Flashcards from the Worksheet

Front

Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are steadily increasing due to human activity.

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Carbon dioxide

Front

The civilization in Mesopotamia that developed writing.

Back

Sumerians

Front

An organism’s ability to survive is known as its what?

Back

Viability

Front

The Holocene epoch began how many thousand years ago?

Back

11.7 thousand years ago

Front

Primary greenhouse gas emitted by cows, as mentioned by Ermias Kebreab in his TED Talk.

Back

Methane

Front

Musical term for the distance between A and the next higher or next lower A.

Back

Octave

Front

U.S. president who signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law

Back

Joe Biden

Front

Perspective founded on the visual phenomenon where lines appear to converge at a point on the horizon

Back

Linear perspective

Front

Ame no ki (Rain Tree) employs visual elements by using overhead spotlights

Back

Visual elements

Front

Literary device in the sentence, “A fiery strip of orange creeps above the horizon”

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Personification