Forestry
The number of physiographic provinces in Maryland
What is 5?
Percentage of fresh water on Earth
What is about 2.5%?
The four main components of soil
What is Minerals, Organic Matter, Water, and Air?
The four key features used to identify birds
What is Size & Shape, Color Pattern, Behavior, Habitat?
Sea levels rising due to climate change
What is thermal expansion of water and melting ice sheets/glaciers?
The tool is used to measure tree height
What is a Clinometer?
Two major dissolved inorganic compounds found in seawater
What is Potassium, Calcium, Sulfate, Magnesium, Sodium, or Chlorine?
_________ (type of soil particle) holds the most water.
What is Clay?
The feature is NOT important when identifying mammals
What is Number of toes?
Key environmental effects of climate change
What is Rising temperatures, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, shifting weather patterns?
The province is known for its high-quality hardwoods
What is Appalachian Plateau?
The pH range is optimal for most aquatic species
What is pH 6.5 - 8.2?
The Munsell Soil Color Chart measures
What is soil color?
A small mammal has a long, pointed snout and is an insectivore
Short-Tailed Shrew
The main causes of climate change
What is Human activities (burning fossil fuels, deforestation, agriculture, industry, waste management)?
The main role of riparian forest buffers
What is reduce soil erosion and improve water quality?
The main phases of the water cycle
What is Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff?
The process by which minerals and nutrients are washed out of the soil layers
What is Eluviation?
primary consumers eat...
What is Plants?
The difference between climate models and weather models
What is Climate models predict long-term trends, while weather models predict short-term atmospheric conditions?
DBH stand for...
What is Diameter at Breast Height?
The main source of oxygen in aquatic environments?
What is Photosynthesis by aquatic plants and surface aeration?
The order of soil horizons from top to bottom
What is O, A, B, C, R?
A reptile that has a keeled shell and is often found in Maryland wetlands
What is the Common Snapping Turtle?
Three ways wildfires impact forest ecosystems
What is Alters water cycles, destroys habitats, depletes soil nutrients?