Lithosphere
Plate Tectonics
Ecology
Biosphere
Climate Change & Sustainability
100
What is the rock cycle?
What is the continuous, dynamic set of processes by which rocks are changed into other types of rock?
100
Explain continental drift.
What is the theory that the crustal plates are moving over the mantle over time.
100
Name the four ecological levels.
What is organism, population, community, and ecosystem?
100
What is the biosphere?
What is The portion of Earth that supports living things?
100

What is a non point source pollution?

A pollutant that you can't be sure what or who caused it. 

200

What kind of rock is made up of smaller broken up pieces of rock that have been cemented together? 

Sedimentary 

200
what are the three types of faults?
What is divergent, transform, and convergent?
200
Explain biotic and abiotic.
What are (biotic factors)- all of the living things or their materials that affect an organism in an environment and (abiotic factors)- non-living things in an environment (EX-sun or temperature)
200
Explain biodiversity.
What is the variety of all life forms: the different plants, animals, and micro-organisms; their genes and the ecosystems of which the are a part of.
200

What two factors determine climate?

Temperature and precipitation 

300
Define physical and chemical weathering.
What is (physical)- the class of processes that causes the disintegration of rocks without chemical change. What is (chemical)- the breakdown of rock by chemical mechanisms, the most important ones being carbonation, nitration, hydrolysis, oxidation, and ion exchange in solution.
300
Name two types of volcanoes.
What is strato and shield.
300
Explain the four ecological levels.
What is (organism)- one living thing (population)- group of organisms of the same species living together (community)- collection of interacting populations (ecosystem)- organisms and their physical surroundings.
300
Why are humans dependent on biodiversity and what are some threats to biodiversity?
What is Humans count on biodiversity for food, medicines, health, and enjoyment of life; threats to biodiversity include population growth and unsustainability, desertification, climate change, and invasive species.
300

What layer of the atmosphere has clouds and weather and where we live?

Troposphere 

400
List and tell the differences between the three main types of rocks.
What is (sedimentary)- type of rock formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water. (metamorphic)- rocks that from only at the high temperatures and pressure associated with the process of metamorphism. (igneous)- intrusive or extrusive rock formed from the cooling and crystallization of magma.
400
What are the three types of volcanic cones?
What is cinder, shield and composite?
400
Define ecology.
What is The study of the interactions between organisms and their environments?
400
Name the two types of limiting factors and explain how they are different form one another.
What is density dependent and density independent limiting factors; (density dependent)- depends on population size (EX. food/ competitors), and (density independent)- doesn't depend on population size (EX. natural disasters or climate)
400

How much of the world's water is available as freshwater?

3%

500

Which rock layer are fossils found in?

Sedimentary 

500
Explain P and S waves.
What is (P wave)- primary waves; first detected and travel to the center of the earth. (S wave)- surface waves; second waves detected and also travel to the center of the Earth. (surface waves)- travel along Earth's surface with little detection in the lithosphere.
500
Define habitat, terrestrial, and aquatic and give examples of animals that live in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
What is (habitat)- the place where an organism lives out its life. (terrestrial)- land habitats (aquatic)- water habitats
500
Define biome and tell about three different biomes.
What is (biome)- a distinct combination of the plant and animals and climates. EX; Taiga, Tundra; Temperate Deciduous Forest; Desert; Tropical Rain Forest; Temperate Grasslands; Tropical Seasonal Forest.
500

What is an aquifer? 

Underground layer of rock that holds groundwater. Crucial for springs and wells but can be contaminated easily. 

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