Items that are changed or kept constant in an experiment and can be measured.
What are Variables?
100
Dry environment that generally receives less than 25cm of rainfall each year.
What is a Desert Biome?
100
When rivers deposit sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a Delta?
200
Grass, shrubs, plants, trees, etc... that use the sun's energy to make their own food.
What are Autotrophs (Producers)?
200
Secondary Succession
What is the type of Succession that begins where soil is already present?
200
The natural open or void spaces in rocks or sediments.
What is Porosity?
200
A cold mostly treeless land biome that encircles the Arctic Ocean. Temperatures are well below freezing for much of the year.
What is the Tundra Biome?
200
The type of weathering that would create rust?
What is Chemical Waethering?
300
The amount of energy that is transfered at each level
What is the 10% Rule?
300
A natural disaster that occurs when a huge mass of wind and water circling around a low-pressure center at very high speeds, and is fueled by warm ocean waters.
What is a Hurricane?
300
The rate at which water can flow through a material is known as _____________.
What is Permeability?
300
A Biome divided into many vertical layers. Near the equator, warm temperatures and abundant rainfall. Home to some very fascinating birds.
What is the Tropical Rainforest Biome?
300
A rock takes a tumble down a raging river. What type of weathering has occured to the rock?
What is Mechanical Weathering?
400
The amount of energy the snake would receive in the food web and pyramid for #1 on your review.
What is 0.1% Energy received?
400
A Catastrophic Event that involves high swirling winds. Mostly found along a vertical line that extends in the central United States through Texas.
What is a Tornado?
400
A layer of material (such as clay) in an aquifer through whcich water does not pass.
What is the Impermeable Layer?
400
Prairie Dogs, Prairie Hawks, Bison, and wheat. Mild in summer and cool in the winter. The grass is very fertile and provides a source of food for many grazing animals.
What is the Grasslands Biome?
400
Lines that show the elevation of land represented on a Topographic Map.
What are Contour Lines?
500
Safety Equipment used to rinse eyes if the chemical gets into them.
What is an Eye Wash Station?
500
A stable community which has reached equilibrium. All of the trees and animals that will occupy the land have grown or moved in.
What is a Climax Community?
500
Type of pollution where we can pinpoint exactly where the pollution is coming from.
What is Point-Source Pollution?
500
Adaptation: Spiny leaves help prevent water loss from this plant that is in the dessert
What is a Cactus?
500
The "Man in the Mountain" was formed by which type of weathering?