Bio

Question 1

air

Answer 1

the atmosphere

Question 2

water

Answer 2

the hydrosphere

Question 3

land

Answer 3

the lithosphere

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

is the part of the planet where living things exist

Question 5

ecosystem

Answer 5

the ecosystem involves the interaction of biotic and abiotic things (non-living and living)

Question 6

Do ecosystems vary in sizes?

Answer 6

Yes
they can vary from under a rock to an entire rainforest

Question 7

population

Answer 7

a population is a group of species or animals living in the same area

Question 8

a community

Answer 8

is made of different populations interacting with eachother

Question 9

How do you mntain the balance of ecosystems?

Answer 9

Air is the key to ecosystems and is cycled throughout plants and animals.

Question 10

what is the main energy source?

Answer 10

The Sun

Question 11

what do plants do with light energy?

Answer 11

Since they are autotrophs, they convert the light energy to chemical energy using a process called photosynthesis

Question 12

what are organisms that CANT make their own food?

Answer 12

Heterotrophs

Question 13

cuticle

Answer 13

providing protection against external environmental stresses

can be located up the very top

Question 14

upper epidermis

Answer 14

It helps protect the leaf in preventing water loss and provides an extra layer between the outside and inside of the leaf

2nd to the top / underneath cuticle

Question 15

Palisade Mesophyl

Answer 15

where most of the photosynthesis occurs in the leaf.

3rd to the top / under upper epidermis

Question 16

spongey mesophyl

Answer 16

helps the exchange of gases essential to the process of photosynthesis

circular / weirdly shaped.
under palisade mesophyl

Question 17

stomata ( stoma )

Answer 17

involved in the exchange of carbon dioxide and water between plants and the atmosphere.

tiny hole in the plant

Question 18

Guard cell

Answer 18

control the opening and closing of pores

Question 19

xylem

Answer 19

carries water from the roots to all parts of the tree or plant.

the vascular system

Question 20

phloem

Answer 20

transport and distribution of the organic nutrients.

the vascular system

Question 21

what makes the plants green?

Answer 21

chlorophyll

Question 22

what is glucose?

Answer 22

it helps the growth and repair of a plant

Question 23

word equation for photosynthesis

Answer 23

light
carbon dioxide + water ———–> glucose + oxygen.
chlorophyl

Question 24

celluar respiration

Answer 24

Cellular respiration is the process by which cells in plants and animals break down sugar and turn it into energy,

Question 25

Do all living cells respire?

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

Whats the energy in plants molecule, released as?

Answer 26

ATP remember it as a Tint packet of energy

Question 27

where does cell respiration occur?

Answer 27

the mitochondria

Question 28

aerobic cellular respiration

Answer 28

Glucose + O2 → CO2 + H2O = ATP

Question 29

What does aerobic respiration need?

Answer 29

oxygen

Question 30

What does anaerobic respiration not need?

Answer 30

oxygen

Question 31

fermentation

Answer 31

when fungi, bacteria and yeast use glucose to create energy

Question 32

Fermentation (word equation)

Answer 32

glucose --> ethanol + carbon dioxide

Question 33

competition

Answer 33

the rivalry between living things for territory, resources, goods, mates

Question 34

Predators

Answer 34

- kill - catch - hunt - consume -benefit

Question 35

prey

Answer 35

- hide -flee - adapt - victims

Question 36

what are ecosystems grouped by?

Answer 36

Trophic levels (feeding)

Question 37

what does the size of each animal level show?

Answer 37

their total ammount of energy

Question 38

When an animal is consumed what percentage of that animals energy is taken?

Answer 38

10%

Question 39

1. primary source

Answer 39

Is like a plant or flower (autortophs)

Question 40

2. primary consumers

Answer 40

- these are like bugs / consume plants

Question 41

3. secondary consumers

Answer 41

like rats / consume bugs

Question 42

teritary consumer

Answer 42

lion/cats/dogs - eat the rat

Question 43

what are food chains?

Answer 43

a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Question 44

what are food webs?

Answer 44

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 45

the seven nutrients

Answer 45

1. carbon 2. oxygen 3. water 4. potassium 5. calcium 6. nitrogen 7. phosphorus

Question 46

conservation of mass

Answer 46

is neither created or destroyed

Question 47

conservation of energy

Answer 47

can be created but not destroyed

Question 48

the 5 steps of the water cycle

Answer 48

evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.

Question 49

combustion

Answer 49

a chemical process in which a substance reacts rapidly with oxygen and gives off heat. ( this is what factories release into the atmosphere)

Question 50

Abiotic

Answer 50

a nonliving factor that can help shape the environment and its conditions - water -weather -sun -soil

Question 51

Biotic

Answer 51

living factor that can shape an enviroment - animals -plants -bugs

Question 52

where does photosynthesis occur

Answer 52

spongey + palisade mesophyl

Question 52

what does photosynthesis need

Answer 52

chlorophyl, sunlight, carbon dioxide, water

Question 52

consumers

Answer 52

heterotrophs who need to eat, in order to survive.

Question 52

producers

Answer 52

usually autotrophs

Question 53

decomposer

Answer 53

a decomposer is a living thing that breaks down, plants, animals, or waste. In order to create a simpler substance. They are vital to the food chain.

Question 54

human impact

Answer 54

- climate change - fossil fuels (combustion) -deforestation (habitat loss)

Question 55

environmental impact

Answer 55

- light - temp -wind - natural disasters

Question 56

systematic error

Answer 56

not by chance but is because of an innaccuracy observational error (looking at something on a weird angle)

Question 57

random error

Answer 57

due to chance - irregular changes in temp (fluctuations in sun)

Question 58

dependant variables

Answer 58

is what changes, and what we measure

Question 59

independent variable

Answer 59

isnt changed nor is it measured / stands alone

Question 60

controlled variable

Answer 60

it is a consistent thing such as temp