APES Unit 1 Vocab

Polychlorinated Biphenyls used in electronics. Chemical products banned in 1979. Polluted groundwater. 

• Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)
• Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs)
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
• Polychlorinated Diphenyl Ethers (PCDEs)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

data that uses numbers

• Qualitative data
• Categorical data
• Descriptive data
• Quantitative data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

data that uses qualities and characteristics to describe

• Quantitative data
• Numeric data
• Qualitative data
• Statistical data

set up of an experiment

• Develop hypothesis, conduct experiment, analyze results, draw conclusions
• Design experiment, gather materials, collect data, draw conclusions
• Identify research question, gather materials, conduct experiment, analyze results, draw conclusions
• Identify research question, develop hypothesis, design experiment, gather materials, conduct experiment, collect data, analyze results, draw conclusions

constant variable and unchanged throughout the course of the investigation.

• Variable constant
• Stable variable
• Unchanging variable
• Control variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

an island owned by Chile where people died because of lack of natural resources

• Hawaii Island
• Tahiti Island
• Galapagos Island
• Easter Island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

study of living organisms in their nonliving world

• Astronomy
• Geology
• Ecology
• Biology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

living item (ex: bacteria)

• asymmetrical factor

• symbiotic factor

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

not living item

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• assymetrical factor

• symbiotic factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

species 🡪 population 🡪 community 🡪 ecosystem 🡪 biome 🡪 biosphere

• Ecological Hierarchy

• Random order of events

• Natural Hierachy

• Earthly Hierarchy