Everything is Connected
Genetic characteristics of a group of organisms may increase or decrease from one generation to the next
What is Changes in Populations Over Time?
These are the living and once living things found in an environment.
What are biotic factors?
WHAT CHARACTERISTIC OF LIFE WOULD BE ILLUSTRATED BY A SPROUT APPEARING AND BECOMING A COMPLEX FLOWER OVER MANY WEEKS?
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
All living and former living things of an ecosystem.
What are biotic factors?
Organisms in a population differ slightly from each other in form, function, and behavior due to their DNA.
What is genetics?
are many-celled organisms that make their own food using the sun’s energy
What are plants?
WHICH CHARACTERISTIC OF LIFE ALLOWS YOU TO AVOID STEPPING HEAVILY ON A SHARP TACK ON THE GROUND?
RESPONSE TO STIMULI
All nonliving, never have been living, things of an ecosystem.
What are abiotic factors?
All the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time.
What is a population?
corals, sponges, worms, insects, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals
What are animals?
WHICH CHARACTERISTIC OF LIFE ALLOWS A SPECIES TO DEFY EXTINCTION AND SURVIVE OVER TIME?
REPRODUCTION
DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION.. YOU CAN WAGER AS MUCH OF YOUR TEAM'S POINTS.. BUT BE CAREFUL, GUESS INCORRECTLY AND YOU'LL LOSE THAT AMOUNT. MINUMUM POINT VALUE 300 POINTS
What are the Components of an ECOSYTEM?
For example, an oak forest, a coral reef, even a vacant lot.
What is an ecosystem?
A place where an organism lives.
What is a habitat?
ELEPHANTS IN HOTTER CLIMATES HAVE LARGE EARS. THOSE WITH SMALLER EARS HAVE MOVED TO COOLER CLIMATES. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DOES THIS ILLUSTRATE?
Populations Change Over Time
For example, when the genetic characteristics of a herd of deer drifts where more of them have spots over time.
What is Populations Change Over Time?
For example, a wildebeest population is part of a larger group that includes various species that live in the same area and interact with each other.
What is a community?
NAME AT LEAST TWO WAYS A HUMAN COULD MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS.
SWEATING OR SKIN FLUSHING (TO COOL DOWN),
SHIVERING (TO WARM UP), EATING (TO MAINTAIN BLOOD SUGAR), DRINKING (TO MAINTAIN WATER LEVELS), VOMITING (TO PURGE TOXINS)
NAME FIVE OF THE EIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
Response to Stimuli, REPRODUCTION, Populations Change Over Time, Metabolism, Homeostasis, Growth and Development, Made of Cells, Organization
In order to survive, organisms need certain things. Energy, mineral nutrients, carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and living organisms.
What are the components of an ecosystem?