Define It
The introduction of harmful materials into the environment.
What is pollution?
These are the four characteristics that define a biome.
grassland, few trees, little rainfall, tropical climate
This is made of the gasses surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
These are the two main things that drive economics.
What is supply and demand?
The daily changes of temperature and precipitation.
What is weather?
cold or hot/dry, little vegetation, nocturnal animals
What is a desert?
cold, treeless, ground permanently frozen
What is tundra?
This is made of all the water on Earth's surface, underground, and in the air.
What is the hydrosphere?
This includes all living and nonliving things with which they interact.
What is the environment?
What is climate?
large, rolling terrain, many grasses, few trees, fire
What is a grassland?
What is a deciduous forest?
This is made of rocks, minerals, and soil.
What is the geosphere/lithosphere?
When a shared resource is unregulated, individuals will consume it at a selfish rate.
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
An area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants and animals that live in it.
What is a biome?
mountainous, cold, small vegetation, animals have insulation
What is an alpine?
year-round warmth, near Equator, rainy and dry seasons
What is a rainforest?
This is the portion of Earth where life is found.
What is the biosphere?
Humans shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to raise livestock and plant crops.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
These resources take a long time to replenish.
What are nonrenewable resources?
hot and dry, mild winter, fire and drought is common
What is chaparral?
What is taiga?
What is the cryosphere?
The production of machinery allowed for advances in medicine, agriculture, etc.
What is the Industrial Revolution?