The Warm Earth
This atmospheric process occurs when greenhouse gases trap heat and warm Earth’s surface.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This greenhouse gas is released by cows through belching and contributes to global warming.
What is methane?
This term describes species that are not native and outcompete local organisms.
What are invasive species?
This term refers to having access to enough safe and nutritious food.
What is food security?
These are created through editing an organism's DNA to add or delete traits.
What are GMOs?
Global warming has caused THIS to happen to the sea levels.
What is rise?
Deforestation worsens climate change because fewer of these organisms remain to absorb carbon dioxide.
What are trees (plants)?
This type of agriculture avoids man-made pesticides, fertilizers, and genetic engineering.
What is organic agriculture?
These ecosystems contain many endangered species and have lost over 70% of their original habitat.
What are biodiversity hotspots?
This worldwide problem occurs when people cannot grow or buy enough food to survive.
What is hunger?
This human activity contributes to greenhouse gases through fossil fuels burned by cars, planes, and ships.
What is transportation?
This ecological approach focuses on conserving biodiversity in areas dominated by humans. Nature and humans working together
What is reconciliation ecology?
This environmental issue is caused when forests are cleared, resulting in fewer plants to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
What is deforestation?
This environmental problem occurs when the ocean absorbs excess carbon dioxide, harming coral reefs and marine life.
What is ocean acidification?
This condition results from a diet lacking protein and essential nutrients.
What is malnutrition?
These are the 3 main greenhouse gases.
What is water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane?
This ecosystem repair strategy improves damaged environments without attempting to return them to their original state.
What is ecosystem rehabilitation?
This type of species is often reintroduced to restore ecosystem balance, such as wolves in Yellowstone.
What is a keystone species?
This form of food production is slow and requires closely related species with similar DNA. Happens on farms
What is cross-breeding (artificial selection)?
A major risk of global food systems is relying heavily on only this many plant and animal species.
What are about 14 species?
What are human activities such as land use change and fossil fuel burning?
What are deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels?
This climate-related change increases storm intensity, heat records, and uneven rainfall worldwide.
What is global warming (climate change)?
These factors since the Industrial Revolution have caused biodiversity loss through habitat destruction and pollution.
What are human activities such as land use change and fossil fuel burning?
This major environmental risk occurs when dependence on a small number of crop and livestock species leaves the global food supply vulnerable to disease and climate change.
What is low food biodiversity?
Three U.S. agencies—the FDA, USDA, and EPA—work together to approve this type of crop.
What are GMOs?