Ecosystem
Atmosphere
Soil
Rain Forests
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What is a food chain?

Organisms which serves as a source of nutrients for the next animal. Big eats small. 

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What layer of the atmosphere do we live in? 

Troposphere

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In a handful of soil there is how many organisms?

More than a billion

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How many of the earth’s species are found in Rain Forests

Half of the plants and animals 

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3 laws of sustainability 

Protect Biodiversity

Recycle nutrients back into the soil

Use Renewable energy as often as possible

200

What is a food web?

Food chains interlocked with each other. 

200

What layer contains the Ozone Layer?

Stratosphere

200

What can be found inside of soil? (5 things)

Fungi

Nematodes 

Roots

Bacteria

Protozoans

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What is deforestation causing?

Change in regional weather patterns (less transpiration)

Increased climate change (less CO2)

Reduced biodiversity 

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4 layers of the earth 

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

300

4 components of an ecosystem 

Producers

Composers

Decomposers/detritivores

Recycling Nutrients 

300

What elements does the troposphere have? (2)

Methane and Carbon Dioxide

300

Higher quality soil has more what?

Organisms 

300

How much of Earth’s rainforests have already been destroyed?

Half of the rainforests

300

Define sustainability

Something that can be made or created year after year without harming the environment 

400

What happens to the energy stored inside of something when you eat it?

10% of it goes to energy 90% of it goes to waste and body heat.

400

What does the biosphere deal with?

Parts of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and the geosphere 

400

What caused the dust bowl?

Fertile soil turning into desert like soil which is called desertification

400

How much of earth is covered by rainforests?

2%

400

What is a biome?

Large area that has similar characteristics and many ecosystems 

500

Another term for tropic level

Feeding level

500

What does the stratosphere protect us from?

UV radiation because of the ozone layer

500

When did the dust bowl happen in America?

1930’s

500

Characteristics of a rain forest (3)

Warm year round

High Humidity 

High Rainfall daily 

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What causes the magnetic field around earth that blocks solar radiation?

The outer core of earth rotating around the inner core