Biomes
Each biome is made up of many individual...
ecosystems
A pollutant that is put directly into the atmosphere by human or natural activity is defined as being a
Primary Pollutant
What is water that contains wastes from homes or industry called?
Wastewater
Binomial nomenclature is written in what language?
Latin
What biome fits this description: regions that have little or no vegetation, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures
Deserts
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
climate
Most air pollution in urban areas comes from?
Vehicles and Industry.
Items such as tissue, soap, and paper, that we use in our bathrooms are said to be
Biodegradable
All life depends on..
The sun
Most animals that live in the rain forest live in which layer?
The canopy
What is the greatest threat to the chaparral?
Human development
What 3 forms can substances that pollute the air can be in?
Solids, liquids, or gases.
Pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site.
Non-point source pollution
Plants create their own food through a process called
Photosynthesis
Climate varies with which two things?
Latitude and Altitude
What are the two most important factors that determine a region’s climate?
Temperature and Precipitation
What is urban air pollution composed of a mixture of smoke and fog produced from industrial pollutants and burning fuels
Smog
What should you do to water that may have harmful toxins in it before you consume it?
Boil it
What is a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism called?
Millions of migratory birds fly here to breed in the summer when food is abundant.
Tundra
What are the three main forest biomes?
Tropical, Temperate, and Coniferous
What part is required in all automobiles, to clean exhaust gases of pollutants before pollutants are able to exit the tailpipe.
Catalytic converters
Most of the oil that pollutes the oceans comes from where?
Cities and Towns.
What forms the base of the energy pyramid?
Producers
What are the four layers of the rain forest?
The Emergent Layer, The Upper Canopy , The Lower Layer, The Understory