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The weather map symbol for a cold front and warm front are...
Cold-triangles; warm-half circles
Explain how volcanic eruptions affect climate.
They can release ash and gases that block sunlight, leading to temporary cooling.
Identify the role of the cell membrane.
Controls what enters and exits the cell.
A raccoon might adapt their diet to eat food thrown away by humans. This could be caused by a loss of _________.
Habitat
What is the carbon cycle?
The process of carbon being exchanged among the atmosphere, land, water, and organisms.
This type of weather would be expected with a HIGH PRESSURE system. This system is shown as a _______ ________ _____ on a weather map.
Clear, sunny skies--blue capital H on a weather map
This greenhouse gas has a greater warming influence on the climate than all other greenhouse gases combined. (Options, carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide)
Carbon dioxide
This type of weather would be expected with a LOW PRESSURE system. This system is shown as a _______ ________ _____ on a weather map.
Overcast skies, storms--red capital L on a weather map.
The following adaptations would be necessary in a _________ environment.
1. Shallow, widespread roots
2. Active only at night
3. Thorns and thin, waxy leaves
Desert
Plants and oceans remove this directly from the atmosphere.
Carbon
Describe how energy from the Sun, the atmosphere and they hydrosphere interacts in ways that affect global weather. (3 things!)
1. Due to heat, water evaporates and enters the atmosphere.
2. Energy is provided to both the hydrosphere and the atmosphere by the sun.
3. The Sun unevenly heats the Earth's surface which in turn heats the air above it, leading to weather phenomena.
The number of species will _______________ as the amount of deforestation ___________.
Decrease, increases
These two organelles are found in a plant cell but NOT in an animal cell. And, the functions of these organelles are...
Cell wall and chloroplasts
Cell wall is used to give the plant structure, and the chloroplast is used to convert sunlight into food/glucose.
What is primary succession?
The process of ecological change that occurs in an area where no soil exists, such as after a volcanic eruption.
The burning of fossil fuels.
Combustion
Explain how hurricanes are formed.
Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters, with low-pressure systems and intense wind patterns.
Explain the role deforestation plays in climate change.
Deforestation reduces the number of trees that absorb CO2, increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Physical characteristics
Explain the greenhouse effect.
The process by which greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, warming the planet.
As human populations continue to increase in the rainforest, the _________ (variation) of plant species in the area decreases.
Diversity
Land absorbs the sun's energy much ______, which causes the land to _______, which then _______ the air above it. Since the warm air is less dense, it _______ and then _________ to form clouds.
faster, warm, warms, rises, condenses
This vocabulary term describes warm air rising and cool air sinking.
Convection currents
Describe how human activities influence climate change.
Activities like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes increase greenhouse gas emissions.
How do natural disasters impact food webs?
They can disrupt the balance of species, leading to population declines or increases.
An ecosystem with several different species (high ___________), will be better able to recover from a disturbance.
Biodiversity