Ecosystem Levels
Science Vocab
Thanksgiving
Matter Cycles
Microscopes
100
What is single living thing called?
What is an organism?
100
An organism that you cannot see with the human eye.
Microorganism
100
The country that the pilgrims were originally from.
What is England?
100
How does carbon exist in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
100
The part of the microscope that you hold when transferring from one place to another.
What is the arm?
200
This would be an example of what level?
What is a population?
200
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
What are abiotic factors?
200
How much does the average Thanksgiving turkey in America weigh?
What is 15 pounds?
200
What is another name for producers (not plants)?
Autotrophs
200
The part of the microscope that you look through
What is the eyepiece?
300
All the biotic and abiotic factors in a given area.
What is an ecosystem?
300
The variable that a scientists purposely changes.
What is the independent variable?
300
The Native American who acted as an interpreter for the pilgrims during the first Thanksgiving.
Who is Squanto?
300
What is found in the roots of plants that fix nitrogen for the plant?
What is bacteria?
300
The part of the microscope that holds the objective lens.
What is the nosepiece?
400
What is a community?
400
The group that the independent variable is not applied to.
What is the control group?
400
The president who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
What is created at the end of cellular respiration?
What is carbon dioxide, water, and energy?
400
What is the total magnification if the eyepiece is 10x and you use the red objective lens?
What is 40x?
500
The portion of earth a community occupies.
What is a biosphere?
500
What is another name for the usable energy made during cellular respiration?
ATP
500
Which city's Thanksgiving parade ends with Santa getting a key to the city?
What is Detroit?
500
What is the type of nitrogen that plants can actually use?
Nitrate
500
Name the color and matching total magnification for each objective lens if you use a 10x eyepiece.
Red = 4x (10x) = 40x
Yellow = 10x (10x) = 100x
Blue = 40x (10x) = 400x