Launch Unit
Data that is expressed as a number
What is quantative
standards by which something may be judged
2 per million
normal extinction rate
and educated guess as to the relationship between the independent and dependent variables
What is hypothesis
an interacting group of various species in one location
community
the extinction rate of 80 out of 5570
mass extinction
An answer to the experimenters question
what is the claim
the variety of life in an ecosystem
bio diversity
a island in the middle of lake superior
Isle Royale
data that supports the claim
What is Evidence
the number of organism of the same species that live the same area
population
I am the most commonly found animals in an owl pellet
vole, mouse, baby bird
I am in the second column of the data table
what is the dependent variable
inspiring fear or respect by being impressively large and powerful.
formidable
our current rate of extinction
6th mass extiction