Week 1
Ecosystems
All about energy
Anything Goes
Sustainability
100

What is Natural Science?

Study of life and living things

100

What is an ecosystem?

all living and nonliving things in an environment and how they interact

100

All living beings need this to survive

Energy

100

Name 3 alternative protein sources to meat?

Crickets, mealworms, beetles, beans, soy, grasshoppers, cicadas, worms, ants

100

what does sustainable mean?

ability to be maintained at a consistent rate/level

200

Give an example of how perception affects science

Anything relevant

200

Is a drop of water an ecosystem? Why or why not?

Yes, drops of water contain both living and nonliving microorganisms.

200

I grow in the ground and break down dead plants and animals to get energy and release minerals and nutrients back into the earth. Some would call me a decomposer. What am I?

Fungi

200

What chemicals are applied in our agriculture because of pests. 

pesticides

200

What is sustainability? (NOT sustainable)

Ability to meet our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

300

This type of science is what a physical therapist studies? 

Exercise Science

300

True or False: Carnivors get more energy from eating than primary consumers? 

False. They get less.

300

What are the 2 types of energy and what do they mean?

Renewable:always there, never runs out. new supply easily accessible. Nonrenewable:when it's used up, its gone. 

300

Where does milke come from and what has to happen to cows to get it?

Milk comes from pregnant cows that are bred by humans.

300

What is our current method of mining for resources NOT sustainable?

It destroys the environment in the process of extracting the resources
400

What is the process that happens in your brain when your touch something hot?

Detection -> Interpretation -> Reaction

400

Why do organisms (other than producers) get less energy from eating?

Because they are eating other organisms that have consumed and broken down the energy. Have to work harder and eat more to get the same amount of energy.

400

We gave examples of 4 types of renewable and nonrenewable energy. Give 3 examples of each.

Renewable: Solar, Hydroelectric, Wind, Hydrogen

Nonrenewable: Coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear

400

What is the word I used to describe where most of our vegetable/fruit comes from in agriculture? (Hint: it means one type)

Monoculture

400

What are the 3 components of sustainability?

Social(society), Economic, Environmental

500

Name the 6 parts of the scientific process in order

Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Results/Data, Conclusion

500

Name at least 4 of the 5 organisms within an ecosystem?

Producers, Primary consumers, secondary consumers, Scavengers, Decomposers

500

What is a barriet for making the switch from nonrenewable energy to renewable energy?

Expensive, time consuming, harder, more maintenance, inconvenient

500

How would you build a sustainable system? What are some of the things you have to consider?

Accept anything that is reasonable.

500

What is one of the problems with our current agricultural infrastructure?

It is not sustainable. Overproduction of food, abundance of food waste, animals kept inhumanely