Ecosystems
Define: abiotic factor
a factor of the environment that is not living
What is the thing moves in an electrical circuit?
electrons
What is transported between two locations (start and end) of wave?
energy
What disease can a mutation in your DNA cause?
cancer
What is a controlled variable
something we keep constant
What do we tool can we measure Humidity with?
wet/dry bulb hygrometer
State the law of conservation of Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be transferred from one form to another.
What do we call the distance between one crest of a wave to the next crest of the same wave?
Wavelength
What is an infectious disease
a disease that can pass between one person and another
I have swapped out my universal indicator liquid to an electronic pH meter. What feature am I trying to improve in my experiment?
Validity, Reliability or Accuracy?
Accuracy
What do the arrows represent the movement of (in a food chain or food web)
Energy
What is Current a measure of? What units do we measure them with?
The rate of flow of electrons in a circuit, Amps
What unit is frequency measured in?
Hertz (Hz)
What is the Endocrine system?
the system that sends chemical messages around the body
How would I increase the reliability of an experiment?
Repeat it
What do we call the organisms that eat the producers of a food chain?
First order consumer/ primary consumer
What is Resistance measured in?
Ohms
What are the two types of wave
Longitudinal waves and transverse waves
What hormone is produced when you are producing a "fight or flight" response?
adrenaline?
I have drawn a series of points and I am ready to do a line graph.... but my teacher told me I shouldnt draw the line dot-to-dot.
What do I draw instead?
Line of best fit
Name the 4 steps in the Water Cycle
Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation & Transpiration
How would we connect an Ammeter in a circuit? in series or in parallel?
in series
Name 5 different types of Electromagnetic waves, and have them in order starting from lowest frequency and ending with the highest frequency EM wave
Radiowave > Microwave > Infrared > Visible Light > Ultraviolet light > X ray > Gamma Rays
Which hormone will someone with diabetes inject to help control glucose levels?
insulin
I was trying to measure the average height of my lab group. Billy was 155cm, Bob was 180cm and Thorton was 175cm. What is the average height?
170