Ecology Basics
This branch of science studies how organisms interact with their environment
What is ecology?
These organisms make their own food using sunlight.
What are producers
Pollution that affects rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is water pollution?
These are 17 global goals created by the United Nations to promote sustainability.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals?
The variety of life on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
These are the nonliving components of an ecosystem such as water and sunlight.
What are abiotic factors?
Organisms that break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
The buildup of gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This SDG focuses on protecting oceans and marine life.
What is SDG 14 - Life Below Water?
Resources like coal and oil that cannot be replaced quickly.
What are the nonrenewable resources?
This level of organization includes all populations living in the same area.
What is a community?
This shows many interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
The long term change in Earth’s climate caused mainly by human activities.
What is climate change?
This SDG aims to combat climate change and its impacts.
What is SDG 13 - Climate Action?
This term refers to the protection and careful management of natural resources.
What is conservation?