Characteristics of Life
This is the basic building block of life; all organisms are made of this.
What are cells?
This is the first step of the scientific method.
Making an observation and asking a question.
This refers to everywhere life is found.
What is the biosphere?
These organisms are typically autotrophs who make their own energy.
What are producers?
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This is when an organism develops a trait that helps it better survive in its environment.
What is an evolutionary adaptation?
This is the variable that the scientist manipulates.
What is the independent variable?
These are the two primary factors that influence life in an ecosystem.
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
These organisms get energy from breaking down organic matter.
What are decomposers?
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These are the two primary modes of reproduction.
What is asexual and sexual?
This is the chief difference between a hypothesis and a scientific theory.
A hypothesis is a prediction and a theory is backed by evidence.
These factors are the chief ways of classifying a biome.
What are climate, flora and fauna?
These organisms are typically "apex predators".
What are tertiary consumers?
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This is an organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment despite outside conditions.
What is homeostasis?
This is the part of the experiment that stays the same.
What is the constant?
This is the study of multiple different species who all occupy the same area.
What is a community?
This is the rough percentage of energy that is transferred between each trophic level.
What is 10%?
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This is the process of converting energy into a usable form.
What is metabolism?
This is the part of the experiment thtat is measured and recorded by the scientist.
What is the dependent variable?
This is the study of multiple individuals of a single species.
What is a population?
This is what it is called when one organism hunts and eats another for energy.
What is "predation"?
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