Global Change
________ is one of the leading threats to tropical forests around the world.
What is Land Use Change?
This land-change regime results in large, uniform areas of downed trees and a higher surface albedo.
What is Clear-Cutting?
This animal is often hit by cars and makes up the phrase, "Like a ________ in headlights."
What is a deer?
The Everglades are found in this state.
What is Florida?
Recently, about two-thirds of land use area converted for energy use has been for the expansion of this agriculturally-related alternative energy.
What are biofuels?
This term defines a system’s ability to withstand disturbance.
What is Resistance?
This Dr. Seuss character "speaks for the trees."
Who is the Lorax?
Cars on roads contribute to this lesser-discussed form of pollution.
The Everglades supply drinking water to this many people in South Florida.
What is 9 million?
This term is defined as the general process of increasing the inputs of agricultural resources to yield an increase in quantity or value of agricultural products.
This term defines a system's ability to “bounce back” from a disturbance.
What is Resilience?
This Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society initiative "Saves Elephants by Helping People."
What is Project Orange Elephant?
Wildlife bridges over highways prevents animals from being killed by cars, as well as decreasing this massive conservation hot topic.
What is habitat fragmentation?
The Everglades are a ________, trapping this nutrient for long periods of time.
What is a carbon bank or carbon sink?
This process, in which farming intensity is gradually reduced until agricultural activities are ended, is considered land use change.
What is crop abandonment?
Tropical forests make up ______ of Earth’s terrestrial NPP (as a fraction).
What is 1/3?
This type of land use change historically coincided with deforestation in Sri Lanka.
What is Agricultural Development?
This road interchange has been recently discovered to decrease traffic and increase safety.
What is a Diverging Diamond?
This percent of the original wetlands remain in the Everglades.
What is 50%?
These three nutrient cycles are altered by agricultural activities, such as the addition of fertilizers.
What are the nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon cycles?
_______ drives biogeochemical and hydrological functions.
What is Soil?
This threatened forest biome is characterized by its proximity to the equator, high biodiversity and long dry season.
What is a Tropical Dry Forest?
The world's widest highway, known as the Katy freeway, spans this many lanes.
What is 26?
Water passing through lakes, wetlands, streams, and reservoirs is known ________.
What is Blue Water?
This type of farming is a lower-productivity system that is becoming more common due to climate change effects.
What is dryland farming?