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Welcome! The Topic For Today Is…. Your Topic. Topic 1: 200. Question: Science differs from other disciplines, such as history and the arts, because science relies on Answer Theories. Back. Topic 1: 400. Answer: Data Questions
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Welcome! The Topic For Today Is…
Topic 1: 200 • Question: • Science differs from other disciplines, such as history and the arts, because science relies onAnswer • Theories Back
Topic 1: 400 • Answer: • Data • Questions • Measurements made while observing a plant grow 3 cm over a two-week period are called Back
Topic 1: 600 • Question: • Based on your observations, you suggest that the presence of water could accelerate the growth of aloe vera plants. This is • Answer • A hypothesis Back
Topic 1: 800 • Question: • How many meters are in 3.4 km? • Answer • 3400 meters Back
Topic 1: 1000 • Question: • An experiment in which only one variable is changed is a(an) experiment. • Answer • Controlled Experiment Back
Topic 2: 200 • Answer: • Web • Questions • All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food ______ Back
Topic 2: 400 • Question: • The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the_______ • Answer • Biomass Back
Topic 2: 600 • Question: • What animals eat both producers and consumers? • Answer • Omnivores Back
Topic 2: 800 • Question: • Animals that get energy by eating the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of natural causes are called_______ • Answer • Scavangers Back
Topic 2: 1000 • Question: • Give an example of how the biotic factors in an ecosystem can affect the abiotic factors.Answer Back
Topic 3: 200 • Question: • . In which location would you find plants that grow year round? Mexico City or Kansas City? • Answer • Mexico City Back
Topic 3: 400 • Question: • natural situation in which atmospheric gases trap heat inside Earth’s atmosphere • Answer • Greenhouse Effect Back
Topic 3: 600 • Question: • the average yearly condition of temperature and precipitation in a region • Answer • Climate Back
Topic 3: 800 • Question: • interaction in which an organism feeds on a primary producer • Answer • Herbivore Back
Topic 3: 1000 • Question: • What biome makes up Metro-Chicago area? • Answer • Temperate Grassland Back
Topic 4: 200 • Question: • Give an example of a limiting factor. • Answer • Food, water, weather, etc. Back
Topic 4: 400 • Question: • A graph showing logistic growth uses what kind of curve? • Answer • S-curve Back
Topic 4: 600 • Question: • If one population of pine trees consists of 25 trees in 5 square kilometers and another population consists of 25 trees in 2 square kilometers, which population has the higher density? • Answer • 25 trees in 2 square kilometers Back
Topic 4: 800 • Question: • In 1990 40 zebras were born and 15 died at the Lincoln Park Zoo. In 1995 55 zebras were born and 22 died. Which year had the largest growth rate and what was the growth rate? • Answer • 1995 the growth rate was 33 zebras Back
Topic 4: 1000 • Question: • Explain how predator and prey populations limit each other’s growth rates. • Answer • When the prey population increases so does the predator population (more food), when the prey population decreases (predators are eating the prey) so does the predator population (starvation) Back
Topic 5: 200 • Question: • What caused the 1930s Dust Bowl in the Great Plains? • Answer • Soil Erosion Back
Topic 5: 400 • Question: • What is the gray-brown haze often found over large cities? • Answer • Smog Back
Topic 5: 600 • Question: • What happens to the concentration of DDT as it moves up the tropic levels in food chains or food webs? • Answer • The concentration of DDT increases Back
Topic 5: 800 • Question: • What is it called when farming, overgrazing, climate change, and/or seasonal drought change farmland into land that cannot support plant life? • Answer • desertification Back
Topic 5: 1000 • Question: • How can farmers reduce soil erosion? • Answer • Plowing and tilling their land Back
Bonus Question: 5000 pts. • Question: • How would you determine whether something is living or nonliving? List 3 factors • Answer • … • 1. Able to grow and develop, 2. response to environment, 3. able to reproduce Back
Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!
Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!