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Biodiversity changes
This quiz is about the changes of Biodiversity
Question | Answer |
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The Photosynthetic definition | Describes organism that can use carbon dioxide and energy from sunlight to produce oxygen |
What does GFP stand for? | Green fluorescent protein |
Whats the Extinct definition | Describes a species that has completely died out |
How do oceans play a critical role in regulating Earths climates and weathers ? | By absorbing and releasing heat energy |
List two ways we depend on Earths oceans | We need Salt water, There are useful minerals and resources such as gold and silver |
What are estuaries | Coastal water bodies that receive river flow and open into the ocean. |
Human _______ have modified Earths ocean systems in many way and with various consequences | Activities |
Explain what is going on with water pollution. | Substances and chemicals are added to natural water. |
What is over-harvesting ? | Harvesting a resource at an unsustainable level |
________ ________ are human-made underwater structures that promote marine life by providing surfaces for marine plants and animals to attach to on the ocean floor | Artificial reefs |
Invasive species are new organisms that are introduced to non-native ecosystems. Why could this be a bad thing? | They disrupt the biodiversity and food webs by competing with or harming species native to that ecosystem |
The global warming definition | A trend of climate change observed by scientist that shows average temperatures on Earth to be gradually increasing |
Many members of the worlds scientific community believe that _______ activities contribute to global warming. | Human |