Ecology
The environment which provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is habitat
The earth _________ around the sun.
What is orbits/revolves.
An organism that eats only meat.
What is carnivore.
The distance you will travel in one hour if you're traveling at a rate of 45 mph.
What is 45 miles.
Mrs. Ruiz's favorite color.
What is purple.
All the members of one species living in a particular area
What is a population.
The earth's ____ takes 24 hours to complete.
What is day/rotation.
An organism that eats plants and meat.
What is omnivore.
How compact an object is, equal to mass/volume.
What is density.
How many 8th graders are enrolled in Mrs. Ruiz's 2nd period class?
What is 23?
The community of organisms and the nonliving environment which occupy a particular area.
What is ecosystem.
The moon "blocks" the sun from view, this is called...
What is (solar) eclipse.
A mushroom is an example of..
What is fungus.
Does a light year represent: a distance, a speed, or a length of time?
What is a distance.
Your mom had three kids: two are named dime and nickel. What is the third kid's name?
What is [your name].
The formula for population density.
number of individuals / unit area
The force that causes planets to orbit around one another
What is gravity.
An organism that breaks down dead matter in an ecosystem is a...
What is decomposer.
The term used in physics when an object is changing speeds or directions.
What is acceleration.
How long has Mr. Plaisted worked at SHMS?
What is 13 years.
An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size.
What is limiting factor.
The names of the terrestrial planets in our solar system.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
What is a parasite.
Scientist that discovered the laws of motion-- every action has a reaction.
Name the scientist that discovered the laws of motion or state one of the (3) laws of motion.
Who is Isaac Newton.
1. Objects in motion will stay in motion until acted on by an outside force
2. The acceleration of an object is based on the force and the mass
3. For every force there is an opposite and equal force
The life expectancy of a giraffe
What is 25 years
(must be within 3 years)