Bio Lab Mid Term 1

Question 1

Qualitative versus quantitative

Answer 1

Qualitative is physical observation and description.
Quantitative is numerical description

Question 2

Description

Answer 2

Recording of observation

Question 3

Observation

Answer 3

 Using our five senses to take in info

Question 4

Metric system

Answer 4

International system of measurement based on the meter

Question 5

Habitat

Answer 5

A place where an organism is normally encountered

Question 6

Niche

Answer 6

The role in organism plays in the ecosystem

Question 7

Omnivore

Answer 7

Eat plants and meat

Question 8

Herbivore

Answer 8

Eats mostly plants

Question 9

Carnivore

Answer 9

Eats meat only 

Question 10

Bioaccumulation

Answer 10

Increase of concentration of a chemical in an organism overtime 

Question 11

Hydrophilic

Answer 11

Water loving

Question 12

Hydrophobic

Answer 12

Water fearing

Question 13

Solvent versus solute

Answer 13

Solvent is doing the dissolving, salute is being dissolved

Question 14

Adhesion

Answer 14

Liquid to solid

Question 15

Cohesion

Answer 15

Liquid to itself

Question 16

Capillarity

Answer 16

The tendency of fluid to rise up a tube due to adhesion and cohesion

Question 17

Primary consumer

Answer 17

Herbivore

Question 18

Secondary consumer

Answer 18

Carnivore

Question 19

Tertiary consumer

Answer 19

Omnivore

Question 20

Bioaccumulation verse biomagnification

Answer 20

Bioaccumulation is the buildup of absorbed chemicals in an organism over time. Biomagnification is the increase in concentration of these chemicals in each organism up the food chain.