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1
Q

Variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth

Used as a measure the health of the biological systems

A

Biodiversity

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Defined area in which a community lives with interactions taking place among organisms between the community and its nonliving physical environment

Formed by the interactions between all living and nonliving things

A

Ecosystem

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3
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Large region characterized by a specific kind of climate and certain kinds of plant and animal communities

They can be freshwater, marine (saltwater), terrestrial, temperate, tropical, etc.

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Biomes

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4
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Diversity of all living organisms, habitats, and ecosystems on land, in freshwater, in the ocean and in the air

A

UN Biodiversity convention

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5
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different habitats, niches, species interaction

A

Ecological and functional diversity

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6
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Each species occupies a _____ in the community

The role the species plays, and includes the type of food it eats, where it lives, where it reproduces, and its relationships with other species

A

Niche

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7
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Different kinds of organisms, relationships among species

A

Species Diversity

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8
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Different genes and combinations of genes

A

Genetic Diversity

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9
Q

How much Biodiversity?

A

1.7 - 2.0 million species

Estimate: 100 million

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10
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A thin envelope of gases surrounding the earth

A

Atmosphere

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11
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The __________ is the atmospheric layer closest to the earth’s surface extending only about 17 kilometers (11 miles) above sea level at the equator and 8 kilometers (5 miles) over the poles.

A

troposphere

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12
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The atmosphere’s second layer is the __________, which extends from about 17 to about 48 kilometers (from 11 to 30 miles) above the earth’s surface.

A

stratosphere

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13
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__________ consists of short-term changes in atmospheric variables, such as the temperature and precipitation in a given area over a period of hours or days.

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Weather

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14
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__________ is determined by the average weather conditions of the earth or of a particular area, especially temperature and precipitation, over periods of at least three decades to thousands of years.

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Climate

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15
Q

Weather: __________
Climate: __________

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short term
long term

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16
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A natural process called the _______________ occurs when some of the solar energy absorbed by the earth radiates into the atmosphere as infrared radiation (heat).

A

greenhouse effect

17
Q

The _______________ was established in _____ to document past climate changes and project future changes; its network includes more than 2,500 climate scientists and scientists in disciplines related to climate studies from more than 130 countries

A

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

1988

18
Q

The IPCC issued a report based on more than 29,000 sets of data in _____

A

2007

19
Q

Much of Alaska’s Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park melted between _____ and _____

A

1948 and 2004

20
Q

Data from the _______________ show that the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide rose from a level of 285 parts per million (ppm) around 1850 at the start of the Industrial Revolution, to 390 ppm in 2010, a 37% increase.

A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

21
Q

Atmospheric warming will __________ the incidence and intensity of extreme weather events.

A

increase

22
Q

Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal)

Shift from coal to natural gas

Improve energy efficiency

Shift to renewable energy resources

Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries

Reduce deforestation

Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry

Put a price on
greenhouse 9as
emissions

Reduce poverty

Slow population growth

A

Prevention

23
Q

Remove COz from smokestack and vehicle emissions

Store (sequester)
COz by planting
tree5

Sequester CO2 in soil by using no-till cultivation and taking cropland out of production

Sequester CO2
deep underground (with no leaks allowed)

Sequester COz in the deep ocean (with no leaks allowed)

Repair leaky natural
gas pipelines and

Use animal feeds that reduce CHa emissions from cows (belching)

A

Cleanup

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