Environmental Issues - Vocabulary

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Ecosystem
to release or project something (eg. light, sound, smoke, gas, radiation, etc.)
the complex system of relationships between living things and their environment.
to release or project something (eg. light, sound, smoke, gas, radiation, etc.)
no longer existing or lost forever (of an animal, bird or plant species.)
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Acid rain
rain that contains harmful chemicals that collect in the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.
the protection and preservation of natural environments and resources.
the complex system of relationships between living things and their environment.
to release or project something (eg. light, sound, smoke, gas, radiation, etc.)
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Carbon Dioxide
the complex system of relationships between living things and their environment.
higher air and sea temperatures partly caused by man-made increases in greenhouse-gas levels.
a gas that's released when carbon is burned (for example coal or oil), or when people or animals breathe out.
a gas in the atmosphere that stops heat from escaping into space.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Conservation
to release or project something (eg. light, sound, smoke, gas, radiation, etc.)
the complex system of relationships between living things and their environment.
the protection and preservation of natural environments and resources.
to add chemicals or organic material to soil so that plants grow better.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Food chain
the order in which organisms in an ecosystem eat one another.
to add chemicals or organic material to soil so that plants grow better.
the complex system of relationships between living things and their environment.
a gas in the atmosphere that stops heat from escaping into space.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
fossil fuels
higher air and sea temperatures partly caused by man-made increases in greenhouse-gas levels.
a gas in the atmosphere that stops heat from escaping into space.
the place in which a species normally lives.
a fuel like oil or coal formed from very old plant and animal fossils.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Global warming
a gas in the atmosphere that stops heat from escaping into space.
higher air and sea temperatures partly caused by man-made increases in greenhouse-gas levels.
the place in which a species normally lives.
a gas that's released when carbon is burned (for example coal or oil), or when people or animals breathe out.
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