Chapter 1 - Eco Sytems

Question 1

Adapt

Answer 1

To change in order to fit a new situation or use

Question 2

Aquarium

Answer 2

A water-filled glass or plastic container where organisms can live and be observed

Question 3

Aquatic

Answer 3

Living in water

Question 4

Cerci

Answer 4

A spiny organ that sticks out the rear end of the cricket. Crickets have 2 spines.

Question 5

Classify

Answer 5

To group things together because they share one or more properties

Question 6

Conclusion

Answer 6

A decision that U.S. Based on observation or on a study of data

Question 7

Consumer

Answer 7

An organism that feeds on other organisms or organic matter because it cannot make its own food

Question 8

Controlled experiment

Answer 8

A scientific investigation in which one variable is changed and all others are kept the same or constant

Question 9

Data

Answer 9

Information such as that gathered during an experiment

Question 10

Disrupt

Answer 10

To upset the development movement or organization of someone or something

Question 11

Ecosystem

Answer 11

A community that includes all the living and non living things found in a certain area

Question 12

Environment

Answer 12

Everything that surrounds an organism and influences it

Question 13

Exoskeleton

Answer 13

A hard supporting or protective structure on the outside of the body of an insect or other animal

Question 14

Experiment

Answer 14

A procedure that is carried out to investigate a scientific question

Question 15

Fossil fuels

Answer 15

Fuels formed from plant or animal remains - coal gas and oil are examples

Question 16

Gravid spot

Answer 16

Black spot on the side of the body of a female fish that is carrying offspring within its body

Question 17

Habitat

Answer 17

A place that is natural for an organism to live

Question 18

Isopod

Answer 18

A small animal with a segmented thorax. Each part of the thorax has its own pair if legs. These are crustaceans

Question 19

Organism

Answer 19

A living thing

Question 20

Ovipositor

Answer 20

An organ that the female cricket uses to put her eggs in the ground

Question 21

Photosynthesis

Answer 21

The process by which green plants and blue-green algae in the presence of light make food out of carbon dioxide and water

Question 22

Pollutant

Answer 22

Anything that spreads harmful or unpleasant substances into the air water or ground

Question 23

Producer

Answer 23

An organism that can make its own food through the process of photosynthesis

Question 24

Respiration

Answer 24

The processes by which an organism takes in and processes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide

Question 25

Scavenger

Answer 25

An organism that eats dead of decaying organic matter. These are also known as decomposers

Question 26

Terrarium

Answer 26

A closed glass or plastic container where a organisms can live and be observed

Question 27

Terrestrial

Answer 27

Of or related to land

Question 28

Thorax

Answer 28

The middle segment of an insect

Question 29

Trade-off

Answer 29

The act of giving up one thing in order to get another

Question 30

Water pollution

Answer 30

Condition that exists when harmful materials have entered the water and made it harmful to organisms

Question 31

Water shed

Answer 31

An area of land that is drained by a stream air river and its branches

Question 32

Acid Rain

Answer 32

Rain that is contaminated with pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide gases