scientific method
What is the first step to the scientific method
state the problem
what's the word that describes this? One of the slabs that make up Earth’s crust and upper mantle. Some of Earth’s tectonic plates carry continents.
Tectonic plate
What are the nonliving components of the ecosystem called and what is the living components of the ecosystem called
Abiotic and biotic
What is a diagram that shows the relative amount of energy or organisms contained within each trophic level of a food chain or web?
ecological pyramid
What is an animal that eats the remains of other animals to survive called?
scavenger
whats the second step of the scientific method
construct research
what is Pangaea?
A supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago. Pangaea broke apart into several continents.
What is about 10% of the available energy within a trophic level is transferred to the next higher trophic level called?
Rule of ten
whats the bottom of the trophic level?
producers and autotrophs
What is the position that an organism occupies in a food chain called?
trophic level
what is the third step in the scientific method?
hypothesis
What is Erosion
The wearing away of the surface of the Earth by natural processes (weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, etc.).
What is the movement of energy through a system through producers and consumers called?
Energy Flow
what's the second part of the ecological pyramid?
primary consumers and heterotrophs
What is the close relationship between two dissimilar organisms called?
Symbiosis
what is the fourth step in the scientific method and what is the fifth step in the scientific method?
experiment/test your hypothesis and analyze data
what is subduction
The process of moving part of the lithosphere down into the mantle along a convergent boundary.
What is it called when two organisms of different species attempt to use an ecological resource in the same place at the same time? And What is it called when two organisms of the same species attempt to use an ecological resource in the same place at the same time?
Interspecies Competition and Intraspecies Competition
what's the third part of the ecological pyramid?
secondary consumers and heterotrophs
What is an organism that obtains its energy by eating dead or decaying organisms or waste from living organisms? two answers.
decomposer and detritivore
what is the sixth and final steps of the scientific method?
conclusion/communicate results
what is Theory of continental drift and Theory of plate tectonics
A theory that states that the continents were a single landmass at one time in the past and have moved over time to their present positions. The theory of continental drift was first suggested by Alfred Wegener. And Theory of plate tectonics - Earth’s lithosphere is broken into enormous slabs, or plates, that are in motion. Scientists use the theory of plate tectonics to explain how Earth’s continents drift.
What is the largest population of a species that can survive long-term based on the resources available called?
Carrying Capacity
what is the highest part in the ecological pyramid?
Heterotrophs Apex Predators Tiernary Consumers
whats the word to this definition What is the process in which toxins are concentrated in an organism as larger animals continue to eat smaller animals called? This process moves toxins up the food chain, and is of particular concern to apex predators!!
biomagnification