Levels of Organization
A group of the same type of species
What is population?
When one organism preys on another
What is predation/ predator?
One organism benefits, the other is harmed. Give an example.
What is parasitism?
Primary producers, plants
What is an autotroph?
Home for an organism
What is habitat?
Last level of organization - Earth
What is biosphere?
LIVING resources that affect an organism
What is biotic factor?
one organism is benefited while the other is not harmed or helped
What is commensalism?
Shows how energy moves through an ecosystem.
What is food chain?
Eats both animals and plants
What is omnivore?
Level 4 - abiotic factors are added
What is ecosystem?
temperature, water, soil, and light availability
What is abiotic factor?
One organism is helped, and the other is benefited. Give an example.
What is mutualism?
RANDOM: Cindy wants to experiment to see which nail polish will stay on her fingernails the longest. Her first trial she uses regular Ellie nail polish. The second trial she uses Ellie nail polish mixed with vinegar, and the last trial she uses Ellie nail polish mixed with baking soda. What is the IV, DV, control group and experimental group? What is a possible hypothesis?
IV: the different mixtures of nail polish
DV: The amount of time the nail polish stays on
Control: regular nail polish
Ex grp: nail polish with vinegar and baking soda
Hypothesis: varies
process in which plants obtain energy from the sun and release oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
An individual living thing- they have to be genetically related and be able to produce fertile offspring
What is organism?
The specific role of an organism in its environment
What is a niche?
A tick becomes lodged on the skin of a hiker
What is parasitism?
Carnivores such as vultures who break down carcasses and return nutrients to the soil.
What is detritivoress?
organisms that eat plants only.
What is an herbivore?
Different species living in same environment competing for resources.
What is a community?
The study of organisms and their interactions within their environment.
What is ecology?
Mold grows on a tree, and the tree is unharmed.
What is commensalism
RANDOM: Why is biodiversity important to humans (give 2 reasons). And why is it important to an ecosystem (1 reason)?
Medicine (Plants)
Water Purification (Trees)
Food (animals)
Oxygen (plants)
Pollination (insects)
RESILIENCE
RANDOM: A social psychologist thinks that people are more likely to conform to a large crowd than to a single person. To test this hypothesis, the social psychologist had either one person or five persons stand on a busy walking path on campus and look up. The psychologist stood nearby and counted the number of people passing by who also looked up.
IV? DV? Possible hypothesis?
IV: The number of people
DV: The number of people that looked up
Hypothesis: varies