Unit 1
What is a qualitative observation?
An observation based on the qualities and characteristics of something.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate is the weather conditions over long periods of time, weather is the daily temp+precipitation
False. They are bottom dwellers.
True or False: Latitude is the distance from sea level.
False.
What is a grazer?
An organism that eats mostly grass.
What is a population?
A group of one type of species.
The way organisms are spread out and spaced.
What is salinity?
The level of salt in water.
What are prevailing winds?
Prevailing winds are from the southwest, except in winter when west-to-northwest winds dominate.
True or False: Monoculture is a sustainable way of farming.
False.
What is an abiotic factor?
A nonliving thing.
What is a biodiversity hotspot?
Regions high in biodiversity that are highly at risk for loss.
True or False: Marine Snow is abiotic.
False. It is biotic.
What is lake effect snow?
What is poaching?
The illegal hunting or killing of organisms.
What makes up an ecosystem?
All the living and nonliving things in an area.
What is ocean acidification?
Reduction of the PH levels of the ocean over time, caused by rising temperatures and CO2.
What are invasive species?
Non-native organisms in an ecosystem that cause harm.
What is the ocean conveyor?
constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity.
Elephants are poached for...
a. their ears
b. their tusks
c. their trunks
b. their tusks
True or False: a community is only living thing in an area.
True
Provisional, regulating, supporting, & cultural
What is an estuary?
Where freshwater and marine water meet.
True or False: Altitude is the distance north and south of the equator.
False.
True or False: Bees are a keystone species
True.