Ecosystems
What is a group of living and nonliving things interacting in one place?
What is an ecosystem
What type of pollution comes from cars and factories?
What is air pollution?
What are the 3 R’s?
What are reduce, reuse, and recycle?
What is the gradual increase in Earth’s temperature called?
What is global warming?
What percentage of Earth is covered in water?
What is about 70%?
What do you call animals that eat only plants?
What are herbivores?
What pollution affects oceans and lakes?
What is water pollution?
Which material is most commonly recycled: glass, plastic, or paper?
What is paper?
What natural process traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere?
What is the greenhouse effect?
What is the layer of air around Earth called?
What is the atmosphere?
What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?
What is making their own food (usually through photosynthesis)?
What is one major cause of plastic pollution?
What is single-use plastic?
What does “reuse” mean?
What is using something again instead of throwing it away?
Name one greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide / methane / water vapor?
What is Earth’s only natural satellite?
What is the moon?
What ecosystem has very little rainfall and extreme temperatures?
What is a desert?
What gas is a major air pollutant from burning fossil fuels?
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Why should you rinse containers before recycling?
What is to prevent contamination?
What human activity is the biggest contributor to climate change?
What is burning fossil fuels?
What protects us from harmful UV rays?
What is the ozone layer?
What is biodiversity?
What is the variety of living things in an ecosystem?
What is runoff pollution?
What is water carrying chemicals/trash from land into waterways?
What happens if recycling is contaminated?
What is it may be thrown away instead of recycled?
What is one effect of climate change on oceans?
What is rising sea levels / warming oceans / coral bleaching?
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?
What is Pangaea?