Science Skills
What tool would a scientist use to find out how tall a plant grows each day?
A ruler
The smallest unit of an ecosystem is called ___
a. organism
b. population
c. community
Organism.
ONE member of a species is an ORGANISM.
What does the line on a graph do if a population increases?
It goes up.
An animal that is killed and eaten is called ___
a. prey
b.predator
Prey
Animals that eat only plants.
a. herbivores
b. carnivores
c. omnivores
Herbivores
Observations are objective and true. Which statement is an observation?
a. The plant has flowers.
b. The plant is pretty.
A. The plant has flowers.
Living things or things that came from living things are called ___
a. biotic factors
b. abiotic factors
Biotic Factors
What does a line on a graph do if a population decreases?
The line goes down
An animal that hunts and kills for food is called __
a. prey
b. predator
Predator
Chimpanzees eat fruit, leaves and insects. What kind of consumer are they?
a. herbivore
b. carnivore
c. omnivore
Chimpanzees are OMNIVORES
Observations are statements that describe what you see. Which statement is an observation?
A. The plant might grow berries.
B. The plant is 6 inches tall.
B. The plant is 6 inches tall.
Which of the following is a biotic factor?
a. leaves
b. sunlight
c. water
Leaves
What is the main way populations increase in size?
Birth
Which of the following is a predator?
a. deer
b. rabbit
c. wolf
Wolf
Bacteria and fungus break down the remains of organisms. They are called ___
a. herbivores
b. carnivores
c. decomposers
Decomposers
A student wrote down her observations and measurements. What do we call these?
a. data
b. procedure
c. prediction
Data
The non-living things in the environment, like rocks and water, are called ____.
a. biotic factors
b. abiotic factors
Abiotic Factors
The main way a population decreases in size is by ___
Death
A(n) ____ is a behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
a. habitat
b. adaptation
c biotic factor
adaptation
What is at the beginning of every food chain?
Sunlight
I hope you were listening to the 400 point question. What do we call information collected during an experiment?
Data is collected during an experiment. Data can be measurements or obsevations.
Sunlight and water are abiotic factors. Name another abiotic factor.
Dirt, rocks, air, temperature
The smallest unit of an ecosystem is ___
a. organism
b. population
c. community
Organism. An organism is ONE member of a species.
Which of the following are prey animals? Find 2.
a. deer
b. jellyfish
c. venus fly traps
d. rabbits
Deer and rabbits are killed and eaten by other animals.
What kind of organism make their own food by photosynthesizing?
a. plants
b animals
c. decomposers
Plants use sunlight to make food for themselves.