Term
| Temperature is increasing faster at the _______ _______ than at its equator |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Climate change can shorten or
______________ of crops and therefore affect the ____________ _____ ________ ____________. |
|
Definition
| Livelihoods of area farmers. |
|
|
Term
| ________ __________ provide a way to measure biological and atmospheric conditions from the distant past. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| ______ ___ ________ representing a time frame covering thousands of years can be extracted from glaciers. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| _______ _______ present in the ice reveal the atmospheric composition thousands of years ago. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How are present day carbon dioxide levels are measured? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| describes the movement of carbon atoms between organic molecules and inorganic CO2 via natural processes. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Carbon dioxide
Methane Nitrous Oxide |
|
|
Term
| What are the role of greenhouse gases to global warming? |
|
Definition
| They absorb some of the radiated heat, keeping the atmosphere and the surface o the earth warm. |
|
|
Term
| What human activities are increasing the levels of greenhouse gases? |
|
Definition
Burning Fossil Fuels
Methane from Cattle
Deforestation
Rice Agriculture
Concrete Production |
|
|
Term
| How are historic carbon dioxide levels measured? |
|
Definition
| In glacial Ice Cores: they contain layers of ice harboring gas bubbles. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| contains most of atmospheric gases |
|
|
Term
| Ozone Depleting Substances: Accounting for 80% of total stratospheric ozone depletion. |
|
Definition
Chlorofluorocarbons
Methyl Chloroform
Carbon Tetrachloride
Hydrofluorocarbons (HCFCs) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| From organisms to the soil, water, and air and back to organisms. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Primarily through soil, water, and organisms. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Primary producers-photosynthesis
Primary consumers-herbivores
Secondary consumers-carnivores
Tertiary consumers- carnivorous carnivores
Detritivores- Decomposers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Carbon fixed by photosynthesis |
|
|
Term
| Gross primary productivity |
|
Definition
Total carbon fixed/ unit time
(Total material produced through photosynthesis) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Carbon fixed minus carbon lost through cellular respiration. (amount of material plant accumulates) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Top - Quaternary Consumers (eat tertiary consumers)
Tertiary Consumers (eat secondary consumers)
Secondary Consumers (eat primary consumers)
Primary Consumers (eat producers)
Producers (plants) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Warned that the use of pesticides such as DDT was causing population declines in many non-target organisms. (1962) |
|
|
Term
| Percentage of Fresh Water and Salt Water |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What does aquifers store? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Earth;s Tilt and the Seasons |
|
Definition
Vernal equinox (March 21-22)
Winter Solstice (December 21-22
Autumnal Equinox (September 22-23)
Summer Solstice (June 21-22) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Desert, coniferous forest, tundra, temperate Deciduous forest, tropical forest, grassland, aquatic marine, aquatic freshwater |
|
|
Term
| Why are ecosystems dynamic? |
|
Definition
| Because the biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem can and do change, ecosystems are not static entities. |
|
|
