Food Chains/ Webs
Adaptations
Inherited/ Acquired
Earth's Spheres
Experimental Design
100
Define "Producer"
A plant; it produces it's own food through doing photosynthesis
100
Camouflage is one way living this adapt to survive.
Give me an example of something that have camouflage in nature.
100
Who passes down/ gives an inherited trait?
The parents give the traits to their children/ offspring
100
Name the four spheres of our planet.
Spheres:
-Atmos
-Geo
-Bio
-Hydro
100
What stays the same in an experiment, every time you run the experiment.
Constant (C)
200
Define a Consumer
An animal that eats plants and/or other animals for food.
200
What does it mean if an organism uses Mimicry as an adaptation to survive?
It copies the way something else looks so that it will not be eaten or hurt
(ex: a type of fly that looks like a bee so animals won't eat it)
200
What is an acquired trait?
Something you get after you are born.
200
What/ where is the Geosphere?
LAND/GROUND/ROCKS/SOIL/MOUNTAINS
200
The variable that the scientist changes in the experiment. (If I was the scientist, I would change this)
The Independent Variable (IV)
300
Define a Decomposer
Something that breaks down dead plants/ animals and returns the nutrients back to soil for new food for plants.
300
Define the word "ADAPTATION"
A characteristic or behavior that an animal does to help it survive.
300
Would eye color be an inherited or acquired trait?
Inherited, you get that from your parents.
(Child) (Mother)
300
"Hydro" means what?
Water
300
The variable in an experiment that is measured, or changes depending on what the scientist does.
Dependent Variable (DV)
400
Who has more energy, plants or animals?
Where do they get their energy from?
Plants- they get their energy directly from the sun.
400
What is a "BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION"?
Give an example.
Something an organism DOES to survive.
ex: A possum plays dead so animals won't eat him.
400
Give an example of an ACQUIRED trait in a person.
* Must be something they got after birth*
(examples: scar, hair style, tattoo, skills)
400
"Atmos" means what?
Air/Gas
400
Mr. Jones is testing to see how minutes of studying math facts affects how high students score on their math exam. What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE he is measuring?
How high students score on their math exam.
500
create a food chain using the following 4 organisms:
-deer
-wolf
-bear
-leaves
leaves ->deer ->wolf ->bear
500
Give an example of a physical adaptation that the animal below has:
ex: White fur, thick fur, small eyes, fuzzy ears
500
Give an example of an acquired AND inherited trait that might be in a dog.
Inherited (given from parents)
Acquired (picked up/ learned after birth)
ex:
inherited=color of fur | acquired= learning to sit
500
Define the "biosphere" and give one example.
Bio=Life
(example should be anything that is living, plant or animal)
500
Ms. Kaiser wants to see how the amount of coffee she drinks will affect how much energy she has. What are the independent and dependent variables in this experiment?
IV -> Amount of coffee she drinks
DV -> How much energy she has