Ecosystems
This ecosystem has the greatest variety of plants and animals.
What is a tropical rainforest?
Gas is released in large amounts by burning fossil fuels.
Is carbon dioxide?
The three R's in a popular recycling phrase are..."
What is reduce, reuse, recycle
Bees and butterflies are important because they do this.
What is pollination?
Energy from the sun is called this.
What is solar energy?
These organisms break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
Solar and wind are examples of this type of energy source.
What is renewable energy?
Food scraps can be turned into this nutrient-rich material.
What is Compost?
An animal at risk of extinction is described as this.
What is endangered?
Wind turbines generate this.
What is electricity?
The largest ecosystem on Earth covers over 70% of the planet.
What is the ocean?
The coming of Earth's average temperature is called this.
What is global warming?
Electronics such as old computers and phones are known as this type of waste.
What is e-waste?
The natural home of an organism is called its what?
What is its habitat?
Coal, oil, and natural gas belong to this group.
What are fossil fuels?
A community of living and non-living things interacting with each other is called this.
What is an ecosystem?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!
Name two human activities that increase greenhouse gases.
Possible answers:
Material can usually be recycled forever without losing quality.
What is glass?
Hunting protected animals illegally is known as this.
What is poaching?
This renewable energy source uses flowing water to make electricity.
What is hydroelectric power?
Fun fact: The Hoover Dam is a hydroelectric power plant.
A species whose loss would greatly change its ecosystem is known as this.
What is a keystone species?
The international agreement signed in 2015 to address climate change is called this.
What is the Paris Agreement?
The process of turning used materials into new products is called this.
What is recycling?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!
Name three ways humans can help protect wildlife.
Possible answers:
LEDs save energy because they are more_______than incandescent bulbs.
What is efficient or energy efficient?