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Weather
Conservation
Climate
Biodiversity
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100
Altitude, Dew Point, and Temperature causes water vapor to to form into __________ in the sky.
What are Clouds?
100
Name the 3 R's of conservation and describe.
What is Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse? Recycle- reuse by process of melting down and recreating other products, Reduce- use less of, Reuse- use over again.
100
The weather of a region averaged over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay was once and important fishing area. Eelgrass porvided habitat for many species of fish there. As the human populationof Phode Island grew, eelgrass beds disappeared. Students from Phode Island schools grew thousends of eelgrass seedlings fro transplanting in the bay. This best describes the process of _____________.
What are reintroduction programs?
100
A storm with winds over 120 km/h that can last several weeks.
What is a hurricane?
200
Changes in air pressure and temperature causes ________.
What is Wind?
200
Solar energy, Hydroelectric energy, and Geothermal energy are examples of ________________________.
What are alternative energy resources?
200
Climate is different from weather in that __________________________.
What is "it changes less frequently"?
200
The closer you get to the equator the amount of biodiversity __________.
What is increases?
200
Deforestation is a cause of __________________.
What is global warming?
300
Factors of Weather: Temperature, Cloud Cover, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, ____________, and ______________.
What is humidity and air pressure?
300
Any natural resource that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature.
What is a renewable resource?
300
A climate classification system divides regions in 3 ways. Name them.
What is Temperature, Precipitation amounts, and Types of vegitation in the region.
300
State a hypothesis for for the reason large animals have a greater chance of becoming exstinct in a divided habitat than smaller animals do.
What is "they need more habitat to meet their needs than small animals do"?
300
Solar energy hits these regions or zones at a low angle.
What are polar zones?
400
This effect happens when trade winds that blow east to west weaken and sometimes reverse.
What is El Nino?
400
Formed mostly from the remains of microscopic marine organisms buried deep inside earth's crust.
What is petroleum?
400
Seasons are caused by differences in daylight, temperature, and weather patterns due to ____________________________.
What is the tilt of the earth as it revolves around the sun?
400
Aluminum, which is commonly found in soil, is toxic to fish. Acid rain can wash aluminum out of the soil and into nearby waterways. This affects the biodiversity of the pond by ________________________.
What is "possibly killing species of fish in the pond"?
400
behavioral adaptation in which animals undergo a period of greatly reduced activity in summer.
What is estivation?
500
Name the atmospheric layers in order: closest to furthest away from earth.
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere?
500
Every year the ozone becomes thinner and more depleted due to certain gas pollutants in our air called ____________________.
What is chloroflourocarbons (CFCs)?
500
There are 3 main climate zones on earth. Name them and describe.
What is Tropic, Polar, and Temperate Zones. Tropic- close to equator, 23% N&S of equator, HOT! Polar- 66.5% N&S of equator, close to poles, COLD! Temperate- inbetween polar and tropic zones, MILD temps!
500
In the early 1800's, European settlers brought goats to Santa Catalina Island off the coast of California. The goats overgrazed the land and eliminated 48 of the native plant specites baring the soil and created a place for weeds to crowd out other native species. These goats could best be described as a(n) ___________________.
What is an introduced species?
500
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Who is Ms. Walker's niece?!