Biology 1st Semester Final review

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What is the scientific method?

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A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

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What is a Food Chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

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From the Sun.

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What is a top predator?

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An organism that is at the top of the food chain and has no natural predators.

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Define abiotic factors.

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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Producers, like plants, convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats meat.