Ecology

The cutting down of all trees in a forest

• tree stripping

• paper production

• deforestation

• detreealation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species that plays a crucial role in the survival of many other species and ecosystems

• apex species

• keystone

• predators

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A species that is not native to an ecosystem.

• invasive

• threatened

• keystone

• native

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Trapping of the sun's warmth in our lower atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

• radioactive warming

• heating

• spectral warming

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which sphere of the Earth includes all living organisms?

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels

• climate change

• global warming

• radiative heating

• infrared warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A spiral rotation of trash.

• curvation

• striation

• nurdle

• gyre

A species that is gone forever

• threatened

• endangered

• extinct

• keystone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The variety of life in an ecosystem

• species

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3