Types of Animal Behavior
What is a change in an organism’s environment that causes a response?
stimuli
What instrument measures air pressure?
barometer
What type of cloud can form thunderstorm?
cumulonimbus cloud
What is a large area of land that has a distinct group of plants, animals, and other species?
ecoregion
What is the study of the origin, development, distribution, and future of life in the universe?
Astrobiology
What is the way an organism reacts to other organisms or to its environment?
behavior
What does low air pressure indicate?
storm might be on its way
What causes lightning?
negatively and positively charged areas connect
What is the precipitation that soaks into the cracks and pores beneath Earth’s surface?
groundwater
What are organisms that live in very extreme conditions?
Extremophiles
What type of behavior is inherited rather than learned?
innate behavior
What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
anemometer
What is a violent, whirling column (funnel) of air in contact with the ground?
tornado
When all runoff drains into the same body of water it creates a (n) ______________.
watershed
Why does the Moon have extreme temperatures, if it receives the same amount of sunlight as Earth?
it does not have an atmosphere
What is the instinctive, seasonal movement of animals from one place to another?
migration
What is the lowest region of the atmosphere?
troposphere
When is hurricane season?
June 1 to November 30
Water, wind, and ice move across Earth breaking down rock in a process called _______________.
weathering
What is the average temperature on Earth?
14 degrees Celsius
What is a response in which an animal’s body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather?
hibernation
What is referred as a moving air mass with a particular pressure?
pressure system
What states are considered part of the “Tornado Alley”?
Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota
As water slows, eroded material is laid down and settles in a process called _______________.
deposition
What is the boiling point of water?
100 degree Celsius