SCI 225 Final Exam with answers graded A+ 2024

SCI 225 Final ExamModel - correct answer a hypothesis, a possible explanation, a prediction; when predictions aren't made me tweak them Self- Operating Napkin - correct answer input and output, whole is more complex than interacting parts, contains sub system, has limits and boundaries, interacting parts characteristics of scientific models - correct answer set of ideas that describe a process, help simplify systems, represent selected parts of a whole, explain and predict parts of a whole, explain and predict a natural phenomena, guide future research different kinds of models - correct answer conceptual (water cycle poster), structural (physical), stimulation (sporks and beans activity) weather - correct answer day-to-day, local atmospheric conditions over a short period of time; high variability; hour-to-hour or day-to-day climate - correct answer regional conditions overy a long period of time (30 years); more predictable biomes - correct answer global associations of plants and animals, largely determined by climate, primarily temperature and precipitation different type of biomes - correct answer rainforest (Amazon), deciduous forest (MI), savanna (lion king), taiga (portland, OR) greenhouse gases - correct answer methane, N2O, CO2 Goldilocks Principle - correct answer not too cold, not too hot, just right; TGE allows life on Earth, we worry about a runaway TGE that will warm Earth too much