Biodiversity
This is an example of species relying on each other, like bees pollinating flowers.
What is interdependence?
This percentage of the Colorado River has dried up due to human use.
What is 70%?
This part of Earth is like the bark of a tree.
This part of Earth is like the bark of a tree.
This natural disaster is worsened by warmer oceans.
What is a hurricane?
Explain how energy is related to the biosphere.
Energy from the sun powers photosynthesis, which supports all life by moving through the food chain.
The presence of many different genes within a species is called this.
What is genetic diversity?
This U.S. habitat was lost due to monuments and structures being built.
What is wetlands?
The cambium layer of a tree is similar to this layer of the Earth.
What is the mantle?
Melting permafrost is causing displacement in this region.
What is the Arctic or Alaska?
How are coral reefs being affected by humans?
Human actions such as pollution, overfishing, and climate change are causing coral bleaching and reef destruction.
A rainforest with a wide variety of habitats is an example of this.
What is ecosystem diversity?
This South American biome is being destroyed for cattle grazing and farming.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
This natural resource powers much of the biosphere.
What is solar energy?
Rising sea levels have displaced communities in this island nation.
What is the Maldives?
Describe how humans are impacting habitats around the world.
Deforestation, urban expansion, pollution, and agriculture are reducing and altering natural habitats.
This term describes the removal of marine species faster than they can reproduce.
What is overfishing?
This is the main reason the extinction rate is increasing, according to experts.
What is human activity?
This determines the number of rattlesnakes in a forest ecosystem.
What is the food web or prey population?
People are forced to move when farmland becomes too dry due to this.
What is drought (caused by climate change)?
This term refers to marine animals unintentionally caught while fishing for other species.
What is bycatch?
This aspect of climate change is intensifying hurricanes.
What is warmer ocean temperatures?
This human characteristic has helped us adapt to major environmental changes.
What is the ability to learn or problem-solve?
This global trend is the main reason for climate-related displacement.
What is global warming or climate change?