Research
Discovering the Hows and Whys of things around us.
What is Science!
Released from burning fossil fuels such as coal plants, volcanoes, and automobiles
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
Covered mainly with buildings and roads.
What is urban land.
In the 1870s Congress agreed to protect land, and the first national park, __________________.
What is Yellowstone National Park.
A widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food
What is famine
Exploratory, qualitative, and quantitative.
What are types of research.
Average weather conditions over a long period of time.
What is CLIMATE.
Buildings, sidewalks, roads, sewers, bridges, water mains, power lines, schools, hospitals, etc.
What is infrastructure.
Feeding wild animals in their natural habitat.
What is IDIOTIC, dumb, a big NO-NO!
Where are the largest ice sheets?
Where is Antarctica and Greenland
Scientists are....
What are investigators, detectives and puzzle-solvers!
Tomorrow morning will be 52 degrees and a 70% chance of rain.
Parks and preserves, desert, rangeland, forest land, crop lands or farm, urban land, wetlands, mountains
What is how humans use land.
The condition of rural land is important because ____________________________________.
What is because of the ecological services they provide us.
The number of satellites NASA has orbiting Earth.
What is 23.
An author who is an expert in their field or a well-respected publisher.
What is a reliable, credible source.
NASA observes ______________, ______________, ________________, and ____________.
What is our atmosphere, oceans, land, and space.
The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.
What is urbanization.
Writing to legislators, signing petitions, volunteering your time, going to rallies, donating money, and spreading awareness.
What is taking action.
A condition that occurs when people do not consume enough Calories or do not eat a sufficient variety of foods to fulfill all of the body’s needs.
What is malnutrition.
The main purpose of research is to ___________.
What is causing large chunks of sea ice to melt?
What are greenhouse gases.
Maintenance of biodiversity, detoxification of waste, aesthetic beauty, purification of land and water, prevention of flood and drought.
What are examples of ecosystem services.
Overcrowding, littering, located close to urban areas, located close to oil and gas drilling operations, logging sites, factories and power plants.
What are threats to protected areas.
Generally done by small groups of people on small tracts of land, using relatively low-technology tools
What is traditional farming.