Group 1
True or False: Climate is always changing and can be drastically different from day to day.
False
True or False: Life on earth requires the greenhouse effect.
True
True or False: Polar climate zones are typically found close to the equator.
False
Who began the study of Ecology?
Ernest Haeckel
Based on fossil records, there is evidence of _____ PAST ,not current, mass extinctions.
5
Warming effect on earth's surface
Greenhouse Effect
The reasons that the world's exploding population is a problem is because of a lack of...
space, food, energy
What are 3 factors that effect the climate?
1. latitude
2. trapping of heat by the atmosphere
3. amount of precipitation
4. transport of heat by wind & ocean currents
5. shape & elevation of land masses
Based on fossil records, the disappearance of the dinosaurs occurred about....
65 Million Years ago
What are the 3 climate zones?
Polar, Tropical, Temperate
When cold water rests on the sea floor and then eventually makes its way back to the surface, this is called....
upwelling
What does the ozone do?
protects and shields the organisms on Earth from UV radiation from the sun.
What is the chemical symbol that represents the ozone layer?
O3
The climate zone nearest the equator is called...
Tropical Zone
3 examples of interactions that we will talk about in Ecology are.....
1. interactions between different groups of organisms
2. interactions between organisms and the enviornment
3. interactions between the living and nonliving components
What climate zone do we live in?
temperate
Which of the following contributes to the destruction of earth's ozone layer?
CFC's
Currently, about ______ of the sun's ultraviolet radiation makes it to the surface of the earth.
When did the study of Ecology begin?
1866
Fossil Fuels release large amounts of ____ into the atmosphere.
CO2