Fall Semester Final

Question 1

organisms live closely together and benefit from each other

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mutualism

Question 2

I took the pennies out of the tabasco they were not shiny. I decided that it corroded them.

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This is my conclusion

Question 3

get energy by consuming others

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heterotroph

Question 4

which is not a level of organization?

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niche

Question 5

the first level in a food chain are what?

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autotrophs

Question 6

An EXPERIMENT is

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a way to test your hypothesis

Question 7

Which is not a carnivore?

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cow

Question 8

organism that pursues another organism

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predator

Question 9

one organism benefits & the other organism is not harmed

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commensalism

Question 10

living things

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biotic factors

Question 11

My CONCLUSION must be based on my .....

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results

Question 12

An OBSERVATION is

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something you see

Question 13

which one is a herbivore?

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cow

Question 14

study of the relationships among living organisms & their interactions with their environments

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ecology

Question 15

each step in a food chain

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trophic level

Question 16

The CONTROL group

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will get the food that I suspect is bad

Question 17

herbivores, carnivores, omnivores,& detritivores

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heterotrophs

Question 18

Law of conservation of mass

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matter is not created nor destroyed

Question 19

what do organism need to sustain life and undergo life processes?

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nutrients

Question 20

What cycle is pictured?

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Water

Question 21

A HYPOTHESIS is...

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an educated guess

Question 22

the exchange of matter through the biosphere

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biogeochemical cycle

Question 23

when more than one organism uses a resource at the same time

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competition

Question 24

3 of the fish in the control group died, while the fish with the new food are still alive.

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all of the above

Question 25

Which step comes last in the Scientific Method?

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Conclusion

Question 26

After you have observed something you will formulate a QUESTION. A QUESTION is

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something you want to know

Question 27

organism that is pursued

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prey

Question 28

herbivore

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eat only plants

Question 29

which is an example of an autotroph?

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green plant

Question 30

The Scientific Method is another name for Scientific Theory

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True

Question 31

I think that the pennies in the tabasco sauce will become shiny. I am ...

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Forming a hypothesis

Question 32

The Scientific Method is a way of forming a hypothesis and testing it to find answers

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True

Question 33

eat both plants and animals

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omnivores

Question 34

Scientific Theory is a method or procedure consisting of observation,

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measurement, experiment, & testing of hypotheses

Question 35

biosphere

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portion of Earth that supports life

Question 36

area where an organism lives

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habitat

Question 37

My HYPOTHESIS is...

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The fish food is killing the fish

Question 38

one organism benefits at the expense of another organism

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parasitism

Question 39

Using a CONTROL group that is unaffected by what is being measured, helps determine

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whether or not the food is the cause of the death of my fish

Question 40

air, water, soil, sun, rainfall, rocks, temperature

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abiotic factors

Question 41

example of an detritivore

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worms and aquatic insects

Question 42

For one week I watch to see what is happening and write down what I see. This is called

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observation

Question 43

Which step comes right after my observations?

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Question

Question 44

autotroph

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get their energy from the sunlight

Question 45

the total mass of living matter at each trophic level

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biomass

Question 46

model representing interconnected food chains and how energy flows through a group of organisms

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food web

Question 47

what are biomes?

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large group of ecosystems that share the same climate

Question 48

I decide to test my hypothesis by changing the food. This is called...

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an experiment

Question 49

detritivores

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eat fragments of dead matter

Question 50

scientist that studies ecology

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ecologist

Question 51

ANALYSIS follows the experiment.

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True

Question 52

eat only meat

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carnivores

Question 53

I notice a rash on the inside of my elbows. I wonder if it is an allergic reaction? I am...

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questioning

Question 54

My pet goldfish kept dying. I wondered if it was the food I was feeding them. My QUESTION is...

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Is the food I give the fish killing them?

Question 55

which is not a omnivore?

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grasshopper

Question 56

I decide to change the food, but I must have more than one fish and food.... why??

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One fish will be the control and one the experiment.

Question 57

All good scientists use the scientific method in their research.

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True

Question 58

anything that takes up space and has mass

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matter

Question 59

The EXPERIMENTAL group

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will get a new food

Question 60

I want to see what happens when I mix pennies with Tabasco sauce. I put them in a dish & wait.

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I am experimenting

Question 61

Which of the following is not a biotic factor

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soil

Fall Semester Final

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Fall Semester Final

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