Wildlife and Wilderness
b. species
9Winton Lake is most directly a part of the? (which sphere?)
Hydrosphere
What is the most direct reason for most species depletion and extinction?
Habitat Destruction
A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, sharing common characteristics.
Which of the following energy resources are non-renewable:
Solar
Petroleum
Hydroelectric
Wind
Petroleum
What observation supports the hypothesis that a group of individual living things are the same species?
Producing Offspring
Which term refers to the frozen-water portion of Earth (ice caps, glaciers, snow, etc.)?
Cryosphere
The destruction of natural environments that causes species loss is known as:
What is the Hydrosphere?
The combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, crucial for supporting life.
Fossil fuel resources, like other non-renewable resources, are extracted from:
The atmosphere
The lithosphere
The hydrosphere
The biosphere
Lithosphere
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area is called a:
Population
(True or False)
The hydrosphere includes all water on Earth: oceans, rivers, groundwater, and ice.
True
What is a long-term change in temperature and typical weather patterns?
Climate Change
What is a Habitat?
The natural environment where an organism lives, which provides the necessary resources for survival and reproduction.
Which of the following most directly provides the things living species need to live, such as food, water, shelter, territory and energy?
species
territory
biosphere
Habitat
Habitat
A group of closely related species belongs to the same?
A) Domain
B) Population
C) Genus
D) Cryosphere
Genus
(True or False)
The cryosphere is part of the hydrosphere because ice is a form of water.
True
A presence of harmful substances in the environment can cause what?
Contamination
What is Climate Change?
A long-term alteration in temperature and typical weather patterns in a place, significantly affecting ecosystems and biodiversity.
Which natural resource is used in the manufacture of plastic?
Crude Oil
(True or False)
“Species” refers to a group of organisms that cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
False
Which of these is NOT part of the cryosphere?
A) Sea ice
B) Glaciers
C) Oceans (liquid water)
D) Snow
Oceans (liquid water)
An excessive hunting causing species decline is called what?
Overhunting
What is the definition of Offspring?
The young produced by parents through reproduction.
The food chain within an ecosystem is an example of?
Interdependence