Climate Change
Ecology
Water
Land
Misc.
100
This greenhouse gas is emitted by livestock.
What is CH4 - methane.
100
Provide an example of an abiotic factor.
abiotic factor = non living (light, heat, pH, etc.)
100
This is the branch of science that study Earth's distribution of water.
What is hydrology.
100
What is urban runoff?
Water from home gardens, street, parking lots, etc that contains pesticides, fertilizers, oils, litter, etc.
100
This type of energy production uses heat from the Earth's mantle to convert water into steam to spin generators.
What is geothermal.
200
List 3 of the 6 greenhouse gasses.
CO2 - carbon dioxide NO2 - nitrous oxide CH4 - methane CFC - chlorofluorocarbon O3 - ozone H2O - water
200
Define carrying capacity
carrying capacity - the maximum sustainable population
200
Define estuary.
estuary - an area where fresh water and salt water meet and mix.
200
This is the name of the book written by Rachel Carson detailing her concerns about wide spread pesticide use.
What is Silent Spring.
200
What is a Superfund Site?
What is a hazardous waste site.
300
What do scientist use to collect atmospheric gas going back 400,000 years?
What are ice cores.
300
This is the percent of energy transferred between each tropic level.
What is 10%
300
This process occurs when groundwater is over pumped and the Earth's surface sinks as a result.
What is subsidence.
300
Describe one method a farmer could use to increase water efficiency.
- drip irrigation - contour farming - low water crops
300
This aqueduct transports water for San Francisco residents.
What is the Hetch Hetchy
400
Define anthropogenic
anthropogenic - originated as a human sources, referring to pollution.
400
Provide an example of a mutualistic relationship.
When two organisms benefit from each other.
400
Fill in the percentages for Earth's water: ___ % saline water ___ % fresh water
_97_ % saline water __3_ % fresh water
400
Describe one method that a farmer could use to prevent soil erosion.
- contour farming - wind break - no till farming
400
This is the square root of 64.
What is 8!
500
This greenhouse gas breaks apart O3 - ozone in the stratosphere as was banned internationally with the Montreal Protocol.
What is CFC - chlorofluorocarbon
500
Provide an example of an organism that is classified as an autotroph.
Any organism that can produce its own food.
500
Describe 2 negative environmental impacts created by a dam.
- block fish migration - trap sediment - flood habitat - change water temp - change dissolved oxygen
500
Provide 2 methods that a farmer could use for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- natural predators - crop rotation - limited pesticide use - genetic engineering - physical barriers - pheromones
500
What year did the first graduation take place at Granada High?
What is 1964
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