Name:___________________________
Date: ____________Period:_____
Agenda Week of 18 Aug – 22 Aug 2008 Class website: www.marric.us/teaching
Monday 8/18/08 Ecology Unit Begins
Collect Ch 1 SciNotebook
Unit Overview
Anticipatory Questions (bar graph)
- Chapter 2.1 Lecture Notes
HW: Study for Quiz #1
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Tuesday 8/19/08
Quiz #1 – 10 minutes
Ch2 PairedScience Notebook
Unit vocabulary notes
HW: Study Vocabulary Flash Cards
(www.marric.us/Flashcards)
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Wednesday 8/20/08 – Late Start
Review Quiz Results
- Food Web Demonstration
HW: Ch 2 Sci Notebook due 8/28
Quiz #1 Retake after school on Thur.
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Unit 1 Quiz #2 August 26, 2008
1. Scientists are concerned that global warming is the result of
______________________________________.
2. A living plant, animal or microbe is a(an) ______________.
3. A community of organisms interacting with abiotic environmental
factors is called a(an)__________________.
4. A group of similar-looking organisms that breed with each other
and produce fertile offspring make up a(an)________________
and a(an)_________________ if they live in the same area.
5. What is the ultimate source of energy for the majority of life on
Earth?_______________________________________
6. What is the variety of species in a given area called?
_____________________
7. According to the food web,
which organism(s) is a
carnivore?
Thursday 8/21/08 – Block Day
Constructing a Food Web and Energy
Pyramid Project
HW: Study for Quiz #2
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8. What relationship
describes the one between
a snake and a chipmunk?
Friday 8/22/08 – Block Day
Constructing a Food Web and Energy
Pyramid Project
HW: Study for Quiz #2
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homework for the week of 8/18/08 –
8/22/08.
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.
Open House is scheduled for Thurs
8/28/08. More information next
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9. Which combination of five organisms shows a single food chain
in this web.
10. Sea otters eat sea urchins. Sea urchins eat kelp, a type of
brown algae.
a. Is this a food chain or a food web?
b. What might be the short-term effect on the ecosystem if
great numbers of sea otters were removed from this
environment?
Vocabulary Words
Abiotic
Autotroph
Biodegradable
Biodiversity
Biosphere
Biotic
Carnivore
Carrying capacity
Climate
Community
Signature
Date
Bell Ringers: Week of 18 Aug – 22 Aug 2008
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 - Your friends sister is learning about symbiotic relationships and she understands that there are
three main kinds of symbiotic relationships 1) commensalism, 2) mutualism, and 3) parasitism; but she can’t
remember how to distinguish these relationships. Write a short explanation that is easy to remember.
Name:________________________________ Date:________________ Period:_______
Unit 1 Quiz 2
1. What is the variety of species in a given area called? _____________________
2. A group of similar-looking organisms that breed with each other and produce fertile offspring make up
a(an)________________ and a(an)_________________ if they live in the same area.
3. A community of organisms interacting with abiotic environmental factors is called a(an)
____________________________________.
4. A living plant, animal or microbe is a(an) ______________________.
5. What is the ultimate source of energy for the majority of life on Earth?_____________________
6. Scientists are concerned that global warming is the result of ______________________________
_______________________________________.
7. According to the food web, which organism(s) is a carnivore?
8. What relationship describes the one between a snake and a
chipmunk?
9. Identify a combination of five organisms that show a single food chain in this web.
10. Sea otters eat sea urchins. Sea urchins eat kelp, a type of brown algae.
a. Is this a food chain or a food web?
b.What might be the short-term effect on the ecosystem if great numbers of sea otters were
removed from this environment?
Extra Credit
1. Which is an example of an adaptation?
A. bald spots on an old cougar
B. new foods found by squirrels
C. viruses passed to humans
D. white hair of adult polar bears
2. Which is considered a non-scientific question?
A. Are humans able to read minds?
B. How do chimpanzees communicate?
C. Who was the greatest scientist?
D. Why are ocean temperatures increasing?
Vocabulary Matching
_____ Biotic
A. an example of a consumer, specifically one that eats animals.
_____ Biodiversity
B. non-living factors. e.g., water, rock, wind, etc.
_____ Biodegradable
C. different populations in an area. These populations interact
with each other in an area.
_____ Autotroph
D. 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.
_____ Climate
E. an area's long term weather characteristics like temperature,
wind speeds and directions, length of day.
_____ Abiotic
F. the thin layer of Earth and the atmosphere in which all
organisms live.
_____ Carnivore
G. capable of being broken down by the action of living things (as
microbes) into simpler products.
_____ Carrying capacity
H. the largest number of individuals in a species that an
environment can support over a long period of time.
_____ Biosphere
I. the number of different species living in a specific area
_____ Community
J. living factors - having to do with the activities of organisms.