Populations and Ecosystems
Name one abiotic factor that might affect the growth of milkweed bugs
Anything non-living (space, temperature, light, etc.)
One example of evidence of a chemical reaction
color change, bubbles, odor, etc.
Kinetic energy is energy that is in ______________.
Motion
The term for a living thing
Organism/ Biotic
These are worn over the eyes for protection in a laboratory setting
Safety Goggles
What is the role of a producer?
They make their own food
The state of matter with particles very, very close together
Solid
The greater height that an object has, the greater ______________ _______________ it has.
Potential Energy
An organism that cannot make its own food
Heterotroph/ Consumer
Mass is measured in this unit
Grams/ Kilograms
In the food chain:
Phytoplankton -> Shrimp -> Human
Which is the primary consumer and why?
The shrimp is the primary consumer because it eats the producer
Explain the relationship between kinetic energy and temperature
As kinetic energy increases, temperature increases
As kinetic energy decreases, temperature decreases
The force that opposes motion
Friction
An organism that consumes dead organisms
Decomposer
Volume is measured in this unit
Liters/ Mililiters
Trophic Level
The number of elements in the compound NaHCO3
Four
This does not change from Earth to the Moon
Mass
The transfer of heat from particle to particle contact
Conduction
A graduated cylinder is used to measure this state of matter
Liquid
Cod eat shrimp. What would happen to the cod population if there was a decrease in the shrimp population?
Some would die due to lack of food
The two parts of a solution
Solute and Solvent
This property determines how objects will behave in free fall
Shape
The unit that describes force
Newton
The variable in an experiment that the scientist has control over
Independent Variable