Classification of Life
Scientific Laws
Food Webs and the EM spectrum
Populations and Relationships
Human Impact
100
Organisms are classified by like characteristics. Name three characteristics that we used in class to classify organisms.
1) Cell type (eukaryotic or prokaryotic)
2) Number of cells (single-celled or multi-cellular)
3) How the organism gets it's food.
100
True or false: If a scientific theory is strong enough, it will become a scientific law.
FALSE.
Theories don't become laws.
100
Which organism is a producer in this food web?
Plankton
100
Algae populations increase as temperatures of waters increase. What term would best describe temperature in this context?
A. abiotic factor
B. limiting factor
C. natural resource
B. Limiting factor
100
Residents of Oviedo are looking into the elimination of mosquitoes from their town to prevent the spread of disease. Why would this be a bad idea?
Removing the mosquito population could upset the balance of the entire food web in this area.
200
List the taxonomic levels of organization of life in order from the broadest or least related to the most specific or most related.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species
200
Photosynthesis (a process in which producers convert light energy to chemical energy) demonstrates which scientific law?
The Law of Conservation of Energy
200
What type of electromagnetic radiation can human beings see?
Visible light
200
In a wetland ecosystem, water boatmen provide food for many species including fish, frogs, diving beetles, and dragonflies. If the populations of fish and frogs increase, what will MOST LIKELY happen?
A. the water boatmen populations will increase
B. competition for water boatmen will increase
C. The population of the water boatmen will not be affected
D. the water boatmen will become extinct
B. The competition for water boatmen will increase
200
What is an invasive species?
An organism that is not native to an area.
Typically, if you see an invasive species, you want to try and safely remove it or contact someone who can.
300
What two levels of classification are a part of binomial nomenclature? Name them both.
Genus and species
300
Which scientific law would be demonstrated by the idea that everything that exists on Earth is recycled matter that was once a part of a star?
The Law of Conservation of Mass.
300
Energy used by producers comes to Earth as radiation. Where does this radiation come from?
The Sun!!!!
300
Wolves in an area eat deer. As wolves prey on deer populations, the deer population goes down. Why is it unlikely the deer population would go extinct from predation?
Wolve population will decrease as a result of less food and the deer population numbers will increase again.
300
What human activity is currently having a huge impact in the Amazon rainforest at a rapid rate?
deforestation
400
What kingdom would the following organism be classified as?
"I am multicelluar, I obtain nutrients, I have a nervous system, and I can move"
Animal
400
True or false: If a scientific law is disproved, it becomes a scientific theory.
False. Scientific laws don't become theories.
400
Which organism's population will MOST LIKELY decrease if the krill population decreases?
The blue whale population will be impacted the most by a decrease in krill population, because in this food web, it is its only food source.
400
Which of the following is NOT an example of predation?
A. A frog eating crickets
B. A mosquito sucking blood from an opossum
C. A burrowing owl eats the southern toad
D. An opossum eats mosquitoes
B- A mosquito sucking blood from an opossum is an example of parasitism
400
What is a human activity that would result in desertification?
overgrazing by farm animals like cattle
500
Which organisms are more closely related...
According to this chart, which organism is the human MOST similar to: the walrus, the bald eagle, or the honey bee?
the walrus, because they are both mammals
500
True or False: Laws are useful in DESCRIBING a phenomenon. Theories are useful in EXPLAINING a phenomenon.
TRUE!
500
list the following types of electromagnetic radiation in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength: visible, ultraviolet, and infrared
infrared, visible, ultraviolet
500
What does the word: offspring mean?
child or children
Ex: The scrub jay's offspring is expected to decrease because of low nesting sites this year
500
How has urbanization affected the Florida everglades?
Half of the original wetland ecosystem is gone.
This is because of changes in water flow.