Question | Answer |
In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? | Kenya |
An ecological footprint is the... | Amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person. |
A resident of... is likel to leave the largest ecological footprint. | The United States |
The term biodiversity refers to... | The number and variety of species that live in an area |
Sunlight, air, forests, minerals, and water are all... | Natural Resources |
The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment is called... | Pollution |
When the last member of a species dies,... is said to have occurred | Extiction |
Copper ore, petroleum, and diamonds are all... | non renewable resources |
During the... period, plants and animals were domesticated and human populations grew rapidly | agricultural |
Residents of... countries make up about 80% of the world's total population. | developing |
The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called... | Statistics |
The group bthat does not recieve the experimental treatment in an experiment is the... | control group |
In an experiment, the factor of interest is called the... | variable |
The average mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves is an example of... | mean |
A model of a dinosaur is an example of a... model | physical |
The chance that an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of... | risk |
Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight? | observing |
Curiosity and imiagination are important in scince because they are... | abilities in scientists that help expand our knowledge |
What essintial characteristic does a good experiment have? | A single variable tested and a control is used |
The chance that an event will happen is known as... | probability |
How did the Himilaya mountains form? | colliding tectonic plates |
What are wind and water erosin not likely to effect? | Tides |
The ozone layer is located in the... | stratosphere |
The richter scale best decribes the... | magnitude of an earthquake |
Deep currents flow along the... | ocean floor |
With respect to energy, earth is a... | closed system |
with respect to matter, earth is mostly a... | closed system |
What are the pieces of that compose the lithosphere? | tectonic plates |
A volcano is a mountain built from... | magma |
Ozone is a molecule made up of... | 3 oxygen atoms |
Change in the genetic characteristics in a population from one generation to the next is... | evolution |
Process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans is... | artificial selection |
Trait that increases an organisms chance of survival is... | adaptation |
Trait unintentionally selected by humans is... | resistance |
Process that causes the characteristics of a population to change without human control is... | natural selection |
Many angiosperms depend on animals for... | ditributing seeds and providing food |
Archaebacteria and eubacteria are... | two kingdoms |
The place that contains everything an organism needs is its... | habitat |
A desert ecosystem contains... | air, living things, and sand |
Which two kingdoms contain organisms that can use energy from the sun to make food? | protists and plants |
Consumers are organisms that... | get solar or other energy directly |
what term is used to refer to the many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem? | food web |
What type of vegetation would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has remained undisturbed for 150 years? | tall, mature oak trees |
succession is possible because... | new speices make the environment less suitable for previous ones |
The first species to colonize any newly available area are known as... | pioneer species |
Horses and cattle are... because they eat only producers. | herbivores |
During primary succession,... often begin the process by breaking down the rocks into soil. | lichens |
A process in which energy from the sun is used to make sugar molecules is called... | photosynthesis |
Organisms that get their food by breaking down dead organisms are called... | decomposers |
Nitrogen fixing bacteria live within nodules on the roots of plants called... | legumes |
The main factor that determines what type of plants grow in a biome is... | temperature and percipitation |
Tropical rainforests are threatened by... | deforestation and the trade of rain forest plants and animals |
The deforestation of the rain forests may cause climate changes which, in turn, may affect... | flooding |
The tundra... | has a layer of soil that is permanently frozen beneath the top soil |
Biomes... | are usually described by their vegetation |
The distance north and south of the equator, as measured in degrees, is called... | latitude |
Animals that live in the desert... | are usually nocturnal |
Estivating is... | sleeping through the dry season |
Deserts are... | often formed on the dry side of mountain ranges |
The climate of a biome is determined mostly by average... and percipitation | temperature |