A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

What is the term for organisms, including plants and algae, that create their own food?

Level 1 on the pyramid

Which animal was an extremely valuable resource for all Native American tribes?

What is the name of the first national park established in the United States?

Which of the following best describes primary succession?

The need for more cropland has led to the ______________________ of large wooded areas.

Finite

What resource is finite?

Infrared radiation is associated with

Which molecules interact with infrared radiation, warming Earth? Select all that apply.

Which molecules to not interact with infrared radiation? Select all that apply.

Sea surface temperatures have been

Which pollutant is NOT typically found in the air surrounding CAFOs?

What is this a picture of?

What nutrients are responsible for eutrophication in water? Select all that apply.

Most energy in the United States comes from...

35% of electricity production in the US is from...

This electricity source has very few CO2 emissions.

Excess nitrogen and phosphorous in waterways can cause

What does WONC stand for?

The dog's name in The Biggest Little Farm was...

1.1 An individual living thing is a/an __________.

1.1 All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

1.1 In the mountain river ecosystem pictured above, what would be an abiotic factor?

1.2-1.3 Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

1.10 Invasive species have a negative impact on...

2.1-2.2 Process in which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment, survive and reproduce more successfully than those less well adapted (survival of the fittest)

2.3 Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is

2.4-2.5 Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL

2.4-2.5 The first organisms that appear in an ecological community

2.6-2.8 Biotic or abiotic things that control the size of a population

3.3-3.4 An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

3.3-3.4 An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

3.3-3.4 The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

3.3-3.4 What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

3.3-3.4 What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

4.3 Pollutants are removed or changed chemically before they leave factory smokestacks by a(n)

5.2 Which type of mining is associated with disturbing more land?

5.5 Another word for farming

5.5-5.8 The need for more cropland has led to the ______________________ of large wooded areas.

5.6-5.8 How can the planting of new trees help reduce climate change?

6.2 Fresh water makes up what percent of the Earth's water?

6.3 An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water

6.3 The largest watershed in the United States is

6.4 What nutrients are responsible for eutrophication in water? Select all that apply.

6.4 __________________ pollution is harder to control, because it can't be traced back to a single source

6.5 It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water

7.1 Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

7.1 Carbon-containing fuels, or fossil fuels, formed millions of years ago from the remains of

7.1-7.2 Energy can be classified into..

7.2 A home is built with clear glass panels that allow sunlight to pass through. This is an example of

7.3-7.4 Which human activity contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

7.4 The collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items is

8.2 During which period in human history were most of our modern environmental problems introduced?

8.4-8.5 Genetic engineering relies on placing a gene that codes for a desired trait into the __________ of a different organism from the organism where the gene was originally harvested

8.6-8.8 Sprawl increases carbon dioxide emissions by

8.6-8.8 What term describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions?

9.1-9.3 Gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as

9.1-9.3 What is the definition of "Greenhouse Effect?"

9.1-9.3 Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

9.2 What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

1.1 An individual living thing is a/an __________.

1.1 All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

1.1 In the mountain river ecosystem pictured above, what would be an abiotic factor?

1.2-1.3 Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?

1.10 Invasive species have a negative impact on...

2.1-2.2 Process in which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment, survive and reproduce more successfully than those less well adapted (survival of the fittest)

2.3 Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is

2.4-2.5 Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL

2.6-2.8 Biotic or abiotic things that control the size of a population

3.3-3.4 An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

3.3-3.4 An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

3.3-3.4 The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

3.3-3.4 What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

3.3-3.4 What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

5.6-5.8 How can the planting of new trees help reduce climate change?

6.4 What nutrients are responsible for eutrophication in water? Select all that apply.

7.1 Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

7.1 Carbon-containing fuels, or fossil fuels, formed millions of years ago from the remains of

7.1-7.2 Energy can be classified into..

Which of the following absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Which one of these does not add CO₂ to the atmosphere?

A _______________ is any process or activity through which an element is released into the atmosphere.

A ____________ is a reservoir that takes up a chemical element and stores it for a long period of time.

What is a greenhouse gas?

How is the ocean involved in the carbon cycle?

What types of organisms need carbon to survive?

How does a cow transfer carbon to other parts of the environment?

Energy flows through an ecosystem and is transferred as ____________, but chemical elements are ____________.

Which of the following is NOT a SOLID form of carbon in the carbon cycle?

Choose the correct process described: Acid rain dissolves minerals trapped in rocks and washes them to surface waters

Choose the correct process described: A chemical combination of a carbon based fuel with oxygen that produces heat or light and releases CO₂

Choose the correct process described: Plants and animals break down sugars and metabolize them into CO₂ , water and ATP for energy

Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?

Which nitrogen cycle process breaks down atmospheric nitrogen (N₂) and combines it with hydrogen or oxygen using bacteria or lightning strikes

After living organisms use nitrogen, decomposer bacteria convert it back to ammonia for plants to use through this process

This process converts ammonia into nitrites and nitrates for plants to use

Nitrogen compounds are converted back into atmospheric N₂ by bacteria and burning of fossil fuels through this process