Vocabulary
A single organism
What is an individual?
The birds are singing the same song together.
What is an inference?
A sidewalk in Reno
What is not an ecosystem service?
A mushroom
What is a biotic factor?
In this investigation, an observer collects data over time for one population in an ecosystem
What is a population study?
This is where an organism lives.
What is a habitat?
The chimpanzees groom each other to maintain social relationships
What is an inference?
Food that was grown in a field
What is an ecosystem service?
Shade under a tree
What is an abiotic factor?
This type of investigation is carried out in the environment that the specimen is found in
What is a field test?
This is a system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area
What is an ecosystem?
The geese are eating under the shade.
What is an observation?
Fresh water from a stream
What is an ecosystem service?
Running Water
What is an abiotic factor?
This type of investigation is an experiment in which the observer is able to standardize all but one variable to measure results
What is a controlled experiment?
This is all of the interacting populations in a specified area
What is a community?
The egg shell that we found on the ground is from a cardinal
What is an inference?
A public swimming pool
What is not an ecosystem service?
A leaf from a Cottonwood tree
What is a biotic factor?
This is one of the ways that population studies may be conducted by scientists.
What are...
Bring a population into the laboratory for observation.
Create a miniature version of the ecosystem it lives in.
Study in its natural surroundings.
These are all the individuals of one kind (one species) in a specified area at one time
What is a population?
The milkweed bug laid eggs.
What is an observation?
The carbon cycle
What is an ecosystem service?
A sunflower seed
What is a biotic factor?
This is one of the techniques that Jane Goodall used to study chimpanzees in the field.
What is sit quietly until the chimpanzees got used to her presence and hide her body so that they would behave as if she wasn't there?