Ecosystems
Food Webs, Chains, Energy Pyramids
Evolution
Earth History
Rock Cycle
100
Living or once living is the definition of what
Biotic
100
Arrows of a food chain and web show....
How energy flows from one organism to another
100
What is evolution
change over time
100
What is Law of Superposition
Deeper you go in the ground the older material is
100
How are sedimentary rocks formed
Weathering, erosion and pressure
200
Soil is biotic or abiotic
abiotic
200
Grass --> Rabbit --> Hawk --> Coyote
Which organism is consuming the Rabbit?
Hawk
200
What is natural selection
Those organisms best suited to their environment will survive to reproduce
200
What do Ice Cores used for?
Atmospheric conditions in past
200
How are Metamorphic Rocks formed
Pressure and heat
300
Which level of the 5 levels of environmental organization would turkeys, turtles, pine trees, grass, dead logs, water, clouds, and rocks fit?
Ecosystem
300
Why are all arrows pointing towards bacteria at the top?
All organisms will die and be broken down by decomposers and nutrients recycled
300
Why is the bird eating the green beetles
They stand out against the tree and are not as well adapted as the brown beetles
300
How do we determine approximate age of fossils?
Index Fossils
300
How are Igneous Rocks formed
Melting and pressure
400
Spider building a web would be an example of a
behavioral adaptation
400
name all the trophic levels of the Energy Pyramid
Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer
400
What was the limiting factor to change these birds
Food
400
How do we determine exact age of fossils?
Radioactive dating or Radiometric dating
400
Similar fossils have been found in south america and africa. These organisms dont appear to have been able to fly or swim. How might this have happened?
Plate tectonics
500
Mutualism, Parasitism, and Commensalism are what type of relationships?
Symbiotic
500
Which organism(s) does the owl eat?
Frog and mouse
500
What makes these Homologous Sructures?
They all have similar parts so could be related
500
A chart showing records of how fossils evolve over time which can be used to prove how organisms evolved into common day organisms
Fossil record
500
sea shells have been found at the top of mountains. How does this happen?
Convergent plate boundary collision