Pentathlon Science

What does a wind turbine convert?

Sediments include nonchemical pollutants such as sand, silt and clay that become mobilized when soil is___

When carbon combines with oxygen, it forms what?

What happens each time an atom splits?

The ___ is an objective way to explore the natural world, draw inferences, and predict the outcome of events.

Remains of extinct plants and animals that have been preserved in rock are known as ___.

___ refers to the collection of solar energy directly from the rays of the sun without an intermediate technology.

Because natural gas is less dense than oil, it lies ___ it in the rock strata.

What is the process of becoming most suited for a particular environment called?

Oil and other oil products enter the oceans through multiple sources, most notably from spills from ___ and oil tankers.

What largely determines the relatively hospitable temperatures on Earth?

A ___ species is a species with a dramatically ___ effect on an ecosystem relative to its abundance.

What term is used to describe species that are not native to an area but are introduced by people?

The interactions of systems and components within systems are known as___

How much energy does a pound of enriched uranium contain compared to gasoline?

What is the integration of living and nonliving system components in specific geographic areas called?

What can happen to species as environments undergo major changes over a long period of time?

What provides the first step in understanding why some species are found or not found in various regions?

What are the goals for energy use in a sustainable society?

Grasslands are often called ___ in the US and steppes in Central Asia.

__ is critical for life on Earth because it is one of the elements in ___, which are the basic components of organisms.

According to the UN Development Program, people who live in developed countries own what percentage of cars and trucks?

In the context of agriculture, what does the term "intensity" refer to?

What does IPCC stand for?

According to the United Nations, the global human population reached ____ people in November 2022.

What is one environmental objection to wind power?

What are biomes?

What is the effect of human actions on Earth's biosphere and global climate?

An open system is one where the exchange of matter or ___ between it and other systems occurs.

The set of traits expressed by individuals that results from the interaction of genotype and environment is known as ___

A(n) ___ is a measure that reflects the environmental health of a system.

___ interactions are those that increase the survival probability or reproduction of both species.

Which of the following can cause the type of genetic drift known as bottleneck effect?

There are periods of mass extinction in which the fossil record reveals that __ number of species died in a very __ time

According to the most common definition, what is a characteristic that organisms must have to be a species?

How is ethanol produced?

What is resilience in an ecosystem?

Active solar energy is primarily used for heating hot water and ___

What real-life experience demonstrates the greenhouse effect?

What is another, more common term, for hydraulic fracturing?

The heat produced from the radioactive decay of elements deep in the Earth is called ___.

Individuals leaving the population is known as _____.

Mutualists are species that interact in what way?

According to the USAP Science Resource Guide, every day the Earth is bathed with what type of energy?

How do environmental scientists define a population?

The term "trophe" in trophic levels comes from the Greek word for what?

What happens to the size of a population as the limiting resource decreases?

The ___ record is the basis of the geologic time scale, which divides time into various intervals.