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1) What are forests: 2) They cover ___% of earth's landmass and are home to ___% of earth's terrestrial life and ___% of its green, photosynthesizing leaves. correct answers 1) Forests are biomes dominated by trees. (High rainfall) 2) They currently cover about 30% of the planet's landmass but,...

How do we know about the formation of the solar system? correct answers Telescopes, rovers, probes, samples Who published work about heliocentrism? correct answers Copernicus What makes a planet a planet? correct answers 1. large body orbiting a star (in a regular pattern) 2. Nearly spherical...

Why do earthquakes occur? correct answers - release of energy in response to a build up of stress along a fracture - energy released in sudden bursts due to stick-slip behavior Why do we see stick slip behavior? correct answers faults are not smooth so the jagged edge causes friction What are...

Hydrolic Cycle correct answers movement of water through the hydrosphere Hoe does water get trapped in certain parts of the hydrolic cycle? correct answers - longest in ice caps (10,000-200,000 years) - shortest in living organisms (hours-days) - shallow-deep ground water (100-10,000 years) so ...

Environmental Science correct answers the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment ES as an interdisciplinary pursuit correct answers Broad field of study, important that we inquire with traditional disciplines. Ex. Sulphur Mining ...

3 factors affecting climate correct answers sun, atmosphere, oceans albedo correct answers the reflectivity of a surface water vapour correct answers most abundant greenhouse gas and contributes most greenhouse effect positive feedback cycle correct answers warming leads to water vapour whi...

When was the peak of population growth rate? correct answers Growth rate peaked at 2.1% in 1960s, reduced to 1.2% at start of 21st Century what was the view on population growth in the 1700s and how did it change over time? correct answers 1700s - it was broadly viewed that more children meant be...

soil correct answers composed of minerals, organic matter, air, and water parent material correct answers geological base material for soil and is determines soil composition weathering correct answers the break down of rock through chemical, physical, or biological processes humus correct ...

Eutrophication correct answers Nutrient enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem that stimulates excess plant growth and disrupts normal energy uptake and matter cycles. Green Revolution correct answers Plant- breeding program in the mid- 1900s that dramatically increased crop yields and led the way fo...

Science correct answers Systematic observation of events in order to discover facts about them. Also a body of knowledge. Can be verified for further investigation. Is a process of discovery that requires reproducibility, peer review, and skepticism Environmental Science correct answers Interdisc...

7 rules that define life/living thing correct answers 1) Living things have a program to make exact copies of themselves (DNA). 2) Life adapts and evolves - through life's program, mutation, and natural selection. 3) Life tends to be complex and highly organized - compartmentalization. 4) Living...

Arable correct answers land that is suitable for the annual planting of crops Agriculture correct answers the practice of raising crops and livestock for human use and consumption Cropland correct answers land used to raise plants for human use Rangeland correct answers land used for grazin...

Biotic correct answers living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria Abiotic correct answers nonliving things such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil Environment Canada correct answers the department of the federal government that is most directly responsible for ...

12 correct answers number of tectonic plates intraplate correct answers earthquakes that happen in the middle of plates 1616 correct answers year that the church condemned the sun-centered theory of the solar system as contrary to scripture Galileo Galilei correct answers This scientist pro...