Microscopes
Which microscope would you use to view the surface of an unidentified insect’s wing in motion?
Dissecting
Which property of water allows water to attract to one another?
Cohesion and Hydrogen Bonds
What is evaporation?
Water turning from a liquid to a gas from a body of water
What trophic level contains the most energy?
Producers
Identify two abiotic limiting factors that can decrease a population size
Answers vary - salinity, sunlight, temperature, etc.
A scientist is studying the surface structures of pollen from a plant
SEM
What property of water dissolves many different materials?
Universal Solvent
How is CO2 removed from the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
The top of the energy pyramid is known as?
Apex Predator
Identify two ways a population can increase in their size?
Immigration and birth
This microscope produces black and white images that are 2D, and allows you to see INTERNAL structures
TEM
What property of water provides insulation, and allows ice to float?
Expansion upon Freezing
How do plants and animals release CO2 into the atmosphere?
Cellular Respiration
10%
What is carrying capacity?
The max number a population can hold without reaching the overshoot resulting in a decrease
You want to identify the chloroplast inside of a plant cell. What microscope am I?
TEM
What property of water allows for to maintain its temperature?
Ability to moderate temperature
What is the process of burning fossil fuels? (harms the environment)
Combustion
If we were to remove all of the primary consumers from the environment, what would happen?
Over growth of producers, and secondary consumers will decrease due to lack of resources/food
How do you identify the carrying capacity on a graph?
Look for the stable line
To learn about cell division a student views the longitudinal section of an onion root tip. To prepare the slide the onion is cut in very thin slices and stained. As light passes through the onion cell the image is magnified..
Compound Light
What property of water allows our body to dissolve many minerals such as CO2?
Universal Solvent
What is Transpiration?
Water vapor released into the atmosphere by plants stomata
If secondary consumers have 500Kcal, how much energy will the apex predator have?
5kcal
Identify 3 biotic limiting factors that can limit a population