Ecosystems
Energy
Air, Water, Earth
Populations
Global Change
100

This biome is characterized by a having a layer of soil called permafrost.

What is the tundra?

100

This energy source is used to generate electricity with photovoltaic (PV) cells. 

What is solar energy?

100
This is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.

What is nitrogen?

100

This type of species provides extended parental care, has only 1-2 babies at a time and are generally specialist species.

What are K-related species?

100

This greenhouse gas has no natural source.

What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?

200

This type of species has an unusually large impact on its ecosystem and its loss can therefore be devastating to the rest of the ecosystem.

What is a keystone species?

200

This type of energy utilizes heat that is stored beneath Earth’s surface to heat water and produce steam.

What is geothermal energy?

200

This is the ability of water to move (or not) through soil.

What is permeability?

200

This is the stage of demographic transition for this country. 

What is Stage 2?

200

This international agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change.

What is the Kyoto Protocol?

300

This rule states that 90% of useable energy is "lost" as heat when passed on in a food chain.

What is the 10% rule?

300

At this site a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, which occurred at a nearby subduction zone, triggered one of the largest nuclear reactor disasters in history.

What is Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in Japan?

300

This type of irrigation is often used by small-scale farming operations, is the most water efficient and requires extensive labor to set up individual irrigation lines.

What is drip irrigation?

300

One these age structure diagrams, what group in the population do the blue bars represent?

What are the elderly or post-reproductive age group?

300

This is the #1 threat to biodiversity today.

What is habitat destruction?

400

This biogeochemical cycle is powered by the Sun

What is the hydrological (water) cycle?

400

In this type of reaction, where fossil fuels are burned, carbon dioxide and water are the products.

What is a combustion reaction?

400

This is a massive displacement of water, most often caused by an underwater earthquake, that causes a series of high-energy waves.

What is a tsunami?

400

This is the total number of babies born per woman in a population.

What is the total fertility rate?

400

Anaerobic decomposition of garbage in landfills is a source of this greenhouse gas.

What is methane?

500

This is a measure of the number of different species in an area and is a component of biodiversity. 

What is species richness?

500

Identify one energy source that does not directly rely on the Sun as its ultimately source.

Hydrogen fuel cells, nuclear, geothermal or tidal power

500

This is a region that is the most geologically active place on Earth

What is the Ring of Fire?

500

During this stage of demographic transition, the birth rate drops to 0.

What is Stage 4?

500

what acid is formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in ocean water?

What is carbonic acid?

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