Ecosystems
True or False: There is more biodiversity in a rainforest ecosystem then an aquatic ecosystem
What is true?
Turtles, Sharks, and Seaweed would be found here
What is the hydrosphere?
3 ways that we can conserve water
What is reduce shower time, turn off taps while brushing teeth, water the lawn less, fix leaky taps etc.
The 3 types of rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic?
Earth is made up of these 4 layers.
What is the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core?
What is grasslands/prairies?
What is the atmosphere?
Air is composed mainly of these 2 elements
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
This type of rock is composed of sediment that is heated or pressurized
What is sedimentary?
This layer is made up of liquid iron and nickel
What is the outer core?
Name 3 ways that humans can negatively impact a habitat
What is air pollution, cutting down trees, building structures, overhunting, overfishing?
One of these things is not part of the lithosphere:
Water, Fungi, Soil, Plants
What is water?
The name of the process in which plants produce oxygen and glucose
What is photosynthesis?
List 5 everyday objects that contain rocks/minerals
What is a brick house, glass, toothpaste, roads, and jewelry?
This layer protects us from UV rays. Planes can also fly here
What is the stratosphere?
Name 3 ways that humans can positively impact a habitat
What is recycle, reduce pollution, plant flowers?
What is the atmosphere and biosphere?
A water lillie and a cattail would most commonly be found in this body of water
What is a pond or lake?
Sediment that is melted down and cools inside a volcano
What is igneous rock?
This layer is the coldest and protects us from meteoroids
What is the mesosphere?
These two ecosystems can be found in Nunavut and Arizona, respectively?
What is the Arctic and Desert?
Cutting down a tree mainly impacts these 2 types of "spheres"
What is the the atmosphere and biosphere?
Air has 4 characteristics. Name all 4.
What is air has weight, has pressure, is odourless/colourless, and contains oxygen?
This resource is formed from the remains of dead plants and animals
What is coal?
These 2 layers of the Earth are involved during an earthquake or volcanic eruption
What is the Crust and Upper Mantle?