Environmental science
What molecule is the main cause of ocean acidification?
CO₂
What do you call the variety and differences of life forms in a specific habitat or ecosystem?
Biodiversity
What do we call a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological species, like mutualism or parasitism?
Symbiosis
What is the layer that resides in the stratosphere and assimilates the brunt of the sun’s radiation?
Ozone layer
What do you call energy that comes from natural sources and is produced faster than it is consumed?
Renewable Energy
What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?
Sun
What is the name of the symbiotic relationship in which both organisms involved benefit from each other’s presence?
Mutualism
What name is given to the movement of individuals into a population from another location, increasing population size?
Immigration
What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
What is the term for the illegal trade of wildlife and their products?
Poaching
What gas is primarily responsible for acid rain?
Sulfur
What name is given to organisms at the top of the food chain with few or no natural predators?
Apex
A living organism/s’s by product, either born of asexual or sexual reproduction
Offspring
What name is given to the form of precipitation that carries acidic components?
Acid rain
An unfortunate term given to highlight and describe a species at risk of being erased.
Endangered
What gas is the primary contributor to global warming?
Carbon
What is the term for animals that consume dead animals but do not typically hunt live prey?
Scavengers
What do we call the phenomenon where two species compete for the same limited resource, potentially affecting their population sizes?
Competition
The total amount of greenhouse gasses produced by our activities.
Carbon footprint
What are the trio of principles that embody proper consumption and usage of resources?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycl
What type of radiation is blocked by the ozone layer?
UV/ Ultra Violet Ray
Which biome is characterized by cold temperatures, low biodiversity, and permafrost?
Tundra
What type of dispersion pattern in ecology refers to individuals being spread out evenly across a habitat, often as a result of competition for resources?
Uniform
This term is used to describe the increase to the average height of earth’s oceans.
Sea level rise
What is the energy derived from the consumption of biomass or biofuel?
Bioenergy