Population
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Nature/
Wildlife
Wildlife
100
Which country is most likely to have shrinking population?
Tunisia
100
How do pollutants make it from farms and homes to the ocean?
Rain/Runoff, stormwater discharge
100
Name a type of point source pollution
a specific factory, a single discharge pipe, a specific ship or machine, etc.
100
Word that means the max amount of people/organisms a habitat can hold
Carrying capacity
200
Is human population growth speed increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?
increasing (if decreasing have to give reason)
200
How does building cities affect wildlife?
habitat destruction, deforestation
200
Name for turning areas into Cities
Urbanization
200
Type of species that comes from another location (non-native) and usually decreases biodiversity
Invasive Species
300
Areas on land where water drains from
Watershed
300
What effect causes global warming/climate change?
Greenhouse Effect
300
Underground storage of water in rock layer
Aquifer
300
Important species at the top of the food web that keeps the ecosystem in balance
Keystone Species
400
What is one way we can decrease our population to prevent growing out of control?
Birth Control, Education, etc.
400
Name a greenhouse gas
carbon dioxide, methane, sulfur dioxide
400
Name an energy source that is nonrenewable
fossil fuels
400
What are some factors that can affect carrying capacity?
number of individuals, space, disease, natural disasters, food availability, competition, etc.
500
How can lower birth rates negatively affect a country?
lower workforce, lower taxes for government to pay retirees, etc.
500
How do forests help reduce the greenhouse effect?
they take in carbon dioxide
500
How can a graph be misleading?
Messing with the y axis start and stop points, not starting at 0 on y or x axis, stretching or shrinking graph, not displaying things equally,
500
How can invasive species be spread?
Through humans transferring them on boats, or taking pets and then releasing them where they aren't originally from