Spheres
Biosphere:
What level of biological Complexity includes biotic and abiotic factors?
Ecosystem
When trash leaves our home, what happens to it?
It is stored in a landfill.
What does the word Contamination mean?
The process of making something dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous substances.
What is a Renewable source?
Energy sources that are made/created and are easy to get to.
How can you help with litter?
Picking up trash and throwing it into the correct bin.
Biosphere:
Which of the main types of adaptions is a giraffe's long neck an example of?
Physical Adaptation
If we worry that we are running out of space to store our solid waste, what are we concerned about?
Sustainability
What does the word Extinction mean?
The dying out of a species.
What is a non-renewable source?
Energy resources that cannot be made or easy to get within a human time frame.
What does the word Hypothesis mean?
An educated guess based on observations, that can be tested through experimentation.
Atmosphere:
The Earth's Atmosphere is made up mainly of what two gasses?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
What does the word Incinerate mean?
To burn waste materials at high temperatures to reduce their volume and generate energy, while minimizing environmental impact.
What is the most direct reason for most species depletion and extinction?
Contamination of the soil.
What does abiotic and biotic mean?
Abiotic: non-living things.
Biotic: living things.
What is the word Litter mean?
material (trash) that has been discarded or dropped on the ground,
Lithosphere:
The main component of the lithosphere is?
Land
What does the word Independence mean?
The relationship between living organisms and their environment, highlighting how they rely on each other for survival and resource management.
What observation supports the hypothesis that a group of individual living things are the same species?
They are producing offspring
Which natural resource is used in the manufacture of plastic?
Crude Oil
Where would the data be located in an experiment?
Charts and Graphs
Hydrosphere:
Winton Lake is most directly a part of the...?
Hydrosphere
Where does our trash go in Cincinnati, OH?
Rumpke Landfill
A “Red Oak” tree is a?
Tree Domain
Which of the following energy resources are non-renewable?
- Solar - Petroleum - Hydroelectric - WindPetroleum
In an experiment, data comes most directly from?
Observation