Forest Fires
Wildfires tend to start during this season of the year.
What is summer?
Natural human-induced factors that tend to interact and amplify each other.
What are drivers?
Species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats.
What are invasive species?
The three most populous countries in the world are __, ___, ____
What are China, India. and the U.S.?
Oceans cover around _____ percent of the Earth’s surface.
What is 71%?
Since 1984, the number of wildfires has _____ due to climate change. (increased to this extent)(Ex: tripled/quadrupled, etc.)
What is doubled?
The physical coverage of land, which is measured by the levels of vegetation, which the land will be used later by humans.
What is land cover?
Species that are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future and are sometimes characterized by a decrease in their population.
What is a threatened species?
The leading cause of overpopulation is____.
What is poverty?
A ________ plant lives partially in and out of the water.
What is an emergent plant?
The average acreage of US woodland burns every year (to the tenth place)
What is 1.2 million?
The two growing concerns that are main contributions to the loss of biodiversity?
What is the growing population and increasing consumption of natural resources?
The illegal hunting of protected animals, which is another aiding cause of species extinction.
What is poaching?
The definition of population growth rate is…
What is the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a given time period?
Pollution from fertilizers can cause ____ in ocean waters?
What are algae blooms or eutrophication?
The distance that wildfire sparks can travel to the tenth place.
What is 1.5 miles (2.5 km)?
A group that plays a major role in shaping communities by creating and enhancing their habitats in ways that benefit other species.
What is foundation species?
The main forms of overconsumption of a species that is responsible for its ultimate endangerment.
What are commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational uses?
The United Nations considers these factors to determine if a country is developing or developed (name two).
What is GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) Life Expectancy,
Literacy Rate,
Education
Healthcare System?
The colossal squid lives in the ____zone.
What is Twilight?
1,000 meter zone works too
High severity fires, however, can force make soils to do this___?
What is to repel water (become hydrophobic)
A group that provides early warnings of damage to a community or an ecosystem.
What is the indicator species?
The balance of these three academic studies are crucial to the recovery of an endangered species.
What is science, economics, and sociology?
The global population growth rate in 2020 to the hundredth place.
What is 1.05%?
Trawling, and other methods of fishing capture this unwanted species of fish.
What is bycatch?