Building Blocks of Life
Name three things all living things need to survive
water, food, energy, air, habitat, stable environment, temperature,
How does a species ensure that there will be future generations?
Reproduction
What are three things all plants need?
water, oxygen, sunlight, nutrients/food, temperature
Whaat is an area with limited access to affordable, healthy food.
Food Desert
Why is the scientific method used?
to make sure that testing is accurate
the cell
What is reproduction with one parent called?
Asexual
What is photosynthesis?
How plants make food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
Areas with a high concentration of unhealthy food options (fast food, junk food).
Food Swamp
What is a hypothesis?
an educated guess, what you think is going to happen
What is an organism?
any single living thing
What is reproduction with two parents called?
sexual
what does Chlorophyll do in plants?
The green chemical in plants that helps them turn sunlight into energy.
The distance food travels from where it is grown to where it is consumed.
What is a dependent variable
What is measured in an experiment
Name 3 Abiotic factors in a (natural) environment
water, sunlight, temperature, rocks, soil, air etc.
Name a benefit of asexual reproduction
Faster reproduction, no need for a mate.
An animal that moves pollen to help plants reproduce.
pollinator; bees, insects, etc.
In Albany, what group is most affected by food deserts and food swamps?
African Americans, people without cars
What is an independent variable?
The one thing an experimenter changes in an experiment