What is CFC-chloroflurocarbons found in coolants, and aersol cans.
100
What is loss of biodiversity?
What is a reduction in number of species or reduction in members of a species.
100
What is acid rain?
What is precipation containing sulfuric and nitric acid.
100
What is global warming?
What is an increase in the earth's average annual temperature?
200
What are some dangers associated with importing a species?
What is
new species outcompetes native ones for food, space, habitat
new species eats native species
new species has no natural predators and overpopulates.
200
Why do I care?
What is increases mutations, cataracts, and skin cancer. Kills single celled producer organisms and messes up the food chain.
200
What causes loss of biodiversity?
What is over hunting, over harvesting, habitat destruction, deforestation, introduction of imported species?
200
What causes acid rain?
What is sulfer and nitrogen entering the atmosphere due to burning fossil fuels.
200
What causes global warming?
What is burning fossil fuels has created a layer of greenhouse gasses that traps the suns rays and rewarms the earth's surface.
300
Why were bald eagles endangered?
What is
pesticides containing DDT got into the food chain and contaminated the fish causeing the eagles shells to soften.
300
Why do we care if biodiversity is reduced?
What is
messes with the food chain,
change of proportion of gases in the atmosphere,
loss of possible medicinal cures,
loss of potential genes for genetic engineering(pesticide producing tomato plants)
300
Why should I care about acid rain?
What is it can
destroy single celled producer organisms in oceans/lakes. Therefore negatively altering the food chain.
destroy limestone, concrete, car paint
make plants less resistant to fungus and pests.
300
How do we prevent golbal warming?
What is find atlernative energy sources. Don't burn fossil fuels. Walk, carpool, bike, turn off electric when not in use.
400
Which contains more biodiversity a corn field or a meadow?
What is the meadow, it contains many different types of plants, insects, birds, etc. This fosters competitin and predator prey relationships necessary to maintain ecosystem stability.
400
What is ozone depletion?
What is thinning of ozone layer allowing suns harmful radiation to reach the earth.
400
What are ways to prevent the loss of biodiversity?
What is
Do not over hunt or over harvest?
Do not destroy habitats or deforest areas.
400
How can we prevent acid rain.
What is find an alternative energy source to burning fossil fuels.
400
Why so I care if the earth is warming?
What is
polar ice caps melting resulting in coastal flooding.
dry out land and kill plants,
damage habitat of polar bears
alter the food chain
500
What is placing an inmpeted species in isolation until it is determined to be disease and pest free?
What is quarentine?
500
How do I prevent/solve ozone depletion?
What is use alternative coolant methods and aersol atlernatives (no CFCs)
500
What causes all of the losses of biodiversity other than natural diasters?
What is growth of th ehuman population?
500
What are three main problems tha tcnfront humans as their population continues to grow?
What is lack of food, lack of space and where do we dispose of waste products?
500
Who stated that war, famine, and disease will control the size of the human population?