Vocabulary: element, compound, mixture, symbol, solute, solvent, solution, concentration, eutrophication, acid, base, neutral, indicator, hypoxia, anoxia, turbulence, phosphate, nitrate, turbidity,
Chemistry Intro:
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Know the 16 element symbols
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Difference between an element, compound and mixture
Duckweed Experiment:
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What does excess fertilizer in the water cause? Why is this bad? pH (pp. 63 – 69)
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What is the pH scale?
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Can you give an example of something that is in each category?
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How do we test for it?
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What environmental situations effect pH and how?
DO (pp. 70 – 74)
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What is DO? Why is it important?
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How do we test for it?
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What environmental situations effect DO and how?
Turbidity ( p. 76)
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What is turbidity? Why is it important?
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How do we test for it?
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What environmental situations effect turbidity and how?
Temperature ( pp. 75 - 76)
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Why is temperature important to water quality?
Fecal Coliform (p. 77)
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What is fecal coliform? Why is it important?
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What environmental situations effect fecal coliform and how?
Turbulence (p. 73)
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What is turbulence? Why is it important?
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What environmental situations effect turbulence and how?
Vocabulary: ecosystem, interactions, abiotic, biotic, habitat, community, biome, diversity, abundance, classify, macroinvertebrates, taxonomy, biotic indicator, food chain, food web, producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, predator,

prey, photosynthesis, glucose, chlorophyll, chloroplasts, respiration, scavenger, decomposer, detritivore, biodiversity
Taxonomy ( pp. 86 – 91)
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Who came up with our current system of classification?
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Can you name the levels of taxonomy in order (KPCOFGS)?
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What two levels constitute our scientific name? (capitalization rule)
Branching and dichotomous keys:
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Can you use a dichotomous key to figure out the name of something?
Microscopes (journal)
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Name the parts of a microscope
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How do you focus on an organism or specimen?
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How do you safely use a microscope?
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Why do scientists study the macroinvertebrates found in a water system? (p. 97)
All living things are made of cells (we will focus more on animal cells 3 rd
quarter):
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Compare a plant cell to an animal cell – what makes them different?
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How do you think poor water quality could affect the cells of an organism?
Environment ( pp. 109 – 111, pp. 129 – 130)
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Can you draw a four link food chain?
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What is a food web?
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What happens when we destroy one link in the food web?
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What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors in an environment?
Plants (pp. 101 – 103)
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What is the equation for photosynthesis? Ingredients
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What is the equation for respiration?
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In what organelle does photosynthesis occur?
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How are photosynthesis and respiration related? products
Vocabulary: watershed, slope, runoff, groundwater, erosion, deposition, manufacturing, agriculture, point-source pollution, residential, commercial, industrial,
Watersheds (pp. 21-22)
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What is a watershed?
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What is the difference between surface runoff and groundwater?
Land Use (pp. 35-38, pp. 42- 45)
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What is the difference between erosion and deposition?
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What is the difference between residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural land use? What are the effects of each the types of use on a river?
Pollution (pp.46-49)
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What is the difference between point and non-point source pollution?
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