water cycle
What is precipitation?
Any moisture that falls to the ground from clouds is called _____________?
the process where organisms better adaptd to their eniviorment twnd to survive and produce more offspring
natural
What is the first step in the scientific method?
what is .. question
what is a endangered species
A species whose population is near what scientists believe is a critical number for preventing extinction.
what percent of water is freshwater
3 percent
what is runoff
Water flowing on Earth's surface.
What is an adaptation?
Any kind of inherited trait that improves an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in a given environment.
What step of the scientific method do you test your hypothesis?
what is experiment.
what are invasive species?
Organisms introduced from somewhere else that thrive, spread out and may eliminate native species by predation or competition for space or food.
water is what type of molecule
polar
During condensation water is changed from a gas to a?
a liquid
What is "Survival of the Fittest?"
Slang term that descibes how organisms that posess the best traits or adaptations for a particutlar environment are the ones that will successfully pass down their traits to their offspring.
What step in the scientific method do you make careful observations and write down what happens?
What is Observe and Record.
A species that is critical to the function of an ecosystem?
keytone speices
% of earth's water that is salty/ocean
97 percent
Evaporation takes place mostly in _______ and ________.??
lakes and oceans
the intentional reproduction of invuduals reproduction of inviduals in a popultion that have a desirible traits by humans
artifical selection
In which step of the scientific method do you present your experiment, observations and conclusions to others?
what is share results.
What is the definition of biodiversity?
is the variety of life in a given ecosystem or habitat
Source of energy that drives the water cycle
the sun
what?carries water to rivers or streams that flow into oceans
runoff
The climate of a certain area is cold, and snow is found on the ground most of the year. Equal numbers of two populations of rabbits are introduced into this climate by a group of scientists. One of the populations is brown and the other is white. Over several generations, this will happen.
there would be more white rabbits then brown
List all six steps of the scientific method.
What is Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observe and Record, Analyze Results, Share Results.
The number of different species in the biosphere, or in a particular area, is called what?
spices diversity
Water in a gas state turning into a liquid
condenstation