Pallid Bat Diet Palid Bat Diet
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Typical Diet of a Pallid Bat,
- — Scorpions Antrozous pallidus
Contpedes Organism Percent of Diet
Claes
B Moths 50
Paild Bat Det Flies ay
Cicadas 2
, Centipedes 3
Fes: & ~ ‘Scorpions 5
CC cenina”Centhees
- 14, The chart above shows the types of invertebrates often consumed each night by a pallid bat.
Which pie graph below best represents these data?
15. Match each of the following with their correct definition.
controlled variable A. A factor that is held constant for all groups in an experiment.
quantitiative data B. A factor that the experimenter changes between groups
dependent variable _C. A statement based on prior knowledge
independent variable. A count or measurement recorded during an experiment
hypothesis E. A factor that is measured as data in an experiment
15. Students are comparing plant growth with and without fertilizer. All plants are the same type and will be
grown at the same temperature with the same amount of sunlight and water. The growth of each plant will
be measured every 5 days.
A. What component of this experiment is considered the independent variable?
8. What component of this experiment is considered the dependent variable?
C. To which group would a plant with the fertilizer be a part? group
D. To which group would a plant without the fertilizer be a part? group
___16. ina controlled experiment, the independent variable is
‘A. the results of the experiment C. changed to test the hypothesis
B. the variable that stays the same —_D. always timed
17. In an experiment studying how increasing amounts of acid rain affect pond water, which of the
following would be the dependent variable?
A. Organisms in rainwater C. a mixture of pond water and acid
B. Acid rain & non acid rain D. number of organisms in pond water