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Biodiversity Changes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What does Photosynthetic mean? | Describes organisms that can use carbon dioxide and energy from sunlight to produce oxygen. |
| What does GFP stand for? | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| What does extinct mean? | Describes a species that has completely died out. |
| How do oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's climates and weathers? | Absorbing and releasing heat energy |
| What are two ways we depend on Earths oceans? | To transport goods and products, also to find mineral. |
| What are estuaries? | Coastal water bodies that recieve river flow and open into the ocean |
| Human ____ have modified Earth's ocean systems in many way and with various consequences. | Activities |
| What is going on with water pollution? | Water pollution is dumping wastes into sewers or rivers that empty into the ocean. |
| What is overharvesting? | 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 introduced to non-native ecosystems. Why could this be a bad thing? | They disrupt the biodiversity & food webs by competing with or harming species native to that ecosystem. |
| _____ activities contribute to global warming. Burning ___ fuels releases greenhouse ___. These gases trap ___ on Earth's surface | Human, fossil, gases, and heat |
| What does global warming mean? | A trend of climate changed observed by scientist that shows average temperature on Earth |
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