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68 Cards in this Set
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What is the 10 year average (1997-2006) for heat related deaths in the US in a typical year.
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170
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What cloud can produce moderate to heavy precipitation?
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Cumulonimbus
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What is the date with the shortest amount of daylight in the Southern Hemisphere?
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June 22
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What layer of the atmosphere do meteorites burn up in?
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Mesosphere
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What type of weather should you expect if the barometer shows the air pressure is decreasing rapidly?
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Thunderstorms
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Name some official types of wetlands.
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Bogs, marshes, swamps
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What is the name for the dead plant material that accumulates around the base of prairie?
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Thatch
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What weather event is often associated with hail?
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Tornadoes
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Why are prairie grasses used as roadside plantings?
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Less mowing and maintenance
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A fresh water wetland that contains trees and shrubs is called..
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a swamp
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What are swimming birds that live in aquatic habitats?
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Waterfowl
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What kind of heat is transferred from the stove to the handle of a cooking pot?
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Conduction
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____ is the acoustic result of the air surrounding a lightning bolt hearing to ultra high temperatures instantaneously.
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Thunder
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Exposure to full sunshine can increase heat index values by up to ____ degrees F.
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15
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What is the time listed on the NWS Doppler radar images?
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Z-time
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What two dates have equal daylight and night time hours?
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March 21/ September 23
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What water source would distinguish a wetland as coastal?
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Tide
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What are some influences on prairie characteristics?
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Climate, wildlife, topography
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What is a transitional zone between two ecosystems called?
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An ecotone
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What type of prairie has scattered trees and a ground cover fo grasses and forbs?
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Savanna
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What animal is not a known inhabitant of the American wetlands?
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Crocodiles
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What is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust?
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Oxygen
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Metamorphic rocks are existing rocks being _____ and _____ by the earth to transform them.
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Pressed and heated
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What mineral is the scarcest in the earths crust?
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Mercury
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What is the softest mineral?
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Talc
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What percentage of oxygen is air made up of?
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20%
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What mineral is most often extracted by placer mining?
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Titanium
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What is the mineral known as fool's gold?
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Pyrite
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What does luster refer to?
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How shiny a sample is.
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How do divergent plate boundaries move?
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Away from each other.
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What is a bauxite ore the main source of?
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Aluminum
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If a mineral or rock has perfect cleavage on 1 plane, what will it do?
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Peel off in sheets
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How does carbon monoxide affect the body?
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It displaces oxygen on the hemoglobin in the blood, starving tissues of oxygen.
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What is the function of the ozone?
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Reflect UV radiation
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What unit is used to measure the diamter of particulate matter in the air?
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Microns
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What is the primary cause of most air pollution?
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Combustion of carbon based fuels
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What does a wet scrubber do?
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Removes the sulfur from the smoke being discharged from power plants.
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When was the Clean Air Act signed into law?
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1970
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What is the largest reptile in the world?
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Saltwater crocodile
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What impact does carbon dioxide have on our environment?
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Warms the plantet by trapping solar radiation.
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How many humps does a bactrian camel have?
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2
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What is VOC?
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Volatile Organic Compound
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Who was Jay Darling?
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A cartoonist who brought public awareness to conservation.
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What is the main reason that sea otters became endangered in the early 20th century?
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Trapping them for their pelts.
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What is the function of the swim bladder?
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To adjust buoyancy.
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What do manatees eat?
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Ocean plants
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What is smog?
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A hazy foul smelling mist, which is the result of VOC's reacting with water vapor and sunlight, and a secondary pollutant caused by photochemical reactions.
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What is the human body's first line of defense against air pollution?
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Hairs in the nostrils
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What is the name of a fish that has just hatched?
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Fry
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What fish is a close relative to the salmon?
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Rainbow trout
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A ____ is considered a crustacean.
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Shrimp
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What are the whisker-like structures on a catfish's face?
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Barbell
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What aquacrop is the most widely produced in the US?
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Catfish
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How do producers collect salmon eggs to hatch for production?
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Sacrificial females
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What aquacrop is the fastest growing species?
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Tilapia
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What do we use to put oxygen into the water of a tank or pond system?
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Aerator
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What ecosystem do raceways recreate?
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Stream
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What aquaculture structure is best for raising fry and fingerlings?
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Tank
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A relationship between two organisms in which both benefit.
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Commensalism
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A relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is harmed.
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Parasitism
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An organism that feeds on dead materials, often called a scavenger.
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Saprophage
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An organism that will feed on both plants and other animal flesh.
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Omnivore
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Using a natural resource to the benefit of humans.
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Exploitation
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An organism that eats flesh
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Carnivore
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An organism that eats plant material.
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Herbivore
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An organism that feeds on living materials.
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Biophage
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A disease that can be spread from animals to humans.
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Zoonotic
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An exotic species that is taking over an ecosystem.
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Invasive species.
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