Land Animals
Humans are most closely related to this extant animal.
Chimpanzee
How many global oceans are there?
One; divided into the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and (sometimes) Antarctic.
This green compound gives plants their colour.
Chlorophyll
While under the surface, molten rock is called magma. When it breaks through the earth's surface, it is called...
Lava
Humans need the climate to remain stable so that we can do what?
Live.
What is the largest animal ever?
The Blue Whale
What is the #1 physical threat to sea life?
Plastic Pollution
Where is 85% of global plant life found?
The Ocean
What is the study of rocks called?
Geology
What organization is the number 1 polluter in the world?
The United Stated Military
How many species are immediately threatened by extinction?
Over 1 Million
Scientists estimate that 50-80% of this essential element come from the ocean.
Oxygen
Which forest provides around 50% of the world's Oxygen?
The Amazon
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is seen over a short period of time in a given location, climate is the average weather pattern seen over decades in a broad area
Humans are causing the largest mass extinction event since what?
The meteor that killed the dinosaurs
What is the largest living entity on Earth?
The Great Barrier Reef
What is dendrochronology?
The science of calculating a tree's age from its rings
This scientific theory explains how landforms are created by studying the movements of Earth's plates.
Plate Tectonics
What % of natural disasters are climate related?
80%
Elephants, humpack whales, and humans are the only animals that experience this stage of aging.
Menopause
Less that what % of the ocean has been explored?
5 - we know more about outer space than our own planet.
According to botanist Daniel Chamovitz, plants may be deaf, but can do these 4 things...
See, smell, feel, and remember.
Lightning striking ocean sand can form a shiny stone called a what?
Fulgurite
What mosquito-born disease is threatening to overtake the US by 2050 due to climate change?
Dengue Fever