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• What is the relationship between climate and agriculture?
  
• What are some differences between traditional and modern agriculture?
  
• What is a contaminant?
  
• How can exotic species affect populations of native species?
  
• What kind of weather is associated with a high-pressure area and why?
  
• What 19 states make up tornado alley?
  
• How can grazing-management and range-improvement techniques help sustain rangelands?
  
• What is the top of the saturation zone in the ground called?
  
• What do the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system control?
  
• Determine whether a census is practical in the situation described?
  
• How does the Clean Water Act relate to mining?
  
• What is environmental racism?
  
• How to use this website effectively ?
  
• How are populations and ecosystems related?
  
• What will happen if 2 organisms have overlapping niches?
  
• When does primary succession occur?
  
• Why shouldn't we get angry or annoyed when someone edits our answer?
  
• How are littoral and riparian zones different?
  
• How would you demonstrate the effects of abiotic factors on an organism?
  
• How can abiotic factors and biotic factors affect the life of a deer?
  
• What are the levels of organization within the biosphere?
  
• How do i describe and explain the position of a median on a box plot?
  
• What is the use of box and whisker plots?
  
• What type of environmental scientist is likely to study the interactions of gorillas?
  
• How do hydroelectric dams affect the ecosystem?
  
• What is eutrophication?
  
• Among the red,green,brown algae that inhabit the sea , which is likely to be found in the deepest waters?
  
• What is a bay and how it is produced?
  
• What does a peak in the distribution of your data mean?
  
• Where in the world is geothermal energy being used the most?
  
• What factors are used to classify climate in the Köppen climate classification system?
  
• What factors can affect river species diversity?
  
• What role does carbon dioxide play in the greenhouse effect?
  
• How does methane contribute to the greenhouse effect?
  
• What is caused by humans putting too much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere?
  
• Which minerals comprise basalt?
  
• What is substratum?
  
• How is artificial selection used in agriculture?
  
• Which states use the least water?
  
• How can agriculture spread?
  
• What are upwellings, and how do they benefit marine life?
  
• What are realized and fundamental niches?
  
• Can saltwater from the ocean be used to put out wildfires?
  
• What is climate?
  
• What lifeforms characterize the Quaternary period?
  
• How does the phosphorous cycle differ from the nitrogen cycle and the carbon cycle?
  
• How do humans impact the water cycle?
  
• How do humans effect the water cycle?
  
• What is the current focus on conservation biologists worldwide?
  
• Why are tropical rain forests such rich habitats for many species of animals?
  
• What is species richness?
  
• What are some applications of radio-tracking technology in endangered species management?
  
• Can a p-value be greater than 1? Why or why not?
  
• What is a numerical variable and what is a categorical variable?
  
• What are the different types of sand dunes?
  
• What is underground water called?
  
• What is the definition of population ecology?
  
• Why is the water cycle important to all life on the earth?
  
• What are the causes and effects of ozone depletion?
  
• Is the ozone layer the same thing as the atmosphere?
  
• What is the difference between ozone depletion and global warming?
  
• Can some organisms survive without energy from the sun?
  
• What are the different layers of the atmosphere?
  
• Why are dolphins considered Ungulates?
  
• How does the greenhouse effect keep the earth warm?
  
• What are the harmful effects arising from the greenhouse effect?
  
• Why is the greenhouse effect harmful to humans?
  
• What causes the greenhouse effect?
  
• How would you calculate a species' richness?
  
• What effect does pollution have on human health?
  
• What is the main reason that governments create natural areas called reserves?
  
• What is the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem?
  
• What are alpha, beta, and gamma diversity?
  
• What is the difference between biomass and biodiversity?
  
• How can species diversity affect ecosystem stability?
  
• What contributes to the greenhouse effect?
  
• What are some solutions to help with pollution?
  
• What height is the ozone layer at?
  
• What are homogeneous and heterogeneous populations?
  
• Where can you find a biodiversity hot spot in the United States?
  
• What species of banana do we buy at the grocery store?
  
• How does the water cycle change, based on what biome we're talking about?
  
• What is the method for growing plants and raising fish in the same system?
  
• How might upward growth of cities be a better choice than outward growth?
  
• What are kimberlites?
  
• How is the carbon cycle affected by global warming?
  
• How does phosphorus cycle differ from carbon cycle?
  
• What are the first organisms in the primary succession?
  
• Are we living through the sixth mass extinction?
  
• Could there be a Socratic Geography section in the future?
  
• How much energy, in joules, is released by an earthquake of magnitude 8?
  
• How could a worldwide increase in temperature affect organisms?
  
• What is the name of the international group of scientists who evaluate scientific studies related to any aspect of climate change to give thorough and objective assessment of the data?
  
• Why are CAFOs widely used, and what are the major environmental problems associated with them?
  
• What are the global wind belts?
  
• What is biomagnification?
  
• What is bioaccumulation?
  
• What determines the shape of a protein?
  
• *Seasonal winds which blow alternately from the Asian mainland and from the Pacific Ocean, are accompanied by fierce storms. What are these seasonal winds known as?
  
• After a person or a business calculates their carbon footprint, how can they use this information?
  
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