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Biodiversity
Biodiversity study stack
Question | Answer |
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Copy the photosynthetic definition: | describes organisms that can use carbon dioxide and energy from sunlight to produce oxygen |
What does GFP stand for? | Green fluorescent protein |
copy the extinct definition: | describes a species that has completely died out |
how do oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's climates and weathers? | The absorb heat and disperse it. |
List two ways we depend on Earth's oceans. | For fish and other animals and travel. |
What are Estuaries? | coastal water bodies that receive river flow and open into the ocean. |
Human _______ have modified Earth's ocean systems in many ways and with various consequences. | activities. |
Explain what is going on with water pollution. | People are putting trash in the ocean and it hurts fish. |
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. |
Why are invasive species a bad thing? | It ruins delicate delicate food webs/chains. |
Burning ______ ______ like gasoline and coal releases greenhouse gases. | Fossil fuels. |
Copy the global warming definition. | a trend of climate change observed by scientists that shows average temperatures on Earth to be gradually increasing. |