Scientific Method
Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?
a) color
b) growth in centimeters
c) smell
d) texture
e) all of the above
b) growth in centimeters
The smallest unit of matter.
Atom
The basic unit of life.
Cell
The green pigment in plants that captures sunlight.
Chlorophyll
Tool that uses light and lenses to magnify small objects, allowing us to see cells and some organelles.
Microscope
The variable that is deliberately changed by the researcher in an experiment.
Independent Variable
A group of atoms bonded together.
Molecule
Non-living parts of an environment such as sunlight, temperature, and water.
Abiotic factors
These tiny openings on a leaf allow gases like CO₂ and O₂ to move in and out.
Stomata
After trees take CO2 from the atmosphere, what are two fates of carbon in the tree.
Glucose (stored as a starch for energy) or
Biomass
A testable explanation for an observation.
Hypothesis
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are both examples of these.
Chemical Reactions
This describes the variety of life in an ecosystem.
Biodiversity
The vascular tissue responsible for transporting water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the stems and leaves, while also providing mechanical support to the plant.
Xylem
Carbon dioxide
The type of graph best used for showing change over time.
Line graph
This scientific law states that matter is not created or destroyed in a reaction.
Law of Conservation of Mass
The process by which carbon moves from the atmosphere to producers.
Photosynthesis
At night or in the winter, trees rely on this process to get energy.
Cellular Respiration
What is the ecosystem service that trees provide by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere called (the answer is not photosynthesis)?
Carbon sequestration
Identify the independent and dependent variables given the following hypothesis, "If plants are exposed to more sunlight, then they will produce more oxygen."
Independent variable:
Sunlight exposure (amount of sunlight)
Dependent variable:
Amount of oxygen produced
In cellular respiration, glucose and oxygen are turned into these products.
What are carbon dioxide, water, and energy (ATP)?
Name three processes that move carbon through earth's systems.
Photosynthesis,
Cellular Respiration,
Fossil Fuel Combustion,
Decomposition,
Consumption (eating),
Decay,
Fossil fuel creation, etc.
Write the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis.
6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
1. Distorting the scale (y or x axis), for example not starting at 0
2. Cherry picking data to hide important data points leaving out relevant data
3. Hiding the significance of what is being presented