She blinded me with science
Scientists gather data in order to draw conclusions or make this word, which begins with "I".
What are inferences?
Energy sources such as fossil fuels are this type of resource and therefore cannot be replaced or replenished in our lifetime.
What are nonrenewable?
True or False: People argue that because Earth's resources are ultimately limited, nonstop economic growth is completely sustainable.
The number of individuals of a species per unit area is the definition for which term.
What is population density?
Name two characteristics that are used to distinguish between different biomes.
What are climate and flora or fauna?
This is the variable that scientists manipulate in an experiment (not what happens as a result).
What is the independent variable?
Name a resource that does NOT need to be cycled by the ecosystems because a continuous unlimited supply is available.
What is solar energy or wind energy?
What consequence can occur when fossil fuels are the main energy source for a country?
Increases carbon emissions which affects the quality of the atmosphere.
Name a biotic factor that could affect population size.
What is predation?
Name a type of ecosystem with the aquatic biome?
What is freshwater, marine, or estuary?
The variables that a scientist tries to keep the same or consistent throughout an experiment are called this...
What are constants or controls?
This gas is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis and released during respiration. It is also a greenhouse gas that can cause atmospheric warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
Biodiversity is important for an ecosystem for this reason.
What is to balance predators/prey and to provide humans with resources.
This mechanism of biological evolution will increase the biodiversity of a population's gene pool: Migration or Genetic Drift?
What is migration?
In this biome, animals get their water primarily from their food sources.
What is the desert?
A scientist wants to measure how the pH of the river affects the quantity of wildlife present. A good dependent variable for their experiment is...
What is the number of species present in each river?
Animals consume oxygen and trees emit oxygen in which sphere of the Earth?
What is the biosphere?
What ist o help control the population of other species?
In a food chain, this is the role of a decomposer or detritivore?
What is to recycle or return nutrients to the environment.
This biome cannot support large trees due to low rainfall.
What are the grasslands?
What type of graph is most helpful to represent data to make comparisons between two different categories?
What is a bar graph?
Eutrophication is often caused by the addition of these and causes effects to this sphere of the Earth. (Hint: Name both what is added and which of Earth's spheres it affects)
What is phosphorus or nitrogen-based fertilizers affecting the hydrosphere?
Monitoring environmental parameters like pollution levels when making policy decisions is important because it helps maintain this between economic growth and environmental sustainability.
What is the balance?
Wildebeests, members of the antelope family, eat grass and are categorized as which trophic level?
What are primary consumers?
A diagram that shows the long-term precipitation and/or temperature of a biome is known as this...
What is a climatogram or climatograph?