Thursday, 10/29/2015
Objective: SWBAT demonstrate an understanding of
chapters 3,4,5, and 6.
Warm-up Questions (answer in head only):
1. Did you finish your journal self-grade?
2. Are you going to study tonight for tomorrow’s test?
Battle Royale-Style
Battle Royale Rules!
• Each person from your team will be up at the board one
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time.
Each person from your team may go up to the board to
assist someone one time. After that they may not be a
helper for the remainder of the game. No direct
communication between the group and the board.
You must show your work with appropriate units for
math problems.
You must write in a complete, stand-alone sentence for
explanations (IQIA).
Lists must be written in order (answers only)
The point will be awarded for the team with the correct,
complete answer that puts their pen down first.
Candy for the winning team!!!
Let’s assemble teams!
Team RIGHT:
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Team MIDDLE:
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Team LEFT:
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Rank in order (but not IQIA)!
1. Rank from least complex to most complex using the
following ecological terms:
biome, biosphere, community, ecosystem, population
Population, community, ecosystem,
biome, biosphere
Draw a pretty picture!
2. Draw a food chain with at least four organisms. Label the
following:
carnivore(s), consumer(s), herbivore(s), producer(s)
The first organism should be the producer, the
second should be an herbivore, the third and
fourth are carnivores; all but the producer are
consumers. Arrows point from prey to
predator.
Answers in a complete
sentence!
3. What is a difference between primary succession and
secondary succession?
Primary succession starts with bare rock and no
soil and proceeds slowly. Secondary succession
occurs after a disturbance or natural disaster;
soil is still present and it proceeds faster.
Draw a pretty picture!
4. Draw and label two graphs: one exponential growth
curve and one logistic growth curve.
Show work and include units!
5. A moose consumes 875,000 kilocalories during its
lifetime. Calculate the number of calories that would be
available to the gray wolf that eats it.
875,000 kilocalories*0.1 = 87,500 kilocalories
Draw a diagram!
6. Draw a biological part of the carbon cycle using the
following components: plants, animals, atmosphere.
Label arrows to show processes.
• Plants take CO2 through photosynthesis
• Animals eat plants (and other animals)
• Animals (and plants) release CO2 through
cellular respiration
Show your work (including units)!
7. In 1981 there were 410 ocelot on the island of Elba (100
square kilometers). A population biologist determined
that 60 ocelots are born each year, 25 die each year,
immigration is 2 each year and emigration is 7 each year.
What was the population density the year Ronald Reagan
was re-elected (1984)?
N = 410 + (60-25+2-7)(3 years) = 500 ocelots
D = N/area = 500 /100 = 5 ocelots/km2
Bonus Question
Line your team members up in front of your space on the
board in order from shortest to tallest.
List your answers (not IQIA)
8. Identify each type of community
interaction:
a. Termites chew up wood; microorganisms
in their gut digest it and provide nutrients Mutualism
to termites.
b. Cordyceps fungi hijack an insect’s brain
and change its behavior before bursting of it
Parasatism
out and dispersing spores.
c. Mosquitoes carry the malaria-causing
protozoan without even knowing it.
Commensalism
Answer in complete sentences!
9. Compare and contrast invasive species from
reintroduced species by describing one similarity and
one difference.
Similarities: introduced into an area
Differences: invasives are non-native and
reintroduced used to be there; invasives
cause harm
Rank in order (but not IQIA)!
10. Rank the following for least total biomass to greatest
total biomass:
Birds, insects, plants, spiders, tree snakes
Tree snakes, birds, spiders, insects, plants
(from top of trophic level to bottom)
Answer in complete sentence
11. How are density-dependent limiting factors different
from density-independent limiting factors?
Density-independent factors affect a
population regardless of its size; densitydependent factors have larger effects as
the population size increases
List and label answers (not IQIA)
12. You want to know if studying improves grades. To test this
you take 50 sophomores with the same GPA (3.0) and have
half of them review biology concepts using flashcards for 10
minutes a day; the other students do not (they play Pacman
instead). You will compare the average test scores of the two
groups.
Identify the manipulated variable, responding variable, and
two controlled variables.
MV = activity (studying/pacman)
RV = average test score
CVs = GPA, sophomores, time of activity, same test
You must answer in complete
sentences!
13. What is a validity measure?
A validity measure is a step taken during an
experiment to ensure that the data collected
shows what it is supposed to show. For
example, calibrating equipment, washing
glassware and running positive/negative
controls are all validity measures.