True or False Category
Biodiversity generally decreases from the poles to the equator.
False, increases.
There are about 2 million different living _______ have been identified.
a. organisms
b. species
c. cells
b. species
The _______ includes all living things and all the places they are found on Earth.
Biosphere
Variety of species in a particular area or across the biosphere.
Biodiversity
The characteristics shared by organisms:
a. cells, need for energy, response to environment, reproduction
b. cells, organelles, need for energy
c. need for energy, reproduction, photosynthesis, time
a. cells, need for energy, response to environment, reproduction
An ecosystem includes living and nonliving things that interact.
True
a. sweating
b. eating birthday cake
c. reading
a. sweating
Structure determines _______________.
Function
The change in the genetic makeup of a population of species over time
evolution
Evolution accounts for both the _______ and the _____ of life.
Diversity; unity
Science is a way of thinking, questioning, and gathering flowers.
False, evidence.
The scientific method is in the following order:
a. form hypothesis, test hypothesis, observation analyze data, evaluate results
b. evaluate results, observation, test hypothesis, form hypothesis, analyze data
c. observation, form hypothesis, test hypothesis, analyze data, evaluate results
c. observation, form hypothesis, test hypothesis, analyze data, evaluate results
__________ variable affects _________ variable.
independent; dependent
Conditions that are kept the same
Constants