Unit 0: Ecological Footprint
Wealthiest 25% of the world uses ___ of the world’s resources
75%
Flesh eaters
Carnivore
Hot all year round and has a wet and dry season
Savanna
What percentage of the atmosphere is made of Nitrogen?
78%
densest layer of the earth
Inner Core
Ecological footprints are a measure of ___ impact on the Earth.
human
eats both plant and animal
Omnivore
Plants rise above the water (cattails/ reeds)
Emergent
Water sticks to water
Cohesion
Crust
one hectare =
10,000 sq m
Plant eater
herbivore
a large body of freshwater surrounded by land
Lake
Water sticks to other polar molecules
Adhesion
What is Silica found in
Magma
The footprint equals the __ on Earth to sustain one person.
cost
One organism
Individual
similar to a lake, but smaller in size
Pond
Many things dissolve in water
Universal Solvent
A break in the Earth’s crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
Fault
The U.S. footprint is almost _ times greater than the world’s average
5
All members of the same species.
Population
an increase in the amount of nutrients in a pond or lake caused by sewage or fertilizer runoff
Eutrophication
Top of the water is like a surface
High Surface Tension
Location directly above the focus of the earthquake
Epicenter