Ecology
Protecting the Environment
Interactions and Evolution
Miscellaneous
Helpful Facts
100
Extremes of these factors lead to increased biodiversity
What are rainfall and temperature?
100
The area of biology focused on preserving nature
What is conservation biology?
100
Evolution that occurs as a result of recent human development
What is urban evolution?
100
King of the monsters
Who is Godzilla?
100
A place where you can find local events, free WiFi, and borrow all sorts of things
What is a library?
200
This greenhouse gas results from the anaerobic breakdown of organic molecules, like that which occurs in landfills in cow stomachs
What is methane?
200
Anolis cristatellus
What is the Puerto Rican Anole?
200
Traits that contribute to successful reproduction becoming more abundant in a population
What is natural selection?
200
The organism that Mr. Jacques used to research
What are axolotls?
200
Cooking and portioning one's food at the start of the week
What is meal prepping?
300
The process that occurs when organisms colonize an area where there is already exposed topsoil
What is secondary succession?
300
The process of a chemical entering waterways due to rainfall or similar events. Also describes the waste itself
What is runoff?
300
A useful measurement for determining the health of an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
300
The teacher who drops off our meals
Who is Mr. Folster?
300
Use this to efficiently complete resumes and cover letters for job applications
What is a template?
400
The omnivorous prim
ary consumer in this food web
What is herring?
400
The number of species that go extinct per year
What is 10,000-100,000? (Source World Wildlife Foundation)
400
The name of the book you read chapters from
What is Darwin Comes to Town?
400
The primary reason for the increase in the human population over the past two centuries
What is advancements in medicine?
400
The proper way to hold a knife when cutting
What is the handshake method?
500
What invasive species take advantage of to dominate an ecosystem
What is an unoccupied niche?
500
The most effective and broad sweeping action to prevent/mitigate environmental issues
What is legislative and/or legal action?
500
A safe species copying the colors and/or patterning of a dangerous species
What is batesian mimicry?
500
You should not use this when completing school work
What is AI? (Seriously, it's absolute dogwater)
500
The number for the Suicide and Mental Crisis Helpline
What is 988?