2. Science Starter 1.What is the process of finding relative age? 2.What is the difference between adaptive and assistive technology? 3.What are the intended benefits of cell phones? 4.What is the 4 th classification level when they are listed from most general to most specific?

3. Tarantulas defend themselves by flicking hairs into the eyes of their predators. In a population of tarantulas, a few tarantulas do not have these hairs. Why are the tarantulas that have these hairs more likely to produce offspring than the hairless tarantulas are? A. Tarantulas that have the hairs will be better able to defend themselves. B. Tarantulas that have the hairs will blend in with their environment. C. The egg sacs of tarantulas that have the hairs are larger and produce more offspring. D. Tarantulas that have the hairs will attract more mates.

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6. Science in Our World Measurement & Tools Reproduction Biodiversity & Fossils Adaptation 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Classification

7. 1.Ask a question 2. Form hypothesis 3.Test hypothesis 4.Collect data 5.Analyze data 6.Draw conclusion 7.Communicate results

8. What are the steps of the scientific method?

9. 1.Ask 2.Imagine 3.Plan 4.Create 5.Improve 6.Communicate

10. What are the steps of the engineer design process?

11. Research, Observation, and Experimentation

12. What are the 3 methods of investigation?

13. Cell phones may distract drivers and cause them to wreck, the communication towers can take away from the beauty of a landscape, and kids aren’t able to spell correctly due to the reliance on T-9 and spell checks

14. What are the unintended consequences of cell phones?

15. One is a form of technology designed to improve life and is permanent, while the other is a form of technology designed to improve life that is temporary

16. What is the difference between assistive and adaptive bioengineered technology?

17. thermometer

18. What is the tool used to measure temperature?

19. gram

20. What is the unit used to measure mass?

21. Length x width x height

22. What is the formula for volume?

23. Area

24. What is the measure of an object’s surface?

25. The compactness of molecules in a given space

26. What is density?

27. Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

28. What are the 8 taxa?

29. Genus and Species

30. What are the 2 taxa used in a scientific name?

31. The study of classifying organisms

32. What is taxonomy?

33. Classification

34. What is the process of organizing organisms?

35. The newest and largest domain

36. Domain Eukarya

37. When 2 organisms create an offspring

38. What is sexual reproduction?

39. When fertilization occurs outside the body

40. What is external fertilization?

41. The method of fertilization that humans use in reproduction

42. What is internal fertilization?

43. Many offspring are created in a small amount of time and the organism doesn’t have to depend on any other organism

44. What are the positives of asexual reproduction?

45. Amphibians and some fish

46. What organisms use external fertilization?

47. A behavior that is known at birth, for example a baby crying when they are born

48. What is an innate behavior?

49. A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce.

50. What is adaptation?

51. 1.Separation 2.Adaptation 3.Division

52. What are the 3 steps of speciation?

53. the process when individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less adapted individuals

54. What is natural selection?

55. 1.Overpopulation 2.Genetic Variation 3.Struggle to survive 4.Successful Reproduction

56. What are the 4 steps to natural selection?

57. The differences in living organisms

58. What is biodiversity?

59. the approximate of objects in rock layers determined by comparing whether the surrounding rock layers are younger or older

60. What is relative age?

61. Developing new medicines, maintains stable ecosystems, and more beautiful

62. Why is biodiversity important?

63. A group of life forms that live together in a balanced and stable community

64. What is an ecosystem?

65. Hardened Earth that forms layers in which fossils can be found

66. What is sedimentary rock?

67. Make your wager

68. The two part scientific naming system

69. What is binomial nomenclature?