8B1: Investigating Living Things
This term describes the basic unit of life that can carry out all life processes.
What is a cell?
This phenomenon occurs when light bends as it passes from one medium to another.
What is refraction?
This percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
What is 71%?
This process involves the wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice.
What is erosion?
This animal's heart can beat up to 1,200 times a minute.
What is a hummingbird?
This type of organism can produce its own food through photosynthesis.
What is a plant?
This optical device uses lenses to magnify small objects, allowing us to see details not visible to the naked eye.
What is a microscope?
Alberta's major river system, which flows northward into the Arctic Ocean, is known as this.
What is the Athabasca River?
These materials are carried by rivers and can include sand, silt, and clay.
What are sediments?
This common fruit is actually a berry, while strawberries are not.
What is a banana?
This ongoing scientific study focuses on the impact of climate change on local amphibian species.
What is a study of amphibians?
This term describes the way light travels in straight lines until it encounters an obstacle.
What is rectilinear propagation?
This type of water contains a higher concentration of dissolved salts compared to fresh water.
What is salt water?
The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
What are tides?
What is a chicken?
This term refers to the way organisms interact with their environment and each other.
What is an ecosystem?
This optical illusion occurs when light is refracted in water, making objects appear displaced.
What is a mirage?
The process of removing salt from seawater to produce fresh water is called this.
What is desalination?
This term describes the movement of water in oceans that affects climate and weather patterns.
What are ocean currents?
This creature can survive in space for a short time due to its unique abilities.
What is a tardigrade?
This structure in animals is primarily responsible for the gathering and processing of food.
What is the digestive system?
This historical theory suggested that vision occurred through rays emitted from the eyes, conflicting with later understandings.
What is the emission theory?
This term describes the maximum amount of dissolved oxygen that water can hold at a given temperature.
What is oxygen saturation?
Evidence of this action can be seen in U-shaped valleys and fjords formed by glaciers.
What is glacial action?
This animal is 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than humans.
What is a giraffe?