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"Gaia Theory" says that Earth is...
a living thing itself.
Catastrophic means...
causing a lot of suffering or destruction.
mass extinction is...
a sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time.
To shrink means...
to become smaller in amount, value, or range.
T or F. Human behavior has no effect on the environment.
False. It directly affects the environment.
T or F. Global warming causes melting glaciers, drastic changes in climate, and mass extinctions.
True
T or F: There is an island made up of trash that is twice the size of Texas.
True.
T or F: Hurricane Katrina was devastating to New Orleans mainly because their sea barriers were not built high enough.
True.
Our individual actions, such as driving cars, really do have a _______________ on the environment.
Negative Effect
Where do old computer monitors, old iPods, old CDs go to?
The garbage dumps outside our cities.
Human induced global warming can cause...
melting glaciers, drastic changes in climate, and mass extinctions.
___________ are the main source of food for countless ocean species.
Plankton.
What is a "symbiotic relationship?"
the relationship between different living things that depend on each other
The ice that polar bears live on will have melted by... 20_____
2030
"Melt" means...
to be changed from a solid substance into a liquid.
"Finite" means...
existing only in limited numbers or amounts.
