8th grade Spring Science Review

Surface water is...

What is an example of point source pollution

What causes a drought?

The empty spaces below the water table that are filled with water are called...

A animal that only eats plants is called what?

The process that moves bits of rock or sediment from one place to another?

What is a WATERSHED?

What type of water is more susceptible to pollution?

An aquifer must contain a permeable layer of rock, sand, or soil. Which is true about a permeable rock layer?

How can wildfires affect the environment ?

Position that an organism occupies in an energy pyramid based on what it eats is its ...

Mechanical weathering can be caused by what?

What causes Tsunamis?

A layer of rock that allows water to flow through is...

When pollutants are introduced into the environment over a large area, it is called ________?

Birds living on an animal such as a sheep and eat all the bugs and parasites off of the animal.

Upper limit of the underground region where cracks and pores are filled with water is...

What does the term biodegradable mean?

What is climate?

What is the main cause of an invasive species entering a new ecosystem?

The process by which water seeps into the soil.

Which catastrophic event forms over warm water and has circular winds that can cause significant damage?

What does the term sustainability refer to?

A place in the ground where water flows to the surface without being pumped is ?

The definition of RUNOFF is...

Erosion is the depositing of sediment from one place to another.

What is biodiversity?

Where do you find the impermable layer?

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is a bacterial infection transmitted by a tick. What type?

How much energy is available to the organisms on a higher Trophic Level?

Water beneath the earth's surface is known as what?

______________ is represented by arrows on a food chain or food web.

A ____________________ is an event that causes damage and is classified by the damage caused to the ecosystem.

What is salinity?

Which item takes the longest time to degrade?