Ecology
The process that plants use to convert sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
The energy source derived from sunlight.
What is solar energy?
This is the most common type of pollution found in the ocean.
What is plastic?
The name for a resource that is shared by a group but is vulnerable to overuse.
What is a commons?
A type of species that has a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem.
What is a keystone species?
The term for human-caused environmental impacts on the Earth.
What are anthropogenic impacts?
What is crop rotation?
This heavy metal is a common pollutant in water that causes serious health issues when ingested.
What is lead?
This term refers to an organism's role in the environment.
What is a niche?
The percentage of energy that is typically transferred from one trophic level to the next.
What is 10%?
The process by which the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide causes its pH to increase.
What is ocean acidification?
The most common material recycled worldwide.
What is paper?
This term describes the process in which pollutants increase in concentration as they move up the food chain
What is biomagnification?
This term describes the gradual increase of toxins in an organism as it consumes contaminated food.
What is bioaccumulation?
The term for the relationship between two organisms where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
The international agreement that aims to limit global temperature rise to 1.5c above pre-industrial levels.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This sustainable practice involves using microorganisms to break down waste materials naturally.
What is composting?
This atmospheric pollutant is responsible for the formation of acid rain.
What is sulfur dioxide (SO2)?
This name refers to the natural cycle that includes photosynthesis, respiration, and combustion.
What is the carbon cycle?
The maximum population size an environment can support that is often referred to as the "K" in population ecology.
What is carrying capacity?
This country emits the most carbon dioxide per capita.
What is Qatar?
This country is known for being one of the most advanced in waste recycling and sustainable practices.
What is Sweden?
This environmental disaster in the 1970s led to the U.S. government creating Superfund sites for toxic waste cleanup.
What is the Love Canal disaster?
This type of species is only found in one specific geographic location and nowhere else.
What is an endemic species?