Squirrels
This member of the squirrel family helps with nutrient cycling in the American prairie ecosystem
What is a prairie dog?
Here is where cowboys wear chaps against the tough vegetation.
What is the chaparral?
Iceland makes great use of this renewable energy source.
What is geothermal?
Polar ice melting and lowering albedo is an example of which type of feedback loop?
What is a positive feedback loop?
The number of billion people that are on the planet.
What is 7?
Name for baby squirrels.
What are kits?
Here melting of permafrost is adding methane to the greenhouse gasses.
What is tundra?
Fluids used in this gas extraction method often contaminate groundwater.
What is fracking?
The predominant reason for future sea level rise with a warmer planet.
What is the thermal expansion of water.\?
The number of half-lives considered 'safe' for a radioactive material.
What is 10?
Squirrels, like bears and pigs, are this trophic role that eats plant and animal protein.
What are omnivores?
Site of the highest aquatic NPP is found in this biome.
What are marches (swamps/estuaries)?
The energy source that does not use a form of water to turn a turbine.
What is wind?
The result of increased aquatic CO2 concentrations and warmer water.
What is ocean acidification?
327.2 million
What is the current U.S. population?
Moving acorns around and helping spread oak trees for us.
What is an ecosystem service squirrels provide?
Examples of this biome include steppes, pampas and veld
What are grasslands?
Form of uranium used in fuel pellets.
What is uranium-235?
Three greenhouse gases.
What are CO2, H2O, NOx, methane (CH4), ozone?
70
Occurs every January 21st.
What is squirrel appreciation day?
Richest terrestrial and richest aquatic biomes.
What are tropical rainforest and coral reefs?
Bagasse and algae can be used.
What are biofuels?
Temperature extremes may lay outside these for sensitive species.
What is range of tolerance?
The 2019 APES class size's % increase over the 2017 class with 16 students.
What is 25%