The climatic zone characterized by warm and dry summers and mild to cool wet winters. Ex: Italy & Spain
What is the Mediterranean climatic zone?
100
The process in which deep, cold water rises towards the surface.
What is UPWELLING?
100
Water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane are ___________ ________ that trap solar energy within the earth's atmosphere resulting in higher global temperatures.
What are GREENHOUSE gases?
100
The process that occurs when the sun produces helium and light energy.
What is NUCLEAR FUSION?
100
________ is NOT a mineral because it is organic.
What is coal?
200
The climatic zone characterized by rainy seasons and fairly constant temperature year-round along the equator.
What is TROPICAL WET climatic zone?
200
The ________ of water is determined by temperature and salinity.
What is DENSITY?
200
The process of water changing from gas to liquid.
What is CONDENSATION?
200
A solar eclipse happens when there is a ___________.
What is a NEW MOON?
200
The type of resources that coal and fossil fuels are.
What are NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
300
Temperature decreases with __________ and ____________.
What is LATITUDE & ELEVATION?
300
The zone of the ocean that includes the ocean floor including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
What is the BENTHIC ZONE?
300
The process of water released from clouds.
What is PRECIPITATION?
300
These types of energy include microwaves, light energy, and UV radiation.
What is ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY?
300
When a resource can be replenished within 1 lifetime we call that a ____________.
What is RENEWABLE RESOURCE?
400
A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.
What is a BIOME?
400
The term that describes swimming aquatic organisms (dolphins & fish).
What is NEKTON?
400
The process of water being released from plants.
What is TRANSPIRATION?
400
The planet closest to our sun.
What is MERCURY?
400
Name one way to live sustainably.
What is...
RECYCLE
TURN OFF LIGHTS WHEN NOT IN USE
WALK
USE ALTERNATE FORMS OF ENERGY
500
Deer, gray squirrels, raccoons, and salamanders can be find in this type of biome.
What is a DECIDUOUS FOREST?
500
The term that describes floating aquatic organisms (ones that do NOT swim) like algae, bacteria, and protozoa.
What is PLANKTON?
500
The term describing how nitrogen is converted from gas to in the atmosphere to ammonia that can be used by plants for photosynthesis.
What is NITROGEN FIXATION?
500
The direction that our earth rotates in its orbit around the sun.
What is COUNTER-CLOCKWISE?
500
Name TWO ways for sustainable farming.
What is...
PLANTING HIGH YEILD CROPS
USING BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL
CROP ROTATION