Climate Conundrum
Scientists blame ____ for the shifting climate of the earth.
What are humans?
This is what VU stands for on the Extinction Scale.
What is vulnerable?
Approximately 370,000 of these are born each day.
What are babies?
The first species to return to an area.
What are pioneer species?
This is when organisms are used to neutralize hazardous wastes in the environment.
What is Bioremediation?
Change of global temperatures and weather patterns over time.
What is climate change?
On the Extinction Scale, EX stands for _____.
What is Extinct?
The gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?
Stable long-lived species that mark the end of succession.
What are climax species?
The domain of the organisms used to break down oil.
What is Bacteria or Fungi
The fear of _____ is based on melting ice and snow, rising ocean levels, and increased rainfall.
What is climate change?
The earth is losing thousands of this each year according to an evolutionist's world view.
What are species?
This is the process by which gases trap heat in earth's atmosphere.
What is Global Warming?
Succession that begins with a barren landscape.
What is primary succession?
Bioremediation is when ______ are used to remediate hazardous wastes in the environment, such as oil spills.
What are organisms?
This weather event occurs every few years.
What is El Niño?
On average, this many species goes extinct each year from a Biblical worldview.
What is 2?
This is how many billions of trees are cut down each year.
What is 15 billion?
Succession that takes place when a disturbed landscape already has soil.
What is secondary succession?
This is the reason that Deep Water Horizon sunk, spilling 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.
What is fire?
This is the number of degrees that the global temperature has risen since 1880.
What is 1.5?
What is 1.5 Million?
The year that the ecological footprint was made.
What is 1992?
Time it takes for succession to finish.
What is 150+ years?
The year of the worst oil spill in US history.
What is 2010?