Parts of an
Experiment
Sciences
Symbiosis
Food Webs
Food Webs
Potpourri
100

A group that is not changed during an experiment and the experiment group is compared 

Control Group

100

What is the study of living things?

Life science

100


Mutualism

100

What is an animal or person who that eats both plants and animals?


Omnivore

100

The process of making your own food using chemicals is called what?

Chemosynthesis

100

Things that are not alive are called?

ABIOTIC

200

In an experiment what is the variable being measured?

Dependent Variable

200

What is the study of matter and energy?

Physical Science

200

What is it called When one animal benefit and the other one is harmed?

Parasitism

200

Something that makes its own food is called a what?

producer

200

What are organisms that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter?

decomposers

200

 What is an animal that lives mostly by killing and eating other animals?

Pretator

300

To ensure that an experiment is reliable there should be how many independent variables? 

Only 1

300

What is the study of weather, earth and space?

Earth science

300

What is it called When one animal benefits and the other is not affected?


Commensalism

300

What is the process called of plants making their own food?

photosythesis

300

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where does all of the earths energy originates from?

The sun

300

Is Fungi 

a producer

a decomposer

Or a Consumer 



a decomposer

400

What is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning?



An Inference 

400

All of the following are Life science EXCEPT ?

human anatomy

marine biology 

cell biology 

 astronomy

astronomy

400

In a the relationship of a rabbit and the grass it eats, the rabbit is considered a ___________________ and the grass is considered a _____________. 

Rabbit is a consumer

Grass is producer 

400

What do you a consumer that eats only animals?


Carnivore

400

In a food pyramid most of the energy is found at what level? 

The Bottom (Producers)

400

What do you call the series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems?

The Scientific Method

500

Why is it important for scientists to have multiple trials when doing an investigation?

To make sure their results are accurate and reliable.  Doing an experiment just once does not ensure that it has been correctly and accurately. You must get the same result multiple times to make sure it is accurate and reliable. 

500

An astronomer studied what kind of science?

Earth science

500

Ants hollow out the thorns of a acacia bush to make their home. When a cow or other animals tries to eat the bush, the ants stings the invader until it stops.

Mutualism 

500

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

a food web contains all the food chains in a single ecosystem 

500

How much energy is lost at each level of the food pyramid? 

At each step up the food chain,  90 percent of the energy is lost, and 10% gets carried on. 

500

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