Process of science
What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable?
The independent variable relies on nothing and will happen despite whatever the dependent variable does while the dependant variable relies on independent for its outcome
Q - What is the process of water going up into the air from liquid form?
A - Evaporation
What does ppm stand for?
Parts per million
Parts per meter
Parts per millimeter
Parts per millisecond
Parts per million
What is ecology
The study of the Earth
The study of living things
The study of ecosystems
The study of animals
The study of ecosystems
What is an example of homeostasis?
Laughing
Sweating
Eating
Running
Sweating
When do you use a bar graph? A line graph? A scatter plot?
Bar-numerical vs. non-numerical
Line-one dependent numerical variable vs. one numerical independent variable
scatterplot-multiple dependent numerical variable vs. one numerical independent variable
Q - What is the process of condensation?
A - Gas to liquid
What is a cladogram node?
A - A common ancestor
What is a keystone species?
A: When a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
Q: What’s the difference between autotrophs and heterotroph?
A: Autotrophs, plants, make their own food with photosynthesis. Heterotrophs, animals, have to hunt or find their food.
What is a not a rule to the Living Lab?
No Phones
Be calm
No disturbing life
Run around
Run around
What is the first stage of the salmon life cycle?
Egg
Alevin
smolt
Egg
What is a characteristic of living thing?
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Reproducing
Movement
Reproducing
What percentage of energy flows from one organism to another in a food chain/web?
10% of energy flows
25% of energy flows
5% of energy flows
0% of energy flows
10% of energy flows
What are some main features of the carbon cycle?
A: Some key features of the carbon cycle are respiration, photosynthesis, and greenhouse gases.
What is the difference between a good scientific observation and a normal observation?
A - Scientific observation has more detail + more data
Q. What is fitness?
An organism ability to survive and produce offspring in its environment
What is the difference between plant and animal cells?
A: Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplast, and a vacuole whereas animal cells do not. Plant cells also tend to look more structured than animals cells, other than that they share similar features.
What are the different levels of a trophic pyramid?
Producers, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Herbivores, Prey, Omnivore, Territory
Producers, Predators, Tertiary, Omnivore
Herbivore, Primary, Tertiary, Secondary
Producers, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
How do I find a reliable O’Dowd source?
A. Use the first link that shows up on google
B. Ask yourself the five Ws before using it
C. Always use Wikipedia
D. Only use sources that end in “.org”
D. Only use sources that end in “.org”
Q - What is 71.6 Kiloliters as liters
A - 71,600
Draw the water cycle
How do you calculate total magnification?
Objective lens multiplied by ocular lens
It is the objective lens number
It is the ocular lens number
Objective lens divided by ocular lens
Objective lens multiplied by ocular lens
What causes a trophic cascade?
The removal of a keystone species
The removal of a particular prey species
The arrival of a new species
A reduction in the amount of grassland/trees
The removal of a keystone species
Q- How is adaptation necessary for survival?
A - It is necessary for being able to survive in natural selection.