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What is a democracy?
A system of government where the citizens vote on decisions.
True or false : Was ancient Athens the original place of democracy?
True
True or false : Women could vote in Athenian democracy
False
Who was considered a "citizen" of Ancient Athens?
Athenian men with Athenian parents.
What rights did male citizens have?
- to vote
- to own slaves
- to own land.
How do wetlands use a carbon sink?
They do this through the plants. The plants absorb Carbon dioxide and over time, the pants die. When the plants die, they sink to the bottom of the wetland where the gasses can't be released.
What is a Wetland?
Wetlands are an essential ecosystem in Alberta that perform many different important functions.
What is a food web?
A food web shows the feeding relationship between a variety plants and animals in an ecosystem.
What are characteristics of a wetland?
- Acts as a carbon sink
- Produces oxygen
- Habitat for animals
-Grows a variety of plants that adapted to flooded conditions
- They help improve climate chnage
What is a Decomposer?
A decomposer is an organism found in an ecosystem that breaks down materials for the rest of the ecosystem.
What is an energy pyramid?
An Energy Pyramid shows the flow of energy as plants produce energy and consumers eat their food.
What is an example of a Tertiary Comsumer?
lions, hawks, eagles, even humans.
What is a Carbon sink?
A carbon sink is a part of nature that is able to absorb greenhouse gases from the air.
What is photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is how plants make food through light energy from the sun and turning it into glucose.
What is a Tertiary Consumer?
A consumer that eats secondary consumers like snakes, foxes, skunks and even bears.