Food Webs + Ecosystems
This type of organism makes its own energy through photosynthesis and forms the base of all food webs.
What is a producer?
This is the gradual wearing away of rock and soil along the coast by waves, wind, and currents.
What is coastal erosion?
Cutting down large areas of forest is called what?
What is deforestation?
This character speaks for the trees and tries to protect the environment.
Who is the Lorax?
This economic indicator measures the average value of goods and services produced per person in a country.
What is GDP/capita?
Animals that only eat plants belong to which consumer group?
What is a herbivore?
These are structures built along the coastline to prevent erosion by breaking the force of waves.
What are seawalls?
The warming of Earth due to increased greenhouse gases is known as what?
What is climate change?
This is the product made by the Once-ler that leads to the destruction of the forest.
What is a Thneed?
This social indicator measures the average number of years a person is expected to live.
What is life expectancy?
Rainforest, desert, and tundra are examples of these large-scale global ecosystems.
What is a biome?
This process moves sand and sediment along the coast in a zig-zag pattern caused by waves hitting the shore at an angle.
What is longshore drift?
Excessive farming, grazing, or logging that removes nutrients and vegetation causes this.
What is land degradation?
What is the main lesson of The Lorax
What is to take care of the environment for the future generations?
This composite indicator combines income, education, and life expectancy to measure overall wellbeing by the UN
What is the Human Development Index?
Plastic pollution harms marine life because animals often mistake it for this.
What is food?
Sand is added to a beach to replace what has been lost to erosion.
What is beach nourishment or replenishment?
When dry areas experience unusually high temperatures and low rainfall over time, it causes this.
What is drought?
A person or character who represents and defends something, like the Lorax for the trees, is called this.
Who is a guardian or custodian?
This term describes the unequal distribution of resources, services, and opportunities across different areas.
What is spatial inequality?
The term for the range of different habitats within an ecosystem.
What is habitat biodiversity?
When waves carrying sand and sediment deposit it to build up beaches, this process occurs.
What is deposition?
When a species disappears completely from Earth, it is called this.
What is extinction?
The Once-ler’s actions caused this to happen to the forest.
What is deforestation?
This term describes people who do not have a permanent place to live and often live in shelters, on the streets, or in temporary accommodation.
What is homelessness?