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Population
What is all the members of a species living in a given area.
100

This is term for when all of the trees are cut down in an area.

What is deforestation?

100
The 3 R's
What is reduce, reuse, recycle.
100
Most water in the United States is used by
What is Power Plants.
100

What is the last day of school?

June 4th.

200
Carrying Capacity
What is the largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth's resources can support and maintain for a long period of time.
200
Amount of species estimated to live in Tropical Rainforests.
What is 50 percent.
200

Plants use this process to make oxygen.

What is photosynthesis?

200
Three types of air pollution.
What is photochemical smog, particulate matter, acid precipitation, CFC's, carbon monoxide.
200
This is what snakes use to smell

What is their tongue?

300
Carrying capacity and resources are related
What is The availability of resources during a long period of time determines carrying capacity.
300

Why are electric cars not completely clean or "green" for the environment?

The materials that are used to make the body and the battery are not environmentally friendly  Also, the power needed to charge them still has to come from regular power plants

300
Planting trees to replace those that have been cut down.
What is reforestation.
300

Two ways carbon is released into our atmosphere.

What is burning wood, fossil fuels, cellular respiration, decaying organisms?

300

The 2 word term that is defined as an increase in the Earth's average temperature.

What is global warming.

400
Population and carrying capacity related
What is Each population in an environment has a carrying capacity, or limit to its maximum size.
400
The purpose of a well connected to a landfill.
What is to monitor the quality of groundwater.
400

True or false - cars from 10-20 years ago are better for the environment than cars from today.

Which is true?

400
Three ways air pollution can affect human health.
What is headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, reduced lung function, increased asthma attack, chest tightness, shortness of breath, irritation of throat, coughing, and irritation of eyes and nose.
400

Coke Cola used to contain this

Cocaine

500
In the late 1800's the human population began to rise sharply, what factors contributed to this increase in population?
What are improved health care, clean water, and other technological advances.
500

This is how long it takes for a plastic bottle to breakdown

What is 450 years?

500

Why are nuclear power plants considered green?

What is they don't burn anything or create gasses?

500

This is needed by everything living thing on the planet.

What is water?

500

This is the age the average teenager stops growing.

What is 18?