Activity 0: Instruments and Equipments

Question 1

Mercury expands and contracts in response to changes in temperature

Answer 1

Mercury thermometer

Question 2

Mercury expands and contracts in response to changes in temperature

Answer 2

Mercury thermometer

Question 3

Determine the relative humidity in the atmosphere

Answer 3

Sling psychrometer

Question 4

Measure atmospheric pressure

Answer 4

Barometer

Question 5

Measure light levels or intensity

Answer 5

Light meter

Question 6

Measure the water content and the refractive index of liquids

Answer 6

Refractometer

Question 7

measure the hydrogen ion activity in solutions

Answer 7

pH meter

Question 8

pH level less than 7

Answer 8

Acidic

Question 9

pH level is 7

Answer 9

Neutral

Question 10

pH level is greater than 7

Answer 10

Basic

Question 11

Measure wind speed, direction, and pressure

Answer 11

Anemometer

Question 12

Used for collection, storage and transport of specimens

Answer 12

Sample bottles

Question 13

Used to collect water samples for dissolved oxygen analysis

Answer 13

DO (Dissolved Oxygen) Bottles

Question 14

Used to measure depth of holes

Answer 14

Depth gauge

Question 15

Used for attracting and trapping small, fast-moving animals

Answer 15

Bait trap

Question 16

Measures the cover (or shade) of vegetation

Answer 16

Densiometer

Question 17

Measures water transparency or turbidity (cloudiness)

Answer 17

Secchi disk

Question 18

Measures the angle of slope/tilt of an object with respect to gravity

Answer 18

Inclinometer

Question 19

Measures relative humidity by comparing temperature differences between a wet bulb and a dry bulb

Answer 19

Hygrometer

Question 20

How close a measurement is to the true value

Answer 20

Accuracy

Question 21

Measures how close the results are to one another

Answer 21

Precision

Question 22

(TYPE OF PRODUCER) Produces the food

Answer 22

Autotrophs

Question 23

(TYPE OF PRODUCER) Convert light into energy through photosynthesis (e.g. plants)

Answer 23

Photoautotrophs

Question 24

(TYPE OF PRODUCER) Obtain energy from inorganic chemical reaction through chemosynthesis (e.g. bacteria, archaea)

Answer 24

Chemoautotrophs

Question 25

(TYPE OF CONSUMER) Feed on producers and other consumers (carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores)

Answer 25

Heterotrophs

Question 26

(TYPE OF DECOMPOSER) Feed on decaying matter

Answer 26

Saprotrophs

Question 27

Utilized in photosynthesis

Answer 27

Light energy

Question 28

Compromises most of the earth’s surface; essential for living

Answer 28

Water

Question 29

Where gas exchange occurs; Compromises the earth’s atmosphere

Answer 29

Air

Question 30

With H2O as its most abundant compound

Answer 30

Soil

Question 31

Types of soil

Answer 31

Sandy soil, slit soil, clay soil, and loamy soil

Question 32

Measure the hotness or coldness

Answer 32

Temperature

Question 33

Affect population growth of organisms; change in quantity in/directly influence the balance in nature

Answer 33

Limiting Factors

Question 34

Examples of limiting factors

Answer 34

Competitors, disease and parasites, weather, fires, available habitat, and predators

Question 35

Event that brings about mortality to organisms; Plays a significant role in shaping the structure of individual populations and the character of whole ecosystems

Answer 35

Ecological Disturbances

Question 36

What kind of disturbances are these: localized wind events, drought, flood, small wildland fires, disease outbreaks?

Answer 36

Minor Disturbances

Question 37

What kind of disturbances are these: tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, epidemic?

Answer 37

Major disturbances

Question 38

Occurs in areas where there was no previous soil or vegetation (from scratch)

Answer 38

Primary succession

Question 39

Occurs in an area that is previously had vegetation but a disturbance or damage occurred

Answer 39

Secondary succession