Birdful Biomes
Chickadees can be found near your house in this biome.
What is temperate forest?
"Sphere" is the last part of this word that describes all frozen water on earth.
What is Cryosphere?
The threshold at which negative effects occur is called this.
What is "toxicity threshold"?
This is what we call something that removes carbon from the environment.
What is a carbon sink?
This converts radiant energy to electrical energy.
What is solar?
Toucans are often found eating fruits in this biome.
What is Tropical Rainforest?
Unlike my ocean bound cousins, I'm found only on land.
Half my population died due to a toxin, that's because it reached this metric.
What is LD50?
What are greenhouse gases?
Quebec has many of these power plants
What is "Hydroelectric" energy?
I can find snow buntings commonly in this biome
What is Arctic Tundra?
If this melts it can cause a lot of structural damage to human homes.
What is permafrost?
Buffering capacity is the soil's ability to resist changes to this.
What is pH?
Plants use this to gain food and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
What is photosynthesis?
Iceland is the country that can use this energy the most.
What is geothermal energy?
While penguins are commonly found at sea, Antarctic penguins spend a lot of time in this other biome
What is a desert?
If this melts it DOES NOT raise ocean levels
What is pack ice?
The reason Dolphin's are unsafe to eat is due to this concept.
Phosphorus finds it's way back into the soil through this geological process.
What is plate tectonics? (or upwelling)
This type of energy was responsible for the Chernobyl disaster.
What is nuclear energy?
White Winged Crossbills pry open the seeds of trees found in this biome.
What is boreal forest?
This effect allows snow to bounce back light cool the earth.
What is the albedo effect?
This is what we call using bacteria to absorb dangerous toxins and clean water.
The process by which NO3- is converted into N2 gas is called
Nitrification
This is Mr. Cuffaro's least favorite energy.