Environmental Science Rules!
an interdisciplinary field that integrates many other sciences such as biology, chemistry, and physics
What is Environmental Science?
sun-- grass-- deer-- mountain lion
What is a food chain?
This type of study controls EVERYTHING as we know it
What is geology?
What is biodiversity?
This holds water and is how water moves and flows
What is a watershed?
This particular kind of impact from mankind can positively and negatively affect our world around us
What is human impact?
What is 90%?
Divergent, Convergent, and Transform are all types of this
What are plate boundaries?
These small organisms (with no backbone!) that can be seen with the naked eye, some can tolerate different levels of pollution
What are macroinvertebrates?
This type of green infrastructure absorbs excess water and slows down stormwater runoff
What is a bioswale?
What is carbon footprint?
Hawks, Lions, Sharks, and others are considered what trophic level?
What are tertiary consumers?
This type of scientist studies the flow of water underground.
What is a hydrogeologist?
This tells us how acidic or basic something is
What is pH level?
Woah! This not only absorbs runoff, but keeps my energy bills down!
What is a green roof?
What is environmental science?
What is contamination?
This important abiotic factor correlates with water temperature and is necessary for fish and other aquatic organisms
What is dissolved oxygen?
What is grey infrastructure
This type of impact, when everyone works together, creates the most change
What is collective impact?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Using the following 6 terms draw a food web. Deer Cow Human Fish Insects Plants
____ and ____ are types of aquifers that hold underground water
What are confined and unconfined?
Phyto and Zoo are two kinds of these microscopic organisms at the bottom of the trophic level that also supply oxygen
What are plankton?
What is combined sewer overflow?