The Soil Incubation Experiment
The number of days they incubated the soil for.
90 days.
The animal that was found as a result of permafrost melt in 2016.
A reindeer.
The place where most Permafrost is.
The Arctic.
A feedback loop is the process when a change in a system _____ a certain result.
Triggers.
The term for the long-term change in Earth’s temperature and weather patterns.
Climate change.
Permafrost serves as a natural _____ for diverse uncharacterized microbes.
Reservoir.
The number of people killed by the 2016 outbreak.
1 child.
Permafrost melt reveals bones, moss, and ______.
Organic matter (Alive and dead).
A positive feedback loop is when the output ______ the input.
Accelerates.
The type of energy source—like coal, oil, and natural gas— that releases greenhouse gases when burned?
Fossil fuels.
The three types of soil layers the focused on.
A (Active), T (Transitional), P (Permanently Frozen)
The type of outbreak that happened in 2016.
Anthrax.
Permafrost releases ____ and ____ into the atmosphere.
The type of gasses that are released from the permafrost melt that worsens climate change.
Greenhouse gasses.
A renewable energy source that uses moving air to generate electricity without producing greenhouse gases.
Wind power.
The root plant that was looked at in the experiment.
Potato Tubers.
In Jean-Michel Calvarie's study she found 13 previous unknown viruses that were _____. (There are two correct answers)
Still capable of infecting amoebas or 48,000 plus years old.
The time sediment has to be frozen to be considered permafrost.
At least 2 years.
Permafrost melt is a ______ feedback loop.
Positive.
The oceanic process, where increased CO₂ causes the ocean to become more acidic, threatens coral reefs and marine life.
Ocean acidification.
The name of the bacteria colonies that emerged from the permafrost thaw.
Proteolytic.
Dominant B____ A____ was released from the animal carcass in 2016.
Bacillus anthracis.
Permafrost is ____ or ____ sediment.
soil and underwater.
An example of a positive or negative climate change feedback loop (cannot be permafrost melt).
Many possible answers.
The international agreement, signed in 2015, that aims to reduce global carbon emissions and limit temperature rise.
The Paris agreement.