4 Flashcards
(True/ False) The more diverse food webs get, the more stable they generally become
True
(True/ False) A hypothesis may have a lot of data that supports it, yet it is still testable
True
Food chains are relatively short because there is not enough____________ to support higher-level consumers.
Energy
Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship in which:
Commensalism is a type of relationship where one of the organisms benefits greatly from the symbiosis. The other is not helped but is not harmed or damaged from the relationship. In other words, this is a one-sided symbiotic relationship. Example: The relationship between cattle egrets and cattle.
**(True/ False)A Hypothesis is valid until proven not valid (dis-prove)?
True (is testable and is based off observations) an (educated guess is not testable)
(True/False) Unless you can directly observe something it is not science?
False
(True/False)Scientists need to be skeptical and open minded?
True
(True/ False)Empirical and historical sciences are not exclusive they work together?
True
ex. of empirical and historical science working together?
Observing poop in a cave and stating it is about 40,000 years old from a human (historical), then you would exam it (testing/empirical)
(True/ False) Fact is a point of data
True(it is still in process/ testing)
(True/ False)you cannot live in this world without interacting with it?
True