Land Before Time
What is absolute dating?
The exact age of an object
What are the 6 nutrients we need?
Water, minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
Define the following words and provide an example of each. Producer, consumer, decomposer
Producer -provides its own food. Plants
Consumer- eats other organisms to gain energy. Humans.
Decomposer- breaks down dead organic matter. Mushrooms
Salinity means what?
How much salt is in a solution or object
What's Ms. Webb's favorite subject
Science/ Microbiology / Biology
What is Pangaea?
A large land mass also known as a supercontinet that existed in early earth history.
What is the subunit for a carbohydrate?
Simple sugars or saccarides
What does abiotic mean and provide an example
Non-living. Example rock, water, light, dirt etc...
What is know as the universal solvent
Water
Bio means what
Life
What information do ice cores provide scientists?
Ice cores gives scientis and idea about earth's atmosphere and how it has changed over time.
What is the subunit for protein
Amino acids
What the order of an biosphere from smallest to largest?
Individual, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
True or false: There's only 97% of fresh water on Earth
False
Kary means what
Cell
The Law of Superposition states what?
The oldest rock layer is at the bottom and the youngest is at the top.
What's the subunit for lipids?
Glycerol and three fatty acids
What is parasitism and provide an example
Parasitism is when an organism benefits from another animal and can cause harm to the host organism. Example Tapeworms, fleas, etc...
When fresh water and ocean water meet what type of water do they create?
Brackish water
Question, hypothesis, experiment, collect data, conclusion, share results.
A Trilobite is a creature that has distinct features. Trilobits remains are found all over the world in large quantities. Trilobites are only found in certain layers of earth. A Trilobite is considered what?
An Index fossil
ATP stands for what? And what does it do for the body?
Adenosine Triphosphate. It provides the body with energy.
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
The food chain is a simple depiction of the flow of energy from one animal to another, while a food web is a more complex depiction of how all the animals in an environment are connected to each other
What is an aquifer and what does it do to water?
An aquifer is an underground porous rock layer that filters water from the surface.
What is the cellular hierarchy? Smallest to largest
Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organisms