Atmosphere
What is used to harness wind energy?
Wind Turbine
Is soil a renewable or non-renewable source?
Non-renewable
Coral Bleaching is a result of an increase in what?
pH
What is a Carbon sink?
Where carbon is stored.
The long term weather patterns in a region are known as what?
Climate
What effect does acid rain have on metal bridges overtime?
Rusting
What are the 3 major soil types?
Sand, Silt, Clay
Is a lake lentic or lotic water?
Lentic
What does it mean for a species to be endangered?
The population is low; it is close to extinction.
Fill in the Blank: The Patuxent River is part of the Chesapeake Bay ______ .
Watershed
What historical event/revolution contributed to the London Smog event of 1952?
The Industrial Revolution
Soil with a lot of organic matter is what color?
Dark Brown / Black
When you wash your clothes they will sometimes release small pieces of plastic called what?
Microplastics / Nurdles
The bottom level of a food web are known as what?
Producers
Maryland is what type of biome?
Temperate
Pumping water vapor over open bodies of water increases what atmospheric phenomena?
Cloud Brightening
What type of ice causes sea levels to rise when it melts?
Land Ice (Glaciers)
What phenomena involves weaker trade winds leaving warm water on the coast of California?
El Nino
What is the difference between an invasive and a non-native species?
Invasive species are harmful to the native environment.
During the summer what phenomena develops/occurs in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay due to the high temperatures?
Dead Zones
Rain-making clouds have what prefix in their name?
Nimbo-
A surface that cannot absorb water is known as what?
Impermeable
Hurricanes that develop in the Southern Hemisphere with spin what direction?
Clockwise / To the Right
Provide an example of a decomposer in a food web.
Worm; fungus; bacteria
Building owners on Baltimore City can get a tax break by building what?
Rooftop Gardens