Science 1
What is the second step of the Scientific Method?
Hypothesis
What kind of scientist believes that the universe slowly evolved over billions of years?
evolutionist
List the two types of energy sources
Geothermal Energy and Solar Energy
An organism that can give off its own light
Bioluminescent
A type of Giant Algae
Kelp
Organisms in the neritic zone that drift along with ocean currents
plankton (phytoplankton)
middle region
splash region
A saltwater biome is an aquatic biome having at least ________ percent of dissolved water
3 1/2 (Three and a half)
The biome containing mostly coniferous trees
Boreal Forest Biome
A plant that grows under the trees of a forest is an example of
undergrowth
A biome that is treeless because of permafrost
Tundra Biome
A job and place of an organism within its habitat
niche
The fourth layer of the atmosphere that contains the hottest temperature
A weaker high tide that occurs when the sun's gravity and the moon's gravity oppose one another
neap tide
core
Which among the bottom is not an outer planet?
1. Jupiter
2. Neptune
3. Earth
4. Saturn
Earth
When scientists experiment and gather data, is the __________ step of the scientific method
3rd (Third)
Many whale species travel together as a family group called
pod
A spiny-skinned invertebrate with radial symmetry
Echinoderm (Starfish)
regenerate (regeneration)
A single-celled reproductive structure in seedless vascular plants
spore
embryo
the outermost bounds of a plant's cell membrane
Cell wall
A kind of seafloor mud made from minerals and the remains of tiny ocean organisms
ooze
The settling of sediments at a new location
deposition
The reservoir at the bottom of a volcano vent that contains magma
Magma Chamber
The four inner planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth and _________
Mars
Competition
Relationship in which one organism hunts, kills, and eat another organism
Negative symbiotic relationship in which one organism is harmed
parasitism
Mutualism
Close relationship between two organisms
Symbiosis
Study of ecosystems
Ecology
Study of Ocean Ecosystems
Marine Ecology
Study of Ocean Life
Marine Biology
Study of animals and how they live
zoology
Study of weather
Meteorology
Oceanography
Study of the Earth
Geology
Study of God's creation beyond our atmosphere
Astronomy
Detritus falling through water toward the sea floor
Marine Snow
The vertical zones of the ocean are determined by
depth of water
The practice of harvesting all the trees from a designated area at once
Clear-cutting
When a species no longer can be found alive in the earth
extinct
A certain range of abiotic factors in which an organism can survive is a ___________ range
tolerance range
A model that combines food chains to show all possible feeding relationship at each food chain level
Food web
All organisms of one species in an ecosystem form a
Population
All segmented worms are called
Annelids
The food-making process in green plants
photosynthesis
The law of biogenesis states: All living things can only be created by other _________________
Living things
Organisms with only one cell are called
Unicellular
The next step in the hydrologic (water) cycle after evaporation
Condensation
The conditions of the atmosphere at a given time
weather
An island parallel to the mainland's shore
barrier island
The careful study of the wonders of the universe
Science
What is the top level of Food Chain
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Apex Predators
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Nucleus
Describe a Prescribed Burning
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