Energy and Sustainability
What renewable energy source is derived from the sun?
Solar Energy
What is the primary contributor to acid rain
Sulfur dioxide
The Core
What is the term for a species that has a disproportionatly large effect on its ecosystem?
Keystone Species
What is the term for the gradual increase in the Earth's average surface temperature?
Global Warming
Which fossil fuel is the cleanest burning?
what type of pollution comes from a single source?
Point source Pollution
What is the layer which contains the earths atmosphere?
The stratosphere
What is the term for the variety of a life form in its area?
Biodiversity
What is the term for the long-term change in the Earth's climate, including temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns?
Climate Change
What energy source comes from heat within the earth?
Geothermal Energy
What is Eutrophication often caused by
Excess of Nitrogen from Fertilizers
What is the term for the movement of the tectonic plates?
Plate Tectonics
What is the term for a species that is native to a particular area and found nowhere else?
Endemic species
What is the term for gases in the Earth's atmosphere that trap heat and contribute to global warming?
Greenhouse gas
What is the practice of using resources in a way that maintains their availbility for the future?
sustainabiltity
What is found in old pipes and paint?
Lead
Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma?
Igneous rock
What is the term for the gradual process by which ecosystems change and develop over time?
Succesion
What is the term for the process by which the Earth's atmosphere traps heat from the sun?
A greenhouse Effect
what is the Major environmental concern about nuclear energy?
Nuclear Waste
What is Biomagnification?
The increasing concentration of toxins in the food web
What is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?
weathering
What is a nonnative species
and Invasive species
What is the term for the international agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
The Paris agreement