World Bank
The acronym GNI stands for...
What is...Gross National Income
The water cycle consists of 9 "main" parts, which are as follows
Name the four layers of the atmosphere
What is...Troposphere, Stratosphere (ozone layer is here), Mesosphere, Thermosphere
Define niche
What is...the role and position that a species fills in an ecosystem, including conditions that an organism needs for survival
The 7 continents are as follows...
What is...Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania
State a low income country
What is...Ethiopia/Afghanistan/Yemen
Define Transpiration
What is...where plants release water vapor into the atmosphere
Describe how the ozone layer helps with UV radiation
What is...the ozone layer protects from most of incoming UV radiation which would kill most plants and phytoplankton, while also protecting humans from skin cancer, eye cataracts and damage to the immune system
Photosynthesis is how plants synthesize using compounds such as...
What is...caron dioxide and water to make glucose and oxygen (6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2)
This amount of money are higher makes a country a High income country
What is...13,205 (countries such as Japan or USA)
Interception and Infiltration differ in...
What is...Interception is the blockage of rainfall by vegetation, preventing it from reaching the ground and Infiltration is the movement of water into soil from the surface
The three elements that make up the Earth's atmosphere
What is...Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon (0.93%), and Carbon Dioxide (0.03%) and Water vapor (0.4% in lowest layer of atmosphere)
The food chain consists of...
What is...producers (own food sources), primary consumer (only eats plants/herbivores), secondary consumers (eats both meat and plants/omnivores), tertiary consumers (eats only animals/carnivores), and decomposers (breaks down organic material)
The 5 Oceans are as follows...
What is...Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Southern Ocean
Define what a GNI's formula is
What is...GNI = GDP (gross domestic product) + net income from aboard
Throughflow and ground water flow differ in some ways, name some
What is...location/depth (through in upper layers, ground is lower), speed (ground water is slow, through is faster), function (through is to quickly recharge stems, ground water flows during dry periods)
Outline the natural greenhouse effect to maintain Earth's temperature
What is...UV passes through the atmosphere and is absorbed by earth's surface, some of it is reflected back into space, some energy is re-emitted back into the atmosphere as infrared - greenhouse gases absorb some of this infrared and prevent if from leaving the atmosphere, heating up the atmosphere
Aerobic respiration is the chemical reactions in cells that break down glucose and release energy, carbon dioxide, and water. It consists of what elements (in order)
What is...glucose + oxygen = carob dioxide and water (C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O)
What is...forest management (trees are harvested and if the trees are replanted, the rate of tree harvesting is managed), wind power, solar power
Pop quiz! Define Sustainability
What is...the ability to meet the needs of the present global population without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
From the ocean to rainfall, describe the steps of the water cycle IN ORDER
What is...evaporation of the ocean water into a gas, the condensation of that into a liquid forms clouds, which then those clouds experience precipitation and water falls
Name at least one basic trait of each layer of the atmosphere
What is...Troposphere = weather zone, Stratosphere = increased temps from ozone layer, Mesosphere = strong east to west winds/meteors burn up here/temp decreases with increasing altitudes, Thermosphere = temps increase with increasing altitudes/small change in energy can cause large change in temp due to low density levels
Describe the carbon cycle
What is...the process by which carbon atoms travels on Earth and regulates the climate by managing carbon dioxide levels (photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, combustion, fossilization)