Inquiry
Characteristics of Living Things
Plant Structures
Ecosystems
Space
100
Is this a quantitative or qualitative observation?
The snake is 1 meter long.
100
Any living thing is known as a what?
Organism
100
What does a seed need to germinate?
Absorb enough water
100
The difference between a biotic factor and an abiotic factor is that a biotic factor is
Living
100
The attractive force between two objects
Gravity
200
Using your senses to gather information is known as:
Observing
200
What type of organism is the cause of many human diseases?
Bacteria
200
What plant structure transports water and nutrients throughout the plant?
Vascular tissue
200
A group of organisms from the same species living in an area are called a
Population
200
The amount of time one revolution of Earth takes
1 year
300
A factor that can change in an experiment
Variable
300
Organisms that get their energy from dead matter are known as what?
Decomposers
300
The young plant inside of a seed is known as what?
An embryo
300
All the living things in an area make up that area's
Community
300
The path an object takes as it revolves around another object in space is called its
Orbit
400
Is this inferring or predicting? "It always turns cold in November. It will be cold again this November."
Predicting
400
Any organism that eats other organisms for food is known as a what?
Heterotroph
400
The plant cell structure where photosynthesis happens is known as what?
Chloroplast
400
The difference between an ecosystem and a community is that...
An ecosystem includes abiotic (nonliving) factors
400
The tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun causes what?
Seasons
500
You have just developed a hypothesis. What should your next step of inquiry be?
Design an Experiment
500
List the levels of organization in living things from least complex to most complex.
Cell, tissue, organ, organ system
500
Which part of the flower is the female part?
Pistil
500
If the population of predators in an area increases, the population of prey in the area will
Decrease
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