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What is the name of an organism that produces organic matter from inorganic matter?
Producer
what is the Red Book
A list of rare an endangered species
Where were nuclear tests conducted in Kazakhstan?
Semipalatinsk
what kind of pollution is associated with radiation?
radioactive pollution
The totality of living organisms and their habitats
Ecosystem
What forms of protected areas do you know?
National parks, reserves, natural monuments.
What factor influenced the ecological crisis of the Aral Sea?
Anthropogenic
What kind of pollution is particularly dangerous to the ocean?
oil
Precipitation that contains acids due to pollution
acid rain
Name the animals that are listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan
Snow leopard, Turkestan lynx, golden eagle, eagle owl, peregrine falcon, black stork
What sea was once the fourth largest in the world but has mostly dried up due to irrigation projects?
Aral sea
Name one way heavy metals like lead enter water sources.
through industrial waste, mining, or old plumbing systems
Protected natural area with a ban on economic activity
reserve
Number of specially protected natural areas (SPNA) in Kazakhstan:
a) 5b)8
c) 9
c) 9
what ecological disaster is happening because of global warming
melting of glaciers
What is the name of the thin layer of gas that protects Earth from harmful UV rays?
Ozone layer
What is the science that studies interactions between organisms and their environment?
What does the red color of the book mean?
The color of anxiety
Where did the nuclear power plant disaster happen in 1986?
Chernobyl
What gas is a major pollutant from cars?
Carbon dioxide