Characteristics of Living Things
A lion chases after an antelope. This illustrates what characteristic of living things?
All living things require energy (Remember, while some living things move from place to place, it is not a characteristic of life)
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are a part of this biogeochemical cycle
Carbon
The dependent variable of the following hypothesis is what: If I spend more time studying, then my grades in science will improve.
Grades
This describes organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring
a species
Organisms that eat only producers
Herbivores
This element is found in all living things
Carbon
This biogeochemical cycle involves evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
Water Cycle
The independent variable of the following hypothesis is this: If I add fertilizer to my flowers, then the flowers will grow taller.
Fertilizer
All of the individuals of a species in a given area
A population
Another name for consumers
Heterotroph
Plants in the understory of Tropical Rainforests grow large leaves for this abiotic factor
Sunlight
This is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that has been repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results
A scientific theory
All of the populations in a given area
A community
These organisms provide energy to the system of life
Producers/autotrophs
A turtle on a rock in the sun moves into the cool water. What characteristic of living things does this illustrate?
Maintaining homeostasis.
Organisms in deserts have adaptations to deal with the lack of this abiotic factor
water
3 rabbits, 5 dogs, 7 inches are all examples of ________ data
quantitative
All of the ecosystems in an area that share climatic conditions and have similar organisms
Biome
These organisms eat only other consumers
Carnivores
The black moth gene becomes more heavily represented in the population after pollution causes the bark of the trees that the moths land on to be darker in color. This is an example of what characteristic of living things?
Evolution
This layer of the ocean has the warmest temperatures
The Photic Zone (open ocean)
Soft fur, spotted skin is an example of _________data
qualitative data
The larges ecological level: this includes the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere
biosphere
A close relationship between two organisms in which at least one of the organisms benefits is called
symbiosis