front 1 Weather | back 1 Short-lived, local patterns temperature and precipitation due
to |
front 2 Climate | back 2 Long term patterns of temperature and precipitation. |
front 3 Biosphere | back 3 The sum of the regions of the Earth (water, surface, |
front 4 Earth and climate | back 4 The climate of a region is partially due to the amount of
solar Seasonal changes are due to the tilt of the Earth on its axis. Earth is tilted 23 degree to the right of the axis |
front 5 Population | back 5 Organisms of the same species living in a particular area |
front 6 Species | back 6 All of the populations of organisms that are similar
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front 7 Community | back 7 Populations of different species interacting in a given area |
front 8 Ecosystem | back 8 Interaction of a community and the physical environment |
front 9 Global warming | back 9 Global warming is primarily associated with increases in the surface temperature. |
front 10 Which of the following levels of biological organization represents the sum of all of the locations where life may be found on the planet? | back 10 The biosphere |
front 11 Greenhouse gases | back 11 Gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat from the sun, helping to keep the planet warm enough to support life. |
front 12 Greenhouse effect | back 12 The gases shown here retain heat in the lower atmosphere, a phenomenon called the greenhouse effect. Water, CO2, CH4, N2O, O3, CFCs |
front 13 CO2 | back 13 The most important of the greenhouse gases due to its ability to absorb infrared energy. |
front 14 Methane (CH4) | back 14 A very rare gas in the atmosphere, with concentrations measured as parts per billion (ppb) |
front 15 Water vapor | back 15 Natural processes associated with the water cycle |
front 16 Nitrous oxides | back 16 Agricultural practices such as the use of fertilizers and |
front 17 Ozone | back 17 Natural processes and the interaction of solar energy |
front 18 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) | back 18 Compounds used in refrigerants and to make spray |
front 19 Ocean & climate change | back 19 When carbon dioxide enters the oceans, it produces carbonic acid, which leads to ocean acidification and negative impacts on shellfish. |
front 20 The ocean is a | back 20 heat sink |
front 21 Transgenic organism | back 21 living thing that has a gene from another species added to its DNA. |
front 22 Cisgenic organism | back 22 has genes from the same species or a closely related one — not from a completely different species. |
front 23 Intragenic organism | back 23 has had its own genes rearranged or modified, but no foreign genes from other species are added. |
front 24 Selective breeding | back 24 process where humans choose specific plants or animals to reproduce because they have desirable traits — like size, color, strength, or yield. |
front 25 Gregor Mendel | back 25 Selective breeding with pea plants |
front 26 First GMO | back 26 Tomato, genetically modified to not over-ripen |
front 27 How do GMOs and climate change relate | back 27 GMOs help reduce impacts of climate change (drought, heat pest resistant). |