Running Vocabulary List Unit 1

Question 1

Characteristics of life

Answer 1

the ability to respire, grow, excrete, reproduce, metabolize, move, and be responsive to the environment.

Question 2

Biotic

Answer 2

living or was living

Question 3

Abiotic

Answer 3

something is not living or never was

Question 4

Dependent variable

Answer 4

what we measure

Question 5

Independent variable

Answer 5

what we change

Question 6

Controlled variable/constant

Answer 6

experimental element which is controlled and unchanged

Question 7

10% Rule

Answer 7

when energy is passed in an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of the energy will be passed on

Question 8

Greenhouse gas

Answer 8

gases in the earth’s atmosphere that trap heat (co2)

Question 9

Predator

Answer 9

an animal that kills and eats other animals

Question 10

Prey

Answer 10

animals that are killed and eaten by other animals

Question 11

Predator-Prey Cycle

Answer 11

two populations where the lynx (predator) kills and consumes the snowshoe hare(prey)

Question 12

Mechanical defense

Answer 12

a physical defence

Question 13

Physical defense

Answer 13

a appearance that serves as defence

Question 14

Chemical defense

Answer 14

use of chemicals as defence