scientific method/graph
Cycles of Life
Chains, Webs & more
Natural Selection
Vocabulary
100

this variable is manipulated by the scientist and is found on the x axis on a grpah

What is the independent variable?

100

bacteria convert nitrogen gas into ammonia using this process

What is nitrogen fixation?

100

Classify the following as a herbivore, carnivore, omnivore.   A. bear   B. snail   C .Red Fox


What is

A. omnivore   B. herbivore       C. carnivore

100

Similarities like elbows in the front limbs of mammals such as bats, penguins and alligators

What are homologous structures?

100

network of organisms in a complex feeding system that form interactions within an ecosystem

What is a food web?

200

a logical interpretation of an observation

What is an inference?

200

the evaporation from a leaf is known as .......


What is transpiration?

200

Similarities like elbows in the front limbs of mammals such as bats, penguins and alligators

What are homologus structures

200

An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment

What is an adaption?

200

The largest population size that can survive in a given location

What is carrying capacity?

300

when supporting or refuting a claim, what do you use from the lab to address this?

What is the evidence and data collected in the lab

300

Burning forests, using fossil fuels increase this gas in our atmosphere

What is carbon dioxide?

300

What has the greatest effect on determining  a region's climate?

What is the abundance of plant species?

300

The fossil record, homologous structures, and embryology are evidences for 

What is evolution?


300

Gases that are trapped in the atmosphere are known as 

What are greenhouse gasses?

400

the results of the lab are known as 

What is the dependent variable?

400

How do producers/autotrophs receive their primary energy?

What is Solar energy, from the Sun?

400

What type of relationship does Nemo, clown fish have with the sea anemones?

What is mutualism?

400

These can create new alleles, which can change the allele in the species population

what is mutation?

400

A giraffe's neck allows it to eat off higher branch 

What is an adaptive advantage

500

When interpreting graphs it is important to.....

What is view the title, axes, and read any data given?

500

What are the non living components of an ecosystem called?

What is abiotic factors?

500

What is the correct food chain order of the following: owl, insect/berries, snake, mouse


What is insect/berries, mouse, snake, owl?

500

These structural entities have no function in the current human body, like wisdom teeth or your tailbone.

What are vestigial structures?

500

What does the energy do that is not used in a trophic level?

What is known as released heat?