Environmental Science Questions
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What is believed to have been the downfall of the civilization on Easter Island? How did scientists determine this? (i.e., what evidence did they use to determine the cause of the downfall?) What are the competing hypotheses for what led to the downfall of this civilization?
Name 2 of the countries that receive a lot of the cell phones disposed of in the U.S.
These questions relate to the case study of the Vanishing Oysters of Chesapeake Bay.b. What is meant by the term hypoxia as it pertains to the case study?
What happens to energy as you move up the food chain (autotroph to tertiary consumer)? (Do you lose or gain energy and why?)
Name 3 processes by which carbon moves from one source on land into the air? (these are also called fluxes)
What is the process by which heterotrophs such as animals obtain energy?
*Describe how hypoxic conditions can develop in ecosystems such as the Chesapeake Bay.
Trophic level 4 has the ______ amount of organisms
The primary source of energy is the ________
Trophic level one has the __________ organims
What is the name of the scale that measures hurricane intensity?
Before a tornado touches the ground, it is called a:
Which is generally larger, a tornado or a hurricane?
Which area of the world experiences the MOST hurricanes?
Is the center of a tornado low or high pressure
During which season are tornadoes most common?
In which type of clouds do thunderstorms form?
Most tornadoes fall into which damage category?
What brings cold, dry air into contact with warm, moist air to create tornado conditions?
Where does the energy source from winds, currents, weather come from