Climate Change
What is the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
What is the main purpose of cellular respiration?
What is to produce energy in the form of ATP?
What is the main pigment in plants that absorbs light for photosynthesis?
What is chlorophyll?
What is the primary cause of global warming?
What is an increase in greenhouse gases?
What is the term for organisms that produce their own food in an ecosystem?
What are producers or autotrophs?
Name one human activity that increases greenhouse gas emissions.
What is burning fossil fuels or deforestation?
In what organelle does most of cellular respiration occur?
What is the mitochondrion?
In what organelle does photosynthesis take place?
What is the chloroplast?
Name one consequence of global warming on sea levels.
What is rising sea levels due to melting ice caps?
What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
What is breaking down dead organisms and recycling nutrients?
What is one noticeable effect of climate change on the weather?
What are more intense storms or extreme temperatures?
What are the three stages of cellular respiration?
What are glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain?
What does a plant need from the sun to perform photosynthesis?
What is light energy?
What happens to animals when their habitats become too warm or disappear?
What is they might migrate, adapt, or face extinction?
How much energy is transferred from each trophic level?
What is 10%?
What is the term for long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns?
What is climate change?
What is the molecule that serves as the energy currency of the cell?
What is ATP (adenosine triphosphate)?
What gas is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
What happens to ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions due to global warming?
What is it melts, causing sea levels to rise?
What is the term for the way different animals and plants interact in a habitat?
What is an ecosystem?
Explain how deforestation contributes to climate change.
What is reducing the number of trees that absorb CO2?
Write the chemical equation for cellular respiration.
What is C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy (ATP)?
Write the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2?
Name one way individuals can reduce their carbon footprint to combat global warming.
What is using renewable energy sources or reducing energy consumption?
Explain the difference between a food chain and a food web.
What is a food chain shows a single pathway of energy flow, while a food web shows interconnected pathways?