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100 Facts 1-50
7th Science Final Exam
Question | Answer |
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1) Steps to scientific method | make observation, ask ?, make hypothesis, test and collect data for hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusion, communicate results |
2) Record of something you perceive with your five senses. When it is a number, it is __. When its is words, it is __. | observation, quantitative, qualitative |
3) Educated guess based on observation | inference |
4)Inference recorded as observation OR improperly controlled/ manipulated experiment is a | scientific bias |
5)Factors that can affect experiment meaning of DRY MIX | variables, Dependent, Result, Y-Axis; Manipulate, Independent, X-Axis |
6) experiment with only one IV, rest are constant | controlled experiment |
7) Measurement system used by scientists: Volume: Length: Mass: Temperature: | Metric System (SI), liter, meter, grams, Celsius |
8) How much matter and object contains: Measured using: Amount of space matter occupies: Measured using: | Mass, triple beam balance, volume, graduated cylinder |
9) Criteria to be living | move, sense and respond to environment, grows, repairs injury, exchange gases and nutrients, excretes waste, reproduces |
10) Unicellular, Multicellular | All functions for life in one cell, many specialized cells work together for life |
11) Taxonomy | classification system used to organize living things into categories |
12) do not have nucleus, have nucleus | Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes |
13) chart used to identify unknown species of organism | dichotomous key |
gives organism a two part scientific name, genus and species | binomial nomenclature |
15) Levels of classification large to small | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
16)group of organisms who can only breed and reproduce fertile offspring with each other | species |
17) 3 Domains | Bacteria (modern bacteria) Archae (bacteria that live in impossible places) Eukaryotes (have a nucleus, not bacteria) |
18)Prokaryote, unicellular, reproduces asexually, no peptidoglycan, lives in harsh environments | Kingdom Archaebacteria |
19)Prokaryote, unicellular, reproduces asexually,peptidoglycan, lives in mild environments | Kingdom Eubacteria |
20) An organism that is a prokaryote, is a __. | bacteria |
21) Unicellular, eukaryote, lives in mainly water, moves with cilia, flagella, or pseudopod | Kingdom Protista |
22) Multicellular, eukaryote, cell wall of chitin, heterotroph, sexually reproduces with spores | Kingdom Fungi |
23) Multicellular, eukaryote, cell wall of cellulose, autotroph, reproduces sexually with pollen | Kingdom Plantae |
24) Multicellular, eukaryote, no cell wall, heterotroph | Kingdom Animalia |
Living factors: Nonliving Factors: Interact to form: | biotic, abiotic, ecosystem |
26) Organization within ecosystem | Organism, Population, Community, Ecosydtem, Biome, Biosphere |
27) All members of one species: All different ^ in an area: | population, community |
28) largest population an environment can support | carrying capacity |
29) Relationship between 2 species: Both benefit: One benefits, other doesn't care: One benefits, one harmed: | Symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitic |
30) path of energy form one organism to another (who eats who), a bunch of ^ overlapping | food chain, food web |
31)energy pyramids | represent loss of energy in a food chain |
32) creates own food from energy source: when that source is the sun: when that source is a chemical reaction: | autotroph, photoautotroph, chemotroph |
33) eats for energy: eat autotrophs: eat heterotrophs/ crnivores: carnivores/omnivore: | heterotroph, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer |
34) decomposer | breaks down waste and dead organism |
35) large geographic areas with similar climates | biomes |
37) northern latitudes, long cold winters, lots of pine trees | taiga |
36)northern most latitude, permafrost, no trees, cold and dry | tundra |
38) common on coastlines, 4 distinct seasons, trees lose leaves | deciduous forest |
39) Austin, wet and dry season, not a lot of trees, dry | grasslands |
40) hot or cold, very little rain, hard for things that connot conserve water to survive | desert |
41) found near equator, warm all year, steady rainfall, biodiverse | rainforest |
42) largest biome | marine |
43)gradual change from one community to another: Starts from just rock: Starts from soil: | ecological succession, primary succession, secondary succession |
44) natural resource that can be replaced shortly: cannot be replaced: cannot be used up: | renewable, nonrenewable, inexhaustable |
45) 3 R's | reduce use of natural resources, reuse items, recycle |
46) passing on of traits through generations | heredity |
molecule code for traits: ^ wrapped around protein rod: sections that code for traits: | DNA, chromosome, gene |
48) adaptation | inherited trait that changes a species to be better suited to an environment |
49)natural selection | process where organisms best suited to an environment thrive- survival of the fittest |
50) controlled breeding of organisms with a certain trait | selective breeding |