What is Life?
What is the smallest unit of life?
Cells
The ability to do work is called ______.
Energy
An animal that eats another animal is called a ______.
Predator
A plant is an example of a ______.
Producer
A hypothesis is a _____, educated ______
Testable - Guess
What is the term for maintaining an internal balance, like body temperature?
Homeostasis
What process allows plants to capture sunlight and turn it into food?
Photosynthesis
What do we call the animal being eaten?
Prey
A cow that eats grass is an example of a ______.
Herbivore/Consumer
What is the #1 rule of lab safety?
Follow ALL Instructions
Name 3 of the “Big 7” requirements for life.
Made of cells, use energy, grow & develop, reproduce, respond to environment, homeostasis, adapt & evolve
Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes form. This is the Law of ______.
Law of Conservation of Energy
What type of relationship is it when both species benefit?
Mutalism
A human that eats both plants and meat is a(n) ______.
Omnivore
What does GGF stand for when solving problems?
Goal, Given, Fluff
What are the “Little 5” needs to stay alive?
What happens to energy as it moves up the trophic levels in an energy pyramid?
It decreases, only ~10% is passed on
Species introduced into new environments that cause harm are called ______.
Invasive Species
Which diagram is more realistic for ecosystems: food chain or food web?
Food Web
What lab tool is used to measure liquid volume accurately?
Graduated Cylinder
A lizard in the desert meeting the “Little 5” is an example of what survival principle?
Adapting to environment to meet life’s needs
Give one difference between potential and kinetic energy.
Potential = stored; Kinetic = in motion
Name two possible impacts invasive species can have.
Financial damage, bodily harm, land/water damage, resource depletion
Why is biodiversity important for ecosystems?
Because all living things and ecosystems are connected; collapse in one can affect others
Name two features of a reliable scientific source.
Recent, fact-based, author is an expert, from .gov/.edu or academic database