Question

1. information scientists obtain through the senses.

a. experimentation
b. testing
c. observation
d. prediction

1. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

a. pathogen
b. environment
c. host
d. community

1. describes living factors and living things in the environment.

a. intrinsic
b. biotic
c. abiotic
d. population

1. consists of all life on earth and all parts of earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.

a. lithosphere
b. biosphere
c. geosphere
d. biome

Explanation:

Question 7

Scientists obtain information through the senses by observing. Experimentation involves testing, prediction is forecasting, and testing is part of experimentation. Observation uses senses to gather data.

The environment is the surroundings where an organism (person, animal, plant) lives/operates. Pathogen is a disease - causing agent, host is an organism harboring another, community is a group of species.

Biotic factors are living things in the environment. Intrinsic refers to internal, abiotic is non - living, population is a group of same species.

Answer:

c. Observation

Question 8