the industrial revolution

Impact of COVID-19 on the environment	Team PT 7
Questions	Answers
1.Where did the coronavirus pandemic started?	Wuhan, China.
2.What happened to the canals of Venice?	After the lockdown, animals slowly started to appear there.
3.How much did New York's pollution levels drop in the last year?	The levels of pollution in New York have dropped by 50% compared to last year.