Vocabulary
Mysteries
Bacteria, Chimps, Peanuts, and Dolphins
Dall Sheep
100

Any living thing

What is organism?

100

This was causing Timberlines to move upwards

What is a warmer climate?

100

They study the characteristics of organisms so small that they can only be observed through a microscope

Who are microbiologists?

100

Dall sheep diet

What is plants, grass and moss?

200

A group of the same kind of organism living together in the same area.

What is a population?

200

This caused penguins to be found outside their natural habitat

What is fisherman keeping them as pets?

200

First people to make peanut butter

Who were the Incas?

200

Dall sheep ewes give birth in the most rugged parts of the mountain.  Why?

So that it is harder for predators to get to the young

300

Study of living things

Biology

300

Four interactions that can cause a population to change

What is other organisms, environment, food and reproduction
300

Documentary that featured Acevedo-Gutiérrez                        

What is "Dolphins"?

300

When are Dall sheep lambs born?

In late may, or early june

400

Study of plants

What is botany?
400

Three interactions that can cause the California Red-legged frog population to decrease?

1. Losing habitat due to development

2. Bullfrogs preying on them

3. No place to lay eggs


400

She made the first discovery of a non-human animal using tools


Who is Jane Goodall?

400

This is what Dall sheep horns are made of

What is keratin?  (Will accept Same substance as your fingernails)

500

Study of bacteria

What is microbiology?

500

What was causing the Dall sheep population to decrease?

What is over-hunting
500

Interaction studied by Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez at Western Washington University

What is the interaction of seals and seabirds on the protected marine areas?

500

What interaction did scientists study that helped them solve the Dall Sheep mystery?

The interaction between sheep and people