Ecology Test 1

What is the final step in the scientific method?

• Write a conclusion about your results

• Record and analyze the data

• Form a hypothesis

• Research your topic

Jennifer wants to know if students do better on their homework if they listen to classical music or hip hop music. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

• Students' grades on homework

• The age of the students

• The volume of the music

• The type of music

A dependent variable is __________.

• What is measured in an experiment

• What you change in an experiment

• A prediction about an experiment

• What stays the same in an experiment

A qualitative observation is ________.

• Describing qualities and characteristics

• A guess you make using an observation

• Numbers and labels

• What is kept the same in an experiment

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Form a hypothesis

• Make an observation and ask a question about it

• Research your topic

• Record and analyze data

Is the Sun biotic or abiotic

• biotic

• abiotic

If mice eat plants and insects what would they be considered?

• ominvore

• carnivore

• herbivore

an organism that performs photosynthesis is called a

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• heterotroph

Nonliving things found in an ecosystem.

• factories
• factor trees
• biotic factors
• abiotic factors

Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.

• abiotic
• biotic factors
• ecology
• ecosystems