University:
Sam Houston State University
Course:
GEOL 1405 | Geologic & Environmental Hazards
Academic year:

2019
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370

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4
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Our Planet: Episode 1: One Planet: From what perspective does one see “earthrise?” Wildlife populations declined by ______% over the last 50 years. What does resilient mean? What location features seabird colonies? Why are the seabirds present in such high numbers? How many birds migrate daily? Name one type of seabird present here. Describe how these birds acquire food. What is responsible for sweeping all these fish into this particular area? How do oceans get needed nutrients from microscopic organisms living there? What are the mackerel eating? What are krill eating? What are dolphins eating? What are shearwaters eating? Draw a food web depicting this oceanic interaction. How are great clouds formed? Where is the salt pan located? Name the continent. What are animals searching for who migrate through the salt pan? Which biome best fits the saltpan? What do the flamingos eat? Why do the flamingos come to this area? How often might they breed? Why do predators not venture to the nesting area? What is the colony of flamingos in search of? How far might the flamingos walk? The young flamingo cannot keep up and therefore, it will not survive to reproduce. This best exemplifies ______________________________. Rainfall permits many different types of species to thrive. This high variation in species is referred to as __________________________. How many new calves of wildebeests are born annually? What nourishes the calf? What drives migration of the herd? Why are the woodlands dangerous territory for the wildebeest to graze near? Name two factors affecting migration of African mammals. Biodiversity is highest in which biome? What is the relationship between plants and many animals? What kind of flower produces a “bucket-like” flower? A bee gains an attractant chemical from an orchid. The orchid transfers pollen to the bee. Both benefit. What kind of relationship is this? What kind of mating behaviors do the manakin birds perform? Describe the blue manakin’s routine. Explain the different appearances of male and female blue manakins. Boreal forests host few organisms. Caribou migrate to them for _____________ and ______________. What predator is hunting the caribou? Why are wolves able to track the caribou quickly? What is the benefit of the caribou stopping on a frozen lake? How much has this caribou herd shrank? What part of the planet is warming the fastest? Where do polar bears typically hunt? What is the impact of the limited refreezing sea ice? Ice on land is changing fast. These large expanses of ice are often _________________, like those found on Greenland. Which glacier is rapidly disappearing? How tall is the glacier featured? How deep does it go into the water? What is happening to the rate of glacial ice loss? What dramatic event is occurring to this glacier? The ice that has broken away is now an _______________. How much ice breaks free in 20 minutes? How has the ice release rate from glaciers changed? What’s the harm in the increased loss of glacial ice?