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4. Question Answer Basic Terms-1 ANSWER: This term describes one single member of a species. QUESTION: What is an individual?

5. Question Answer Basic Terms-2 ANSWER: This term describes all the living createures within a certain area and their non-living surroundings. QUESTION: What is an ecosystem?

6. Question Answer Basic Terms-3 ANSWER: This term relates to the living “factors” in an environment. QUESTION: What is biotic?

7. Question Answer Basic Terms-4 ANSWER: A group of similar organisms that can reproduce effectively. QUESTION: What is a species?

8. Question Answer Basic Terms-5 ANSWER: A group of organisms of different species living in the same area. QUESTION: What is a community?

9. Question Answer ANSWER: The person usually awarded the distinction of creating evolutionary theory. QUESTION: Who was Charles Darwin? Evolution-1

10. Question Answer Evolution-2 ANSWER: A trait that increases an organisms chance of survival. QUESTION: What is an adaptation?

11. Question Answer Evolution-3 ANSWER: The main factor in determining which organisms are selected to survive. QUESTION: What is the environment (caused by natural selection)?

12. Question Answer Evolution-4 ANSWER: A flowering plant develops toxins to keep butterflies away. These butterflies develop stronger immune systems. This is an example of... QUESTION: What is coevolution?

13. Question Answer Evolution-5 ANSWER: The difference between evolution and natural selection. QUESTION: Natural selection determines who survives (how), evolution is what occurs.

14. Question Answer Interactions-1 ANSWER: A coyote catches, kills, and eats a rabbit. This type of interaction describes... QUESTION: What are predator-prey interactions?

15. Question Answer Interactions-2 ANSWER: Bobby discovers a tick on his arm. This type of interaction is best described by.... QUESTION: What is parasitism?

16. Question Answer Interactions-3 ANSWER: A cleaner fish eats the remaining food out of a moray eel’s teeth. This is most likely an example of.... QUESTION: What is mutualism?

17. Question Answer Interactions-4 ANSWER: Bacteria living in the human digestive tract would most likely be an example of... QUESTION: What is mutualism?

18. Question Answer Interactions-5 ANSWER: The term used to describe most interactions between organisms. Hint: It begins with an “S.” QUESTION: What is symbiosis?

19. Question Answer Food Time-1 ANSWER: The term used to describe an organism that makes its own food (not “producer”). QUESTION: What is an autotroph?

20. Question Answer Food Time-2 ANSWER: An organism that only eats producers. QUESTION: What is a herbivore?

21. Question Answer Food Time-3 ANSWER: Humans and bears are good examples of this type of consumer. QUESTION: What is an omnivore?

22. Question Answer Food Time-4 ANSWER: In the following food chain, what consumer would the chameleon be? Grass Crickets Chameleon QUESTION: What is a secondary consumer or carnivore?

23. Question Answer Food Time-5 ANSWER: A producer supplies 150 joules of energy. How much energy does the tertiary consumer in that food chain receive? QUESTION: What is 0.15 joules?

24. Question Answer Potpourri-1 ANSWER: 15498 cm is equal to ______ m. QUESTION: What is 154.98 m?

25. Question Answer Potpourri-2 ANSWER: This “crisis” is much more prevalent in developing countries. QUESTION: What is the population crisis?

26. Question Answer Potpourri-3 ANSWER: The type of coloration in which an organism blends in with its surrounding environment. QUESTION: What is cryptic coloration?

27. Question Answer Potpourri-4 ANSWER: The percent error when a student finds the mass of a 25 gram object to be 17.2 grams. QUESTION: What is –31.2%

28. Question Answer Potpourri-5 ANSWER: A moth having large “eyes” on its wings could be using this type of survival characteristic. QUESTION: What is mimicry?