• Please pass back the
new Ecology Objective
Sheet and read the
board.
• Thanks!
ECOLOGY – THE STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Ecology - interactions
Biology – individual structure
and function
BIOTIC VS. ABIOTIC
• Mockingbird
• Oak tree
• Bacteria
• Bison
• Human
• Ladybug
• Leaves on the ground
• Deer antler
• Air temperature
• Water pH
• Waves
• Fire
• Wind
• Sunlight
• Humidity
READING IN TEXTBOOK PG 64-65
• Crucial
• Alder trees
• corpses
CHECK – REREAD AND SHOW MOVEMENT OF ATOM; ADD DETAILS FROM MY SAMPLE
LEGUMES ARE THE STARS!
THESE ARE LEGUMES, TOO!
RHIZOBIUM BACTERIA IN NODULES ON LEGUME
ROOTS START THE CYCLE
INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK TIME! (15 MINUTES)
LEFT SIDE
• Copy and complete these
statements:
RIGHT SIDE
• Title: Nitrogen Cycle Observations
Date: Sept12
• My body uses nitrogen to . . .
• Use textbook to fill in the blanks.
• I get my nitrogen by . . .
• Cut and paste info and diagram into
notebook
LAB WORKSHEET
• Purpose
• Hypothesis
• Draw set up and label
• Collect and keep for later
• Focus for this unit: The Gulf Coastal Prairie!