Vocab List Unit 1

Question 1

Characteristics of Life

Answer 1

Being able to use food for energy, the ability to maintain homeostasis, the ability to reproduce, grow and develop, respond to stimuli, change overtime, Made up of cells and DNA

Question 2

Dependent Variables

Answer 2

What is affected during the experiment. (What is affected from what we change)

Question 3

Independent Variables

Answer 3

unaffected variables (what we can change)

Question 4

Greenhouse Gas

Answer 4

Traps heat to make the planet warmer.

Question 5

Controlled Variable

Answer 5

A control variable which is constant and unchanged throughout the course of the investigation.

Question 6

10% rule

Answer 6

each level in an ecosystem only gives 10% of its energy to the levels above it.

Question 7

Equilibrium

Answer 7

a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.

Question 8

Resistance

Answer 8

to be immune or impervious to something.

Question 9

Resilience

Answer 9

the ability of a system to continue functioning and recover from a disturbance.

Question 10

Autotroph

Answer 10

An autotroph is an organism that can convert abiotic sources of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms.

Question 11

gross-primary productivity.

Answer 11

reflects the total amount of organic carbon assimilated by vegetation through photosynthesis per given unit of time and area

Question 12

Biotic

Answer 12

Living or was living organism

Question 13

Abiotic

Answer 13

Never lived or not living

Question 14

Homeostasis

Answer 14

Ability to maintain a relatively stable environment