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enviromental science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| humans altered there habits during what period | industrial,agricultural, and hunter gatherer |
| which countrys population is most likley to increase the fastest | kenya |
| what product is biodegradable in small amounts | newspapers |
| what is applied science that focuses on human acctivities called | enviromental science |
| a polutant that cant be broken down by nature is what | non-biodegradable |
| in what period did humans live in tribes | hunter-gatherer period |
| whats three examples of renewable resorces | air water soil |
| copper pertoleum and diamonds are what | non renewable resorces |
| rapid population and poverty are characteristics of what | nondeveloped contries |
| what is the group that does not recieve experimental treatment? | control group |
| what is numeric information called collected from an experiment | data |
| what is a group of individuals used to represent population called | sample |
| the average mass of a wolf pack is an example of what? | mean? |
| what is the classification and collection of data called? | statistics |
| a model of a dinosaur is an example of what | physical model |
| a chance that an event will happen is | probabillity |
| what is the chance that an earthquake will occur in the next year | risk |
| human leisure activities | recreational |
| a volcano is a mountain built from what | magma |
| deep current flow along what | ocean floor |
| the ozone is located in what layer | stratosphere |
| total quanity of salt in water is called | salinity |
| what is the transfer of energy through space | radiation |
| what does the richter scale describe | magnitude |
| a fault is a break in the what | earths crust |
| how did the himalaya mountains form | colliding tectonic plates |
| the ozone is made up of what | three oxygen atoms |
| what is a producer of oxygen | plants |
| which invertabrates are small and can hide | insects |
| what are considered lower plants | ferns and mosses |
| prosses where characteristics of a population change because of humans | artificial selection |
| trait that increases chance of survival | adaptation |
| what is the living or once living factor of an ecosystem | biotic |
| nonliving part of the ecosystem such as air and rocks | abioti |
| animal with backbone | vertabrate |
| athletes foot is caused by a what | fungus |
| algae belong to what kingdom | protist |
| what is the initial food sorce for all ecosystems | plants |
| horses and cattle only eat plants and are called | herbavoirs |
| a lion eats only meat and is called | carniviore |
| organisms that eat only dead stuff are called what | decomposers |
| what kind of natural selection could help a forest enviorment | fire |
| what is the main gas in the atmosphere | nitrogen |
| what organism is at the bottom of the food chain | algae of plants |
| what is the term for the common feeding relationships in an ecosystem | food web |
| what vegatation would you find oon a farm that has been abandonded for 150 years | tall mature oak trees |
| on new islands formed by volcanos you are more that likley going to find what succsession | primary |
| a prosses where sunlight is used to make energy | photosynthisis |
| cutting down all the trees is the rain forest might affect what | flooding |
| animals in the desert move around at night and are what | nocturnal |
| what is an adaptaion of a desert animal | eating at night |
| which of the following ecosystems is normally in warm costal areas | chepperal |
| distance north or south on map | latitude |
| what is estivating | buring in the groung |
| what is tiaga | forest biome |
| tropical rain forest is threated by | deforestaion |