Natural Resources
The protection and wise use of our natural resources.
Conservation
Is wind energy renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable Resources
When did CO2 levels begin to rise?
In the 1800's, during the industrial revolution.
Animals that hunt other animals
predator
A ______ _______ is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed underground from the remains of dead plants and animals that humans extract and burn to release energy for use.
fossil fuel
Energy that makes things warmer
Heat
Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable resource?
Wind
Trees
Petroleum/Gas
Petroleum/Gas
What is climate change?
a change in global or regional climate patterns
factors are the non-living factors in an environment such as temperature, light, water, soil and nutrients:
abiotic factors
the variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in the area
Biodoversity
Energy from sources that can be reused
Renewable energy
Is the sun renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable Resource
Name the four green house gases.
Carbon dioxide, Methane, water, and nitrous oxide
An organism that is eaten by another organism?
Prey
Community of organisms + how they interact with each other + their environment. Forms a balanced self-sufficient ecological unit, with its own characteristic pattern of energy flow + nutrient cycling. e.g. forests, ponds, lakes, oceans.
ecosystem
A substance found in and on earth naturally that is useful to humans
Natural resources
How long to make nonrenewable resources?
Hundreds, thousands, or millions of years
Why are greenhouse gases called greenhouse gases?
Because they trap heat like the glass walls of a greenhouse
The ability for a plant to make its own food using sunlight
Photosynthesis
All members of same species in given area at given time. e.g. bluebells in wood, world population.
Population
Energy from sources that when they are used, they are gone
nonrenewable resources
Is water renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
List four things that are evidence of global climate change?
Rising global temperature
Melting ice caps and sea level rise
More severe storms
Ocean acidification
Droughts and floods
What five factors contribute to decline in a population?
climate change
deforestation
pollution
over hunting
invasive species
All populations (living organisms) which live in given area at given time.
Coommunity