 What
is an ecosystem?
 What are the abiotic and biotic
components of ecosystems?
 What processes connect the abiotic and
biotic components of ecosystems?
 Be
able to draw a Bohr Model of Carbon,
Nitrogen and Oxygen
• Make sure you know how many electrons are in each
and which shell has each of the electrons
 What
is the difference between an atom and
a molecule?
 Which elements have full valence electron
shells and are non-reactive?
 What do atoms within a molecule share
when they are bonded? How can we tell
how many bonds an atom can make?
 Where
are the protons, neutrons, and
electrons found in an atom?
 How many protons, neutrons, and
electrons are in Carbon, Nitrogen, and
Oxygen atoms?
 What
is a calorie?
 How can we measure calories?
 Where is the energy in a molecule?
 What forms of energy are released
during combustion?
 What forms of energy are released
during cellular respiration?
 List
all the processes that move carbon
around an ecosystem!
 What carbon molecules are formed by
plants to store energy, and for structure?
 What carbon molecules are formed by
animals to store energy for now, and for
later?
 What are other reservoirs that hold
carbon?
 How
are coal, oil, natural gas, and
limestone made?
 How is carbon released from these
materials?
 How are decomposers getting their
carbon, storing it, and releasing it?
 What
are limiting nutrients for plants?
 How is cellular respiration ultimately
responsible for the fish kill in Hood
Canal?
 How does nitrogen move out of the
atmosphere and into a useable form for
plants?
 How do plants get nitrogen?
 How do animals get nitrogen?
 How
does water become stratified?
 How does water become mixed?
 How can people prevent nitrogen AND
phosphate from getting into the water?
 What
type of radiation comes from the
sun? From the earth?
 What determines how much radiation is
absorbed by the surface of the earth?
 What determines how much radiation
gets blocked/stored in the atmosphere?
 Why is the angle of sunlight important in
determining the amount of radiation a
certain location receives?
 What
are common greenhouse gases?
 What is it about the atoms that make a
molecule a greenhouse gas?
 Explain how greenhouse gases trap
‘heat’.
 What
is the difference between a positive
and negative feedback loop?
 How do melting permafrost and melting
ice create positive feedback loops?
 How does melting sea ice affect all
animals in the Antarctic?
 How does melting sea ice lead to more
snow?
 Which penguins seem to benefit from
climate change? Why?
 How
will a warmer environment impact
caterpillars? Which phase(s) changed in
the warm treatment?
 How did a warm environment impact how
much the caterpillars eat?
 How will climate change affect:
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Caribou in Alaska?
Crabs and sea stars in the intertidal?
Children in the Caribbean?
Diseases in corals in the Caribbean?