Scientific Method
What is a variable?
The one thing you change
What is the first living thing in a food chain?
Producer
Is a millipede a producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Decomposer
Where does an inherited trait come from?
Parents
What step of the scientific method do you make a prediction in?
Which of the following is a good way to help conserve the food chain?
a. Use a lot of plastic everyday
b. Put chemicals in the wetlands
c. Planting a garden
d. Collect animals from nature as pets
C. Plant a garden because it will supply more plants for consumers to eat
Is a millipede a vertebrate or invertebrate?
Invertebrate
(does not have a backbone)
What is an adaptation?
Characteristic or trait that helps an animal survive in its environment
(physical and behavioral)
True of False: The following question is testable - "Does changing the amount of light in the terrarium effect what the millipede eats?"
True
List 4 pieces of the food chain we learned about in order.
Sun, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
Why are decomposers important to the rainforest ecosystem?
Decomposers add nutrients into the soil when they excrete. The plants can then use those nutrients to grow food for consumers to eat.
What are the 5 stages of a life cycle?
Developing, Birth, Young, Adult, End of life