Name:___________________________
Date: ____________Period:_____
Agenda Week of 16 Aug – 20 Aug 2010 Class website: www.marric.us/teaching
Monday 8/16/10 Ecology Unit
Begins
- Graphing Aquatic Plants
- Identifying variables
- Anticipatory Questions (bar
graph)
HW: Study for Quiz #1
Tuesday 8/17/10
Water cycle
Sci Method Vocabulary
- Simpson Controls and Variables
HW: vocabulary
(www.marric.us/Flashcards)
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Wednesday 8/18/10 – Late
Start
- Carbon Cycle
HW: Biosphere Packet
Unit 1 Quiz #2 August 25, 2010
1. The ultimate source of energy for life on Earth is the _____________.
2. Nutrients move through the biosphere in _________________ cycles
3. As water cycles through the ecosystem, which process returns it to the
atmosphere?_____________________
4. As water cycles through the ecosystem, which process returns it from the
atmosphere to land? _________________________________.
5. In the water cycle, what process occurs in clouds?_______________
6. In the nitrogen cycle, decomposers directly aid in restoring the availability
of nitrogen in the ______________.
7. The phenomenon in which organism pick up and concentrate pollutants
they cannot metabolize is _____________________________________.
Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed each
year by means of burning and clearing trees.
8. What would be the results of these activities (in regards to C-cycle)?
Thursday 8/19/10
-
Nitrogen Cycle
HW: Respiration/Photosynthesis
9. What would happen to the oxygen content of the atmosphere?
Poster
Friday 8/20/10
10. What two biological processes are involved in the carbon cycle?
Quiz #1 – 10 minutes:
Experimental Vocabulary and
Organization
- Carbon Transformation
Demonstration
- Relationships
HW: Study for Quiz #2
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11. What does the graph
show about the Earth’s
atmosphere?
Parents/Guardian –
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I have reviewed my child’s activities
and homework for the week of
8/16/10 – 8/20/10.
I understand that is important
for me to make sure that my
child is studying to be
prepared for the quiz and has
completed all assignments
this week.
Parent/Guardian Printed Name
Vocabulary Words
Abiotic
Autotroph
Biodiversity
Biosphere
Biogeochemical
Climate
Community
Signature
Biodegradable
Biotic
Heterotroph
Habitat
Date
Bell Ringers: Week of 16 Aug – 20 Aug 2010
Monday – A botanist found that the giant saguaro (pronounced sah-wah-roh), Carnegiea
gigantean, lives in southwestern deserts below the freeze line and in some very dry regions in
Arizona. What is the term used to describe the climate and local where the saguaro is found?
What are some adaptations that the saguaro uses to overcome the limitations of growing in a
very dry region?
Tuesday - Jason is watching a science fiction movie when he hears one of the characters mention the term
biosphere. Jason has never heard the term before and decides to look it up in a dictionary. Which would be
included in the definition of biosphere?
A. all parts of Earth where all life live
B. regions of Earth where many organisms live
C. the inner core, continents, and oceans of Earth
D. some of the living things that inhabit Earth
Explain.
Wednesday - Mia takes an early morning hike through a forest near her home. She spots white-tailed deer
browsing on undergrowth vegetation and a raccoon eating an apple and tuna that were carelessly left behind
by another hiker. Mia discovers bright yellow mushrooms growing on a rotting log, and she gazes up at oak
trees rising 100 m above the ground. Mia shares her observations with workers at the local nature center.
Which would Mia share with the center’s ecologist?
A. All the organisms spotted during the hike are heterotrophs.
B. The oak trees and mushrooms are two types of forest autotrophs.
C. The raccoon is an omnivore because it eats plants and animals.
D. The white-tailed deer are considered carnivores of forest plants.
Explain.
Thursday -Which of the following would have the greatest negative impact on a habitat?
A. a flooded stream
B. a snow avalanche
C a nuclear explosion
D. a forest fire.
Explain.
Friday - Mario and several friends spend a day at the beach. While watching the ocean waves crashing to shore,
Mario wonders how much of the world’s water is contained in different types of bodies of water such as oceans,
lakes, and rivers. He decides to research the percentage of Earth’s water found in different locations. Which
does his research reveal?
A. Fifty percent of Earth’s water is in oceans and the glaciers at the poles.
B. Less than 3 percent of Earth’s water is freshwater containing no salt.
C. Ninety percent of Earth’s water is in lakes, rivers, and groundwater.
D. The ice caps located at both poles contain 30 percent of Earth’s water.
Explain.
Name:________________________________ Date:________________ Period:_______
Unit 1 Quiz 2
1. What two biological processes are involved in the carbon cycle?
2. As water cycles through the ecosystem, which process returns it from the atmosphere to land?
_________________________________.
3. The ultimate source of energy for life on Earth is the _____________.
4. Nutrients move through the biosphere in _________________ cycles
5. As water cycles through the ecosystem, which process returns it to the atmosphere?___________
6. In the nitrogen cycle, decomposers directly aid in restoring the availability of nitrogen in the
______________.
7.
The phenomenon in which organism pick up and concentrate pollutants they cannot metabolize is
_____________________________________.
Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed each year by means of burning and
clearing trees.
8. What would be the results of these activities (in regards to C-cycle)?
9. What would happen to the oxygen content of the atmosphere?
10. In the water cycle, what process occurs in clouds?_______________
11. What does the graph show about the Earth’s atmosphere?
Vocabulary Words Matching
Abiotic
Biodiversity
Biogeochemical
Climate
Autotroph
Biosphere
Heterotroph
Community
Biodegradable
Biotic
Habitat
_______________________
A. the physical area where an organism lives, e.g., cave, soil, dead log
in a forest, fish aquarium, stream, river, ocean, etc.
_______________________
B. living factors - having to do with the activities of organisms.
_______________________
C. an organism (a producer) that produces food from inorganic
materials using an energy source, if sun's energy - photosynthetic
organism or if chemical energy - chemosynthetic.
_______________________
D. the thin layer of Earth and the atmosphere in which all
organisms live.
_______________________
E. Cycling of nutrients and elements within the biosphere involving
chemical., biological, and geological processes
_______________________
F. long term weather patterns
_______________________
G. a consumer, an organism that eats other organisms
_______________________
H. different populations in an area. These populations interact with
each other in an area.
_______________________
I. non-living factors. e.g., water, rock, wind, etc
_______________________
J. The variety of different kinds of organisms living in an area.
_______________________
K. Can be metabolized/broken down into simpler produces by living
organisms.
EXTRA CREDIT
In Sacramento, automobile exhausts cause the
dirty, brown haze in the sky known as _____.
Once trees covered twice as much land as they
do today. Which of the following is primarily
responsible for this tremendous loss of trees?
If a substance undergoes biological
magnification, it must be ______.
a) fog.
c) smog.
b) smoke.
d) inversion.
a) hazardous waste
b) deforestation
c) carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
D) ground water supply
a) radioactive
c) radioactive
b) biodegradable
d) concentrated inside an organism
Unit 1 Quiz #1 - Friday August 20, 2010
Number the levels of the organization of living things from 1 through 6 to put them in order from simplest (1)
to most complex (6).
______ organs ______organism ______ organ system
______ cell
______ tissues ______ biosphere
7. Biology is the study of ______________ things and the environment.
8. People who study biology are called ______________
Match terms (below) with definitions
_______________________________9. a procedure that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under
controlled conditions
______________________________10. in an experiment, the group that is the standard against which
results are compared
______________________________11. in an experiment, the group that is exposed to the factor being
tested
______________________________12. the factor that remains fixed in an experiment
______________________________13. the condition being changed by the scientist
______________________________14. the factor that results from or depends on changes to the
independent variable
______________________________15. information gained from observation
______________________________16. a testable explanation of a situation
A. constant/controlled factor
B. experimental group
C. independent variable
D. experiment
E. control group
F. dependent variable
G. hypothesis
H. data
Name:________________________________ Date:________________ Period:_______
Retake Unit 1 Quiz 2
1. As water cycles through the ecosystem, which process returns it from the atmosphere to land?
_________________________________.
2. The ultimate source of energy for life on Earth is the _____________.
3. In the nitrogen cycle, decomposers directly aid in restoring the availability of nitrogen in the
______________.
4. What two biological processes are involved in the carbon cycle?
5. Nutrients move through the biosphere in _________________ cycles
6. As water cycles through the ecosystem, which process returns it to the
atmosphere?___________
7. The phenomenon in which organism pick up and concentrate pollutants they cannot metabolize is
_____________________________________.
8. In the water cycle, what process occurs in clouds?_______________
Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed each year by means of burning and
clearing trees.
9. What would be the results of these activities (in regards to C-cycle)?
10. What would happen to the oxygen content of the atmosphere?
11. What does the graph show about the Earth’s atmosphere?
Vocabulary Words Matching
Abiotic
Biodiversity
Biogeochemical
Climate
Autotroph
Biosphere
Heterotroph
Community
Biodegradable
Biotic
Habitat
_______________________
A. The variety of different kinds of organisms living in an area.
_______________________
B. living factors - having to do with the activities of organisms.
_______________________
C. an organism (a producer) that produces food from inorganic
materials using an energy source, if sun's energy - photosynthetic
organism or if chemical energy - chemosynthetic.
_______________________
D. a consumer, an organism that eats other organisms
_______________________
E. Can be metabolized/broken down into simpler produces by living
organisms.
_______________________
F. Cycling of nutrients and elements within the biosphere involving
chemical., biological, and geological processes
_______________________
G. the thin layer of Earth and the atmosphere in which all organisms
live.
_______________________
H. different populations in an area. These populations interact with
each other in an area.
_______________________
I. non-living factors. e.g., water, rock, wind, etc
_______________________
J. the physical area where an organism lives, e.g., cave, soil, dead
log in a forest, fish aquarium, stream, river, ocean, etc.
_______________________
K. long term weather patterns